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Route Reliability

Washington → Rochester

IADROC · 287 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
1,255
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 1,255 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAD–ROC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 73% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAD–ROC flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

IAD–ROC flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon77%(179 flights)
  • Tue86%(173 flights)
  • Wed80%(178 flights)
  • Thu81%(187 flights)
  • Fri74%(187 flights)
  • Sat82%(140 flights)
  • Sun70%(172 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(288 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(332 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(321 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(275 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 61% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%101
July 202568%104
August 202581%117
September 202582%105
October 202576%93
November 202574%105
December 202569%98
January 202669%80
February 202692%73
March 202682%112
April 202693%112
May 202690%116

Based on 1,255 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.