Route Reliability
CAE → Washington
CAE–DCA · 408 miles · CAE Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 6.6%
- Cancelled
- 1,092
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 1,092 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
CAE–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 48% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
CAE–DCA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 6.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
CAE–DCA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
- Mon73%(154 flights)
- Tue74%(151 flights)
- Wed76%(155 flights)
- Thu72%(151 flights)
- Fri63%(151 flights)
- Sat85%(98 flights)
- Sun73%(154 flights)
- 3–6 AM88%(17 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(315 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM79%(343 flights)
- 12–3 PM65%(69 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(9 flights)
- 6–9 PM48%(261 flights)
Jun 71% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 70 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 68 |
| August 2025 | 75% | 85 |
| September 2025 | 84% | 106 |
| October 2025 | 74% | 116 |
| November 2025 | 70% | 77 |
| December 2025 | 64% | 84 |
| January 2026 | 72% | 78 |
| February 2026 | 57% | 74 |
| March 2026 | 78% | 78 |
| April 2026 | 76% | 88 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 90 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 1,092 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.