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Route Reliability

Washington → GSO

DCAGSO · 248 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to GSO Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
5.4%
Cancelled
803
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 803 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–GSO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DCA–GSO flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 64% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–GSO flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(113 flights)
  • Tue74%(120 flights)
  • Wed70%(118 flights)
  • Thu66%(113 flights)
  • Fri64%(109 flights)
  • Sat83%(75 flights)
  • Sun70%(111 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(246 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(7 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(105 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(181 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(49 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(171 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 46% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202546%57
July 202557%51
August 202560%55
September 202585%79
October 202584%87
November 202572%74
December 202564%59
January 202665%69
February 202669%62
March 202675%55
April 202680%56
May 202684%55

Based on 803 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.