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Route Reliability

Washington → CAE

DCA–CAE · 408 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to CAE Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 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 69% of the time across 1,092 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–CAE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 55% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DCA–CAE flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 63%.

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.

DCA–CAE flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(153 flights)
  • Tue71%(155 flights)
  • Wed72%(158 flights)
  • Thu69%(148 flights)
  • Fri63%(150 flights)
  • Sat77%(103 flights)
  • Sun66%(151 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(275 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(102 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(50 flights)
  • 3–6 PM55%(309 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(80 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(202 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 59% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%68
July 202563%70
August 202571%84
September 202580%109
October 202577%115
November 202566%80
December 202555%83
January 202666%77
February 202665%75
March 202668%79
April 202669%88
May 202672%90

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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.