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Route Reliability

Jacksonville → Washington

JAXDCA · 634 miles · Jacksonville International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,463
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 1,463 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JAX–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JAX–DCA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

JAX–DCA flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon72%(206 flights)
  • Tue79%(210 flights)
  • Wed72%(209 flights)
  • Thu72%(206 flights)
  • Fri68%(213 flights)
  • Sat81%(172 flights)
  • Sun63%(205 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(352 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(252 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(465 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(26 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(326 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 75% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%110
July 202559%108
August 202570%117
September 202574%116
October 202578%119
November 202562%116
December 202568%128
January 202676%134
February 202675%118
March 202671%120
April 202682%117
May 202676%118

Based on 1,463 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.