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Route Reliability

Miami → Washington

MIAIAD · 922 miles · Miami International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
668
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines82%512 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines68%156 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MIA–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 51% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–IAD flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 68%.

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
  • Mon80%(109 flights)
  • Tue90%(71 flights)
  • Wed84%(75 flights)
  • Thu81%(101 flights)
  • Fri77%(110 flights)
  • Sat76%(93 flights)
  • Sun68%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(26 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(53 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(385 flights)
  • 3–6 PM51%(39 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(158 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 60% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%52
July 202564%50
August 202568%53
September 202594%47
October 202586%49
November 202575%44
December 202590%58
January 202682%72
February 202679%61
March 202670%63
April 202687%67
May 202693%45

Based on 668 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.