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DCA → JFK

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
6.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
77 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,486
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 36%
  • Air traffic control & airport 31%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 23%
  • Extreme weather 10%
  • 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 84.4% 262
October 2025 79.7% 224
November 2025 70.0% 255
December 2025 68.1% 215
January 2026 74.5% 182
February 2026 70.6% 168
March 2026 71.3% 186
April 2026 81.0% 155
May 2026 87.1% 205
June 2026 84.3% 210
July 2026 69.9% 209
August 2026 79.9% 215

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
Republic Airways 2,041 76.0% 6.0% 75 min
JetBlue Airways 445 81.3% 6.1% 88 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • YX5713

    33% late · 348 flights

  • YX4781

    39% late · 295 flights

  • B61888

    12% late · 207 flights

  • YX4551

    6% late · 205 flights

  • B6254

    11% late · 157 flights

  • YX4396

    13% late · 154 flights

  • YX4361

    26% late · 137 flights

  • YX4522

    31% late · 134 flights

  • YX5802

    6% late · 117 flights

  • YX5767

    5% late · 109 flights

  • YX4629

    27% late · 89 flights

  • YX5624

    27% late · 84 flights

  • YX4476

    23% late · 55 flights

  • YX4632

    65% late · 54 flights

  • YX4336

    24% late · 51 flights

  • B61254

    40% late · 45 flights

  • YX4628

    11% late · 44 flights

  • YX5792

    3% late · 35 flights

  • YX5750

    16% late · 31 flights

  • B61787

    52% late · 25 flights

  • YX4474

    50% late · 24 flights

  • YX5657

    5% late · 22 flights

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