Route
DCA → CLT
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Charlotte Douglas International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.5%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 122 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 2,677
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 53%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 33%
- Air traffic control & airport 10%
- Extreme weather 3%
- Security 1%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 79.4% | 239 |
| October 2025 | 83.7% | 248 |
| November 2025 | 78.0% | 206 |
| December 2025 | 76.8% | 208 |
| January 2026 | 82.6% | 217 |
| February 2026 | 77.0% | 192 |
| March 2026 | 79.2% | 211 |
| April 2026 | 86.8% | 206 |
| May 2026 | 82.4% | 223 |
| June 2026 | 73.1% | 240 |
| July 2026 | 69.6% | 241 |
| August 2026 | 74.4% | 246 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 2,443 | 79.8% | 3.2% | 127 min |
| OH | 234 | 65.9% | 0.0% | 91 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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AA1518
12% late · 209 flights
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AA2182
34% late · 164 flights
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AA2687
24% late · 156 flights
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AA1537
30% late · 153 flights
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AA1617
11% late · 125 flights
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AA2882
8% late · 125 flights
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AA1581
10% late · 109 flights
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AA2040
20% late · 106 flights
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AA2815
23% late · 84 flights
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AA365
7% late · 76 flights
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AA1295
29% late · 75 flights
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OH5022
43% late · 74 flights
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AA3043
16% late · 60 flights
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AA2839
17% late · 46 flights
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AA3263
48% late · 45 flights
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AA3244
2% late · 44 flights
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AA2869
17% late · 42 flights
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AA840
19% late · 42 flights
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AA1480
18% late · 37 flights
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AA1686
3% late · 37 flights
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AA2249
22% late · 37 flights
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AA3240
17% late · 36 flights
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OH5592
23% late · 35 flights
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AA3249
24% late · 33 flights
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