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Route Reliability

JAN → Washington

JANDCA · 860 miles · JAN Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
3.7%
Cancelled
301
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 301 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JAN–DCA flights arrived on time 98% of the time on Thursdays and just 82% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

JAN–DCA flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(45 flights)
  • Tue92%(50 flights)
  • Wed96%(49 flights)
  • Thu98%(47 flights)
  • Fri92%(48 flights)
  • Sat(0 flights)
  • Sun82%(50 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 100% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 2025100%24
July 202592%26
August 202596%24
September 202596%26
October 202589%27
November 202583%24
December 202590%20
January 202689%18
February 202696%23
March 202685%27
April 202692%26
May 202688%24

Based on 301 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.