Route Reliability
Austin → Washington
AUS–DCA · 1,315 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- 66%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 14 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 365
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
AUS–DCA flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 68% of the time, versus 43% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AUS–DCA flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Saturdays and just 51% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
AUS–DCA flights arrived on time 52% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon73%(51 flights)
- Tue71%(52 flights)
- Wed69%(51 flights)
- Thu71%(51 flights)
- Fri54%(52 flights)
- Sat75%(51 flights)
- Sun51%(51 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM63%(24 flights)
- 12–3 PM68%(314 flights)
- 3–6 PM43%(21 flights)
Jun 60% → May 48% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 60% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 54% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 68% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 64% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 36% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 48% | 31 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.