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Route Reliability

Washington → Cedar Rapids

DCA–CID · 801 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
363
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 363 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DCA–CID flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 61% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DCA–CID flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 71% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DCA–CID flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue80%(51 flights)
  • Wed75%(51 flights)
  • Thu77%(51 flights)
  • Fri71%(51 flights)
  • Sat88%(50 flights)
  • Sun78%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(188 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(124 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 80% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202594%31
August 202594%31
September 202590%30
October 202590%31
November 202543%28
December 202566%29
January 202668%28
February 202678%27
March 202677%30
April 202667%30
May 202680%30

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Based on 363 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.