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Route Reliability

Albany → Washington

ALB–IAD · 324 miles · Albany International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,427
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 1,427 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ALB–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 58% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ALB–IAD flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Trending in the right direction.

ALB–IAD flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% 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

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(200 flights)
  • Tue69%(198 flights)
  • Wed76%(196 flights)
  • Thu74%(201 flights)
  • Fri72%(204 flights)
  • Sat71%(194 flights)
  • Sun64%(204 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM75%(126 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(208 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(363 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(352 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 61% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%116
July 202555%112
August 202574%121
September 202578%119
October 202573%124
November 202575%118
December 202554%118
January 202667%102
February 202677%104
March 202666%122
April 202685%120
May 202685%121

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Based on 1,427 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.