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Route Reliability

Washington → CAE

IAD–CAE · 401 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to CAE Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
889
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 889 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

9 PM–12 AM has a slight edge.

Departures between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, against 76% between 6–9 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAD–CAE flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

IAD–CAE flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon79%(131 flights)
  • Tue85%(134 flights)
  • Wed79%(119 flights)
  • Thu77%(119 flights)
  • Fri74%(130 flights)
  • Sat80%(97 flights)
  • Sun74%(134 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM76%(243 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(185 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(327 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(109 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 64% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%77
July 202557%68
August 202577%82
September 202583%80
October 202588%92
November 202581%82
December 202568%57
January 202671%52
February 202685%52
March 202681%62
April 202684%77
May 202693%83

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Based on 889 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.