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DCA → LGA

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport LaGuardia Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
65.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
6.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
81 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,843
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 45%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 31%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 18%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • 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 78.0% 385
October 2025 66.5% 398
November 2025 57.1% 394
December 2025 57.0% 342
January 2026 78.4% 404
February 2026 60.0% 390
March 2026 53.1% 436
April 2026 65.3% 422
May 2026 67.5% 425
June 2026 72.2% 412
July 2026 62.1% 418
August 2026 68.6% 417

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 4,703 65.1% 6.5% 81 min
Delta Air Lines 116 89.3% 3.4% 136 min
American Airlines 24 52.2% 4.2% 82 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • YX5763

    52% late · 347 flights

  • YX5768

    48% late · 297 flights

  • YX5772

    20% late · 234 flights

  • YX5747

    37% late · 228 flights

  • YX5742

    23% late · 203 flights

  • YX5752

    51% late · 191 flights

  • YX4436

    39% late · 155 flights

  • YX4665

    51% late · 145 flights

  • YX4664

    25% late · 144 flights

  • YX4505

    45% late · 134 flights

  • YX5717

    55% late · 122 flights

  • YX4754

    22% late · 119 flights

  • YX5773

    8% late · 105 flights

  • YX5775

    44% late · 99 flights

  • YX4702

    46% late · 98 flights

  • YX5607

    23% late · 96 flights

  • YX4393

    13% late · 95 flights

  • YX4730

    36% late · 92 flights

  • YX5602

    5% late · 92 flights

  • DL1172

    12% late · 86 flights

  • YX4685

    49% late · 80 flights

  • YX4491

    17% late · 75 flights

  • YX4773

    38% late · 75 flights

  • YX4384

    45% late · 71 flights

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