2,978 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 9 in 10 depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 63%.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 94% arrive on time from DCA

Best single flight DL 2869 DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:30 · 94% on time Avoid DL 1454 DCA 17:29 → DTW 19:15 · 64% 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).

DCA

% 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

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Airlines on this route

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


Delta (incl. Endeavor, Republic)	1,755	80%	2.8%	86 min
American (incl. Envoy, PSA, Republic)	1,223	72%	4.9%	81 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.


DL 2869	DCA 06:00	DTW 07:30	94%
DL 2476	DCA 12:29	DTW 14:04	87%
DL 1558	DCA 09:39	DTW 11:14	86%
DL 2030	DCA 19:59	DTW 21:41	70%
DL 1454	DCA 17:29	DTW 19:15	64%

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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.


Delta	DCA	DTW	1h 36m	80%	2.8%	1,755	Flying now
American	DCA	DTW	1h 47m	72%	4.9%	1,223	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