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Route Reliability

Rochester → Washington

ROC–DCA · 296 miles · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
27 min
Average arrival delay
5.5%
Cancelled
1,051
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 1,051 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ROC–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 47% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ROC–DCA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ROC–DCA flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 59% 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
  • Mon67%(142 flights)
  • Tue69%(148 flights)
  • Wed68%(146 flights)
  • Thu67%(148 flights)
  • Fri63%(145 flights)
  • Sat80%(109 flights)
  • Sun68%(152 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(295 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(18 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM72%(209 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(142 flights)
  • 3–6 PM47%(300 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 70% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%94
July 202571%79
August 202573%89
September 202577%86
October 202588%88
November 202562%79
December 202558%77
January 202669%73
February 202649%74
March 202656%75
April 202672%88
May 202669%88

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Based on 1,051 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.