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DCA → IAH

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
80.3%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,333
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 45%
  • Air traffic control & airport 26%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 22%
  • Extreme weather 7%
  • 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 86.0% 272
October 2025 87.6% 291
November 2025 81.3% 270
December 2025 80.5% 274
January 2026 84.1% 282
February 2026 89.7% 258
March 2026 83.0% 289
April 2026 83.3% 282
May 2026 70.9% 288
June 2026 71.9% 280
July 2026 70.8% 284
August 2026 74.0% 263

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
United Airlines 2,384 83.5% 0.8% 88 min
Republic Airways 511 75.7% 5.1% 60 min
OH 438 66.6% 7.3% 86 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA382

    11% late · 362 flights

  • UA1450

    7% late · 353 flights

  • UA697

    9% late · 341 flights

  • UA1785

    35% late · 321 flights

  • UA1381

    23% late · 285 flights

  • UA2190

    14% late · 198 flights

  • UA1678

    30% late · 133 flights

  • YX4779

    25% late · 120 flights

  • UA1077

    15% late · 108 flights

  • YX4694

    32% late · 83 flights

  • UA1457

    9% late · 55 flights

  • UA2306

    13% late · 55 flights

  • YX4743

    20% late · 50 flights

  • UA1143

    4% late · 47 flights

  • YX4618

    21% late · 46 flights

  • OH5132

    30% late · 44 flights

  • OH5029

    42% late · 38 flights

  • YX4673

    49% late · 38 flights

  • OH5224

    18% late · 37 flights

  • OH5599

    24% late · 37 flights

  • OH5639

    29% late · 36 flights

  • OH5074

    19% late · 34 flights

  • YX4520

    28% late · 32 flights

  • YX4584

    10% late · 32 flights

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