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Route Reliability

Washington → Dayton

DCA–DAY · 391 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Dayton International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
4.4%
Cancelled
983
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 983 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DCA–DAY flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 50% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–DAY flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Saturdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–DAY flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 52% 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
  • Mon69%(143 flights)
  • Tue65%(141 flights)
  • Wed60%(151 flights)
  • Thu62%(143 flights)
  • Fri60%(141 flights)
  • Sat76%(89 flights)
  • Sun60%(131 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(301 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(13 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM50%(320 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(41 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM58%(255 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 59% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%86
July 202554%70
August 202574%77
September 202584%86
October 202567%91
November 202564%80
December 202552%62
January 202653%66
February 202651%77
March 202664%84
April 202669%81
May 202670%79

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Based on 983 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.