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Route Reliability

Washington → JAN

DCAJAN · 860 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to JAN Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
26 min
Average arrival delay
8.3%
Cancelled
301
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 63% of the time across 301 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Wednesdays have been rough.

DCA–JAN flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 54% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 8.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

DCA–JAN flights arrived on time 65% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(48 flights)
  • Tue83%(46 flights)
  • Wed54%(46 flights)
  • Thu61%(46 flights)
  • Fri61%(44 flights)
  • Sat(0 flights)
  • Sun57%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 PM63%(268 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(8 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 35% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202535%20
July 202557%23
August 202576%25
September 202565%26
October 202567%27
November 202557%23
December 202567%18
January 202672%18
February 202665%23
March 202656%25
April 202675%24
May 202663%24

Based on 301 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.