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Route Reliability

Washington → Grand Rapids

DCAGRR · 524 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(104 flights)
  • Tue66%(100 flights)
  • Wed63%(99 flights)
  • Thu63%(102 flights)
  • Fri60%(96 flights)
  • Sat79%(79 flights)
  • Sun68%(97 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 54% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%50
July 202568%53
August 202579%61
September 202578%59
October 202580%84
November 202560%48
December 202542%55
January 202667%52
February 202659%49
March 202668%50
April 202655%56
May 202667%60

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.