Lynchburg to Washington: on-time record

Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field to Washington Dulles International

66.9%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 130 flights from Lynchburg (LYH) to Washington (IAD), a distance of 147 miles. 66.9% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 9.1 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period. Flights that did arrive were 46.7 min late on average, and 3.1% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 130 flights in the period.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 41%, extreme weather 30% and air carrier 20%.

66.9%arrived on timenational 76.0%

46.7 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min

3.1%cancellednational 1.8%

11flights a month130 in 12 months · 147 miles

On time 66.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.0%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled LYH to IAD flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	130	100%	66.9%	46.7 min	3.1%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

Measure	LYH to IAD	All departures from LYH	All arrivals at IAD	All reported flights
Arrived on time	66.9%	—	81.9%	76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late	30.0%	—	16.5%	21.9%
Cancelled	3.1%	—	1.4%	1.8%
Diverted	0.0%	—	0.1%	0.3%
Average arrival delay	46.7 min	—	3.5 min	8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights	5,578	—	1,334	1,684
Scheduled flights	130	0	57,761	7,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, IAD to LYH, recorded 77.7% on time across 130 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%

Share of scheduled LYH to IAD flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave LYH (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National	Minutes
Air carrier	19.6%	33.3%	1,410
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	39.7%	2,939
National Aviation System	9.1%	20.7%	657
Extreme weather	30.4%	6.1%	2,183
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,189 delay minutes on 39 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar month	Flights	On time	Cancelled	Avg arrival delay	Years in sample
Mar	8	62.5%	0.0%	135.6 min	1
Apr	30	80.0%	3.3%	3.6 min	1
May	31	64.5%	3.2%	50.9 min	1
Jun	30	63.3%	0.0%	50.4 min	1
Jul	31	61.3%	6.5%	57.0 min	1

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Lynchburg to Washington on time?

66.9% of the 130 flights scheduled from LYH to IAD in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from LYH to IAD?

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Lynchburg and Washington?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 41%, extreme weather 30%, air carrier 20%, national aviation system 9%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from LYH?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The route does not have enough flights in the previous 12 months for a year-on-year comparison. The monthly chart on this page shows the months that are available.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.