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Route Reliability

Washington → CHA

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

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
62%
Arrive within 15 minutes
30 min
Average arrival delay
6.7%
Cancelled
300
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 62% of the time across 300 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

9 PM–12 AM has a slight edge.

Departures between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 64% of the time, against 61% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

DCA–CHA flights arrived on time 69% of the time on Wednesdays and just 51% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–CHA flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 54% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(47 flights)
  • Tue65%(48 flights)
  • Wed69%(45 flights)
  • Thu51%(47 flights)
  • Fri57%(46 flights)
  • Sat—(0 flights)
  • Sun63%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(229 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 46% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202546%22
July 202533%21
August 202563%24
September 202585%26
October 202596%27
November 202552%23
December 202544%18
January 202665%20
February 202652%23
March 202658%26
April 202668%25
May 202663%24

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Based on 300 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.