Route Reliability
Washington → LAN
DCA–LAN · 479 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to LAN Airport
- 64%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 29 min
- Average arrival delay
- 5.0%
- Cancelled
- 298
- 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 298 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DCA–LAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 61% between 12–3 PM.
Tuesdays have been rough.
DCA–LAN flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Sundays and just 55% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 5.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
DCA–LAN flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 50% 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
- Mon56%(48 flights)
- Tue55%(47 flights)
- Wed71%(48 flights)
- Thu58%(48 flights)
- Fri67%(45 flights)
- Sat—(0 flights)
- Sun78%(46 flights)
- 6–9 AM78%(37 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
- 12–3 PM61%(236 flights)
Jun 46% → May 81% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 46% | 24 |
| July 2025 | 60% | 20 |
| August 2025 | 58% | 26 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 27 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 23 |
| December 2025 | 26% | 19 |
| January 2026 | 68% | 19 |
| February 2026 | 54% | 24 |
| March 2026 | 57% | 23 |
| April 2026 | 76% | 25 |
| May 2026 | 81% | 26 |
Keep nerding
Based on 298 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.