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Route Reliability

CHA → Washington

CHA–DCA · 523 miles · CHA Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
301
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 301 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Tuesdays have been rough.

CHA–DCA flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Fridays and just 74% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

CHA–DCA flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(47 flights)
  • Tue74%(50 flights)
  • Wed82%(50 flights)
  • Thu83%(48 flights)
  • Fri92%(48 flights)
  • Sat—(0 flights)
  • Sun88%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(289 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 76% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%25
July 202581%26
August 2025100%26
September 202592%26
October 202593%27
November 202588%24
December 202560%20
January 202675%20
February 202668%22
March 202689%26
April 202685%26
May 202692%25

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Based on 301 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.