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Route Reliability

Albany → Washington

ALB–DCA · 318 miles · Albany International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
5.7%
Cancelled
1,181
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 1,181 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ALB–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ALB–DCA flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 60%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ALB–DCA flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(166 flights)
  • Tue73%(168 flights)
  • Wed70%(167 flights)
  • Thu65%(167 flights)
  • Fri70%(171 flights)
  • Sat75%(110 flights)
  • Sun60%(158 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(163 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(150 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(7 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(477 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(310 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 53% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202553%93
July 202570%99
August 202563%107
September 202569%83
October 202574%113
November 202569%81
December 202567%81
January 202664%74
February 202663%71
March 202658%81
April 202681%108
May 202677%116

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Based on 1,181 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.