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Route Reliability

San Juan → Washington

SJUIAD · 1,572 miles · Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
688
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines89%588 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines68%100 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SJU–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 80% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

SJU–IAD flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 82%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 89% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 68%.

Ticking up lately.

SJU–IAD flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(101 flights)
  • Tue88%(91 flights)
  • Wed91%(77 flights)
  • Thu84%(102 flights)
  • Fri88%(89 flights)
  • Sat82%(98 flights)
  • Sun83%(123 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(286 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(393 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 86% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%50
July 202579%52
August 202572%50
September 2025100%13
October 202584%43
November 202588%73
December 202583%77
January 202690%69
February 202683%63
March 202688%67
April 202694%62
May 202689%62

Based on 688 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.