Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AS 5 · Washington (DCA) → Los Angeles (LAX)
Sold by Alaska. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time71%within 15 minutes, of 364 flights
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late8%of flights that operated
When late, on average64 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Washington).
- Leaves DCA
- 09:59
- Arrives LAX
- 12:27
- Flight time
- 5h 28m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at DCA
All flights leaving Washington (DCA) at 9–10 am, wherever they’re going: 81% left within 15 minutes and 2.6% were cancelled (6,498 flights in the year). Other Alaska flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.