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Route Reliability

Washington → Cleveland

DCACLE · 310 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
7.5%
Cancelled
1,608
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 67% of the time across 1,608 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DCA–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 51% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–CLE flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Saturdays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 7.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

DCA–CLE flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon67%(234 flights)
  • Tue70%(238 flights)
  • Wed71%(238 flights)
  • Thu66%(227 flights)
  • Fri63%(220 flights)
  • Sat75%(126 flights)
  • Sun59%(202 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(262 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(302 flights)
  • 12–3 PM60%(346 flights)
  • 3–6 PM51%(197 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(111 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(267 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 52% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202552%111
July 202562%110
August 202571%133
September 202583%134
October 202569%141
November 202560%129
December 202559%108
January 202667%106
February 202666%121
March 202664%122
April 202674%134
May 202671%136

Based on 1,608 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.