Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
WN 281 · Austin (AUS) → Washington (DCA)
Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 47 of the last 56 days (Mon–Sat).
Arrives on time60%within 15 minutes, of 49 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late13%of flights that operated
When late, on average66 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Washington is 1 h ahead of Austin).
- Leaves AUS
- 12:25
- Arrives DCA
- 16:40
- Flight time
- 3h 15m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 47 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 AUS
All flights leaving Austin (AUS) at 12–1 pm, wherever they’re going: 77% left within 15 minutes and 1.0% were cancelled (6,226 flights in the year). Other Southwest flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.