On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2024

Washington Dulles International in April 2024

84.8%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,304 domestic departures from Washington Dulles International (IAD). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so IAD departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IAD that month were on time 85.0% of the time (4,308 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 25%.

Every scheduled departure from IAD in April 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierIAD, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time84.8%—82.6%80.5%
Arrived on time82.5%—80.1%80.2%
Cancelled0.4%—1.4%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.5 min—14.7 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day144—15919,406
Scheduled departures4,304—58,031582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines2,72363%82.3%2.3 min0.5%
YX Republic Airline54013%88.3%-3.2 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines2877%85.0%0.0 min0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines2015%79.1%7.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines1975%74.6%5.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines1433%79.0%5.9 min0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines972%79.4%5.8 min0.0%
AA American Airlines581%70.7%9.2 min1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air331%90.9%1.0 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air251%84.0%-1.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IAD–DENWashington to Denver26277.5%9.8 min1.1%
IAD–ATLWashington to Atlanta23586.4%0.1 min0.0%
IAD–LAXWashington to Los Angeles23277.2%4.2 min0.0%
IAD–SFOWashington to San Francisco22772.2%9.3 min0.0%
IAD–CLTWashington to Charlotte17378.0%5.7 min0.6%
IAD–MCOWashington to Orlando15084.0%2.8 min0.7%
IAD–SANWashington to San Diego15084.7%-1.0 min0.0%
IAD–SEAWashington to Seattle14678.8%2.4 min0.0%
IAD–DFWWashington to Dallas/Fort Worth13272.0%11.3 min1.5%
IAD–BOSWashington to Boston12079.2%4.8 min0.8%
IAD–IAHWashington to Houston12077.5%4.4 min0.0%
IAD–LGAWashington to New York12081.7%-6.8 min0.8%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.6%33.6%14,818
Late-arriving aircraft38.1%41.0%17,838
National Aviation System25.4%20.0%11,874
Extreme weather4.9%5.1%2,291
Security0.0%0.2%2
46,823 delay minutes on 725 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left IAD on time in April 2024?

84.8% of 4,304 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for IAD · methodology · corrections.