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DCA → DTW

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
75.3%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
4.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
85 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,972
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 16%
  • Extreme weather 4%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 87.4% 247
October 2025 88.0% 258
November 2025 72.1% 253
December 2025 67.4% 238
January 2026 72.2% 249
February 2026 75.2% 240
March 2026 73.5% 271
April 2026 78.2% 262
May 2026 79.8% 257
June 2026 73.1% 232
July 2026 61.6% 236
August 2026 71.4% 229

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 1,741 78.3% 2.9% 88 min
OH 948 67.8% 6.3% 83 min
Republic Airways 277 81.2% 3.2% 76 min
American Airlines 4 75.0% 0.0% 397 min
Envoy Air 2 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL1454

    38% late · 361 flights

  • DL1558

    16% late · 361 flights

  • DL2476

    16% late · 358 flights

  • DL2869

    7% late · 357 flights

  • DL2030

    33% late · 279 flights

  • OH5660

    15% late · 194 flights

  • OH5384

    41% late · 125 flights

  • OH5446

    39% late · 100 flights

  • OH5597

    49% late · 75 flights

  • YX4616

    16% late · 75 flights

  • OH5172

    48% late · 64 flights

  • YX4357

    50% late · 46 flights

  • OH5056

    39% late · 45 flights

  • OH5221

    12% late · 44 flights

  • OH5075

    54% late · 42 flights

  • YX4618

    8% late · 38 flights

  • YX4759

    14% late · 38 flights

  • OH5059

    29% late · 37 flights

  • OH5516

    21% late · 37 flights

  • OH5407

    29% late · 34 flights

  • OH5550

    41% late · 29 flights

  • OH5341

    33% late · 27 flights

  • OH5568

    33% late · 27 flights

  • DL1810

    36% late · 25 flights

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