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DSM → DCA

Des Moines International Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
6.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
102 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
701
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 37%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 34%
  • Air traffic control & airport 21%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • 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 71.2% 60
October 2025 77.4% 62
November 2025 81.1% 55
December 2025 76.2% 47
January 2026 82.0% 56
February 2026 80.8% 56
March 2026 66.1% 62
April 2026 86.4% 60
May 2026 80.0% 61
June 2026 78.0% 60
July 2026 75.9% 61
August 2026 81.1% 61

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
OH 395 75.3% 8.4% 122 min
Republic Airways 220 80.1% 3.2% 68 min
Envoy Air 86 84.3% 3.5% 74 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OH5414

    13% late · 131 flights

  • YX4698

    15% late · 76 flights

  • OH5388

    43% late · 54 flights

  • OH5645

    12% late · 48 flights

  • YX4806

    24% late · 44 flights

  • MQ4102

    22% late · 39 flights

  • OH5292

    40% late · 39 flights

  • YX4713

    19% late · 38 flights

  • OH5302

    16% late · 33 flights

  • MQ3710

    7% late · 28 flights

  • OH5428

    38% late · 27 flights

  • OH5238

    22% late · 23 flights

  • YX4617

    43% late · 23 flights

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