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Route Reliability

AVL → Washington

AVL–DCA · 384 miles · AVL Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
6.3%
Cancelled
521
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 521 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AVL–DCA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 52% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

AVL–DCA flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Saturdays and just 54% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

AVL–DCA flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 49% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(70 flights)
  • Tue63%(73 flights)
  • Wed62%(71 flights)
  • Thu54%(70 flights)
  • Fri69%(67 flights)
  • Sat74%(69 flights)
  • Sun58%(66 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(168 flights)
  • 12–3 PM53%(136 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(54 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(128 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 69% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%51
July 202555%53
August 202573%60
September 202574%57
October 202566%55
November 202568%31
December 202555%29
January 202652%27
February 202641%27
March 202660%25
April 202667%30
May 202663%41

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 521 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.