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Route Reliability

Valparaiso → Washington

VPS–DCA · 789 miles · Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
3.9%
Cancelled
385
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 385 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

VPS–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

VPS–DCA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

VPS–DCA flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(49 flights)
  • Tue78%(50 flights)
  • Wed77%(51 flights)
  • Thu73%(52 flights)
  • Fri69%(48 flights)
  • Sat85%(68 flights)
  • Sun76%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(90 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(263 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 74% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%34
July 202587%37
August 202589%35
September 202583%30
October 202581%31
November 202583%30
December 202573%30
January 202668%28
February 202662%26
March 202657%28
April 202687%30
May 202669%29

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 385 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.