Route Reliability
Washington → Grand Rapids
DCA–GRR · 524 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- 66%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 22 min
- Average arrival delay
- 6.8%
- Cancelled
- 731
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- American Airlines66% on time · 730 flights
- Delta Air Lines0% on time · 1 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
DCA–GRR flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DCA–GRR flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays and just 60% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 6.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
DCA–GRR flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 56% 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
- Mon64%(104 flights)
- Tue66%(100 flights)
- Wed63%(99 flights)
- Thu63%(102 flights)
- Fri60%(96 flights)
- Sat79%(79 flights)
- Sun68%(97 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM75%(223 flights)
- 12–3 PM63%(120 flights)
- 3–6 PM83%(36 flights)
- 6–9 PM81%(32 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM55%(266 flights)
Jun 54% → May 67% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 54% | 50 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 53 |
| August 2025 | 79% | 61 |
| September 2025 | 78% | 59 |
| October 2025 | 80% | 84 |
| November 2025 | 60% | 48 |
| December 2025 | 42% | 55 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 52 |
| February 2026 | 59% | 49 |
| March 2026 | 68% | 50 |
| April 2026 | 55% | 56 |
| May 2026 | 67% | 60 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 731 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.