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Route Reliability

LAN → Washington

LAN–DCA · 479 miles · LAN Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
60%
Arrive within 15 minutes
35 min
Average arrival delay
9.7%
Cancelled
298
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 60% of the time across 298 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LAN–DCA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

LAN–DCA flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Fridays and just 51% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 9.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

LAN–DCA flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 48% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(47 flights)
  • Tue54%(46 flights)
  • Wed51%(45 flights)
  • Thu58%(45 flights)
  • Fri71%(41 flights)
  • Sat—(0 flights)
  • Sun66%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(38 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(221 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 38% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202538%21
July 202544%18
August 202563%24
September 202573%26
October 202578%27
November 202552%21
December 202533%18
January 202667%18
February 202644%23
March 202657%21
April 202672%25
May 202677%26

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Based on 298 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.