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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Washington

CLT–DCA · 331 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
2,699
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 2,699 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLT–DCA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 58% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLT–DCA flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

CLT–DCA flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(377 flights)
  • Tue77%(367 flights)
  • Wed71%(374 flights)
  • Thu68%(375 flights)
  • Fri63%(377 flights)
  • Sat77%(371 flights)
  • Sun62%(378 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM74%(358 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(511 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(366 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(357 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(669 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(358 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 65% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%246
July 202562%226
August 202571%240
September 202573%236
October 202563%246
November 202560%206
December 202571%209
January 202671%191
February 202666%184
March 202666%203
April 202675%207
May 202681%225

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Based on 2,699 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.