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7,048 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 93% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 7 in 10.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 89% arrive on time from DCA
Best single flight UA 1793 DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46 · 92% on time Avoid UA 654 DCA 17:05 → ORD 18:30 · 50% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

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% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55
Chicago flights leaving DCA 6–7 am: 1Close ×
UA 1793 DCA 06:30 ORD 07:46 2h 16m 363 92% 1.7% 63 min

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.

United (incl. SkyWest, Republic) 4,083 76% 3.1% 85 min
American (incl. Envoy, Republic) 2,965 75% 3.9% 88 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.

UA 1793 DCA 06:30 ORD 07:46 92%
UA 2201 DCA 10:30 ORD 11:48 91%
AA 2304 DCA 07:40 ORD 09:00 83%
AA 2903 DCA 20:06 ORD 21:42 77%
AA 1200 DCA 13:59 ORD 15:24 75%
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UA 1325 DCA 15:30 ORD 16:52 66%
UA 2148 DCA 18:10 ORD 19:32 51%
UA 654 DCA 17:05 ORD 18:30 50%
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Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.

United DCA ORD 2h 20m 76% 3.1% 4,083 Flying now
American DCA ORD 2h 26m 75% 3.9% 2,965 Flying now
Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON