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Route Reliability

Washington → LAN

DCALAN · 479 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to LAN Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon56%(48 flights)
  • Tue55%(47 flights)
  • Wed71%(48 flights)
  • Thu58%(48 flights)
  • Fri67%(45 flights)
  • Sat(0 flights)
  • Sun78%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM78%(37 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(9 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(236 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 46% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202546%24
July 202560%20
August 202558%26
September 202577%26
October 202582%27
November 202574%23
December 202526%19
January 202668%19
February 202654%24
March 202657%23
April 202676%25
May 202681%26

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.