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Route Reliability

Washington → Austin

DCA–AUS · 1,315 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
58%
Arrive within 15 minutes
26 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 58% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Wednesdays have been rough.

DCA–AUS flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays and just 48% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

DCA–AUS flights arrived on time 61% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon54%(52 flights)
  • Tue62%(52 flights)
  • Wed48%(52 flights)
  • Thu52%(52 flights)
  • Fri60%(52 flights)
  • Sat77%(52 flights)
  • Sun53%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(353 flights)
On-time trend by month
45%
May

Jun 33% → May 45% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202533%30
July 202527%30
August 202568%31
September 202550%30
October 202555%31
November 202560%30
December 202571%31
January 202683%30
February 202664%28
March 202677%31
April 202660%30
May 202645%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 365 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.