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Route Reliability

Washington → Dayton

IADDAY · 367 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to Dayton International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
942
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 942 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAD–DAY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 78% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 87% on time on Thursdays against 80% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

IAD–DAY flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon84%(140 flights)
  • Tue80%(131 flights)
  • Wed81%(124 flights)
  • Thu87%(127 flights)
  • Fri81%(140 flights)
  • Sat81%(120 flights)
  • Sun80%(139 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(233 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(359 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(329 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 76% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%75
July 202574%82
August 202584%89
September 202591%90
October 202586%90
November 202579%75
December 202570%74
January 202675%64
February 202689%55
March 202683%64
April 202689%73
May 202684%90

Based on 942 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.