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Route Reliability

CAK → Washington

CAK–DCA · 274 miles · CAK Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
59%
Arrive within 15 minutes
36 min
Average arrival delay
5.8%
Cancelled
329
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 59% of the time across 329 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CAK–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 36% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CAK–DCA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays and just 48% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

CAK–DCA flights arrived on time 51% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 28% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(47 flights)
  • Tue60%(47 flights)
  • Wed54%(46 flights)
  • Thu60%(47 flights)
  • Fri48%(46 flights)
  • Sat82%(27 flights)
  • Sun57%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(123 flights)
  • 12–3 PM36%(101 flights)
  • 3–6 PM42%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 PM47%(73 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 83% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%29
July 202582%28
August 202584%31
September 202593%30
October 202555%31
November 202536%28
December 202514%21
January 202637%19
February 202632%22
March 202648%21
April 202648%25
May 202658%24

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Based on 329 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.