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Flight Reliability

DL 5269 · Delta Air Lines

Washington → Raleigh–Durham (DCA–RDU)

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
12 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 348 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

DL 5269 arrived on time 96% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 82%.

Well ahead of the DCA–RDU route.

DL 5269 arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 70% across the DCA–RDU route.

Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.

DL 5269 arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Slipping a little lately.

DL 5269 arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(49 flights)
  • Tue82%(50 flights)
  • Wed90%(50 flights)
  • Thu96%(49 flights)
  • Fri82%(49 flights)
  • Sat90%(48 flights)
  • Sun90%(48 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 87% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202590%31
August 2025100%31
September 202597%30
October 202593%30
November 202579%28
December 202574%19
January 2026100%25
February 202689%27
March 202684%31
April 202687%30
May 202677%31
Departures on time
89%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
343
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 348 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.