Ronald Reagan Washington National in July 2026

58.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 12,115 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 58.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 57.8% reached their destination on time; 8.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 10.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 12,192 departures with 60.6% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 58.1% of the time (12,115 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 57.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.6%
Cancelled 8.0%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from DCA in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	58.8%	60.6%	70.9%	68.8%
Arrived on time	57.8%	60.4%	70.1%	69.4%
Cancelled	8.0%	9.5%	3.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	33.1 min	34.3 min	21.2 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	404	406	390	21,066
Scheduled departures	12,115	12,192	142,173	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,555	29%	47.3%	40.3 min	11.0%
YX Republic Airline	2,255	19%	62.7%	17.4 min	9.5%
AA American Airlines	2,194	18%	65.7%	18.4 min	5.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,347	11%	53.2%	27.1 min	6.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	842	7%	62.5%	28.6 min	4.4%
UA United Airlines	635	5%	72.4%	14.1 min	3.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	572	5%	50.3%	34.2 min	12.8%
MQ Envoy Air	425	4%	64.0%	13.7 min	4.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	183	2%	72.1%	5.2 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	80	1%	72.5%	14.3 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	0%	48.1%	26.1 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	759	58.8%	26.6 min	10.4%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	646	67.8%	20.4 min	6.2%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	570	57.2%	29.2 min	5.8%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	418	52.2%	32.2 min	15.6%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	386	60.4%	21.4 min	8.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	370	60.5%	21.1 min	6.5%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	328	67.7%	12.2 min	4.0%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	284	67.6%	15.1 min	3.5%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	270	75.2%	6.9 min	4.4%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	241	64.7%	21.7 min	6.6%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	236	56.4%	25.6 min	8.1%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	229	52.0%	46.0 min	6.1%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.0%	31.7%	91,221
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	41.8%	169,692
National Aviation System	19.9%	19.9%	72,417
Extreme weather	8.4%	6.5%	30,698
Security	0.1%	0.1%	428

364,456 delay minutes on 4,076 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DCA on time in July 2026?

58.8% of 12,115 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 57.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 60.6% of 12,192 departures left on time and 9.5% were cancelled, against 58.8% and 8.0% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DCA · methodology · corrections.