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2,731 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 2 in 3.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 91% arrive on time from DCA
Best single flight AA 4551 DCA 06:00 → JFK 07:31 · 94% on time Avoid AA 4781 DCA 14:54 → JFK 16:29 · 62% 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

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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.

JetBlue 445 82% 5.4% 78 min
Delta (incl. Endeavor, Republic) 1,043 80% 5.7% 73 min
American (incl. Republic) 1,243 74% 5.2% 71 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.

AA 4551flown by Republic DCA 06:00 JFK 07:31 94%
B6 254 DCA 06:15 JFK 07:27 91%
DL 5713flown by Republic DCA 17:00 JFK 18:39 67%
AA 4781flown by Republic DCA 14:54 JFK 16:29 62%
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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.

JetBlue DCA JFK 1h 17m 82% 5.4% 445 Flying now
Delta DCA JFK 1h 20m 80% 5.7% 1,043 Flying now
American DCA JFK 1h 29m 74% 5.2% 1,243 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