Route
BUF → DCA
Buffalo Niagara International Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 65.5%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 5.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 115 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,108
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 53%
- Air traffic control & airport 24%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 21%
- Extreme weather 2%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 75.9% | 116 |
| October 2025 | 71.9% | 96 |
| November 2025 | 51.2% | 88 |
| December 2025 | 53.0% | 90 |
| January 2026 | 67.1% | 92 |
| February 2026 | 55.1% | 81 |
| March 2026 | 61.2% | 89 |
| April 2026 | 72.4% | 89 |
| May 2026 | 72.5% | 93 |
| June 2026 | 61.5% | 90 |
| July 2026 | 64.6% | 91 |
| August 2026 | 72.9% | 93 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 644 | 62.2% | 6.4% | 140 min |
| Republic Airways | 265 | 75.9% | 1.5% | 65 min |
| Envoy Air | 193 | 60.5% | 7.8% | 77 min |
| American Airlines | 6 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
-
MQ3956
49% late · 138 flights
-
OH5213
53% late · 135 flights
-
OH5243
19% late · 79 flights
-
OH5106
56% late · 74 flights
-
OH5104
42% late · 71 flights
-
OH5129
34% late · 44 flights
-
OH5312
8% late · 38 flights
-
OH5051
10% late · 36 flights
-
OH5093
20% late · 35 flights
-
OH5531
54% late · 35 flights
-
OH5081
21% late · 33 flights
-
YX4512
6% late · 33 flights
-
MQ3668
4% late · 27 flights
-
OH5075
62% late · 27 flights
-
YX4479
15% late · 27 flights
-
YX4584
37% late · 27 flights
-
YX4597
22% late · 27 flights
-
YX4674
15% late · 27 flights
-
YX4694
14% late · 23 flights
-
YX4434
0% late · 22 flights
-
YX4647
62% late · 21 flights
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this route.