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2,763 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 7 in 10.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 86% arrive on time from JFK
Best single flight AA 4538 JFK 06:30 → DCA 07:59 · 81% on time Avoid B6 955 JFK 21:30 → DCA 22:59 · 53% 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
Washington flights leaving JFK 9–10 pm: 3Close ×
DL 5743flown by Republic JFK 21:30 DCA 22:59 1h 39m 86 68% 17.4% 72 min
B6 955 JFK 21:30 DCA 22:59 1h 29m 157 53% 8.3% 79 min
AA 4336flown by Republic JFK 21:41 DCA 23:23 1h 42m 70 76% 15.7% 102 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.

American (incl. Republic) 1,242 71% 4.9% 63 min
Delta (incl. Endeavor, Republic) 1,076 70% 6.3% 74 min
JetBlue 445 54% 5.8% 83 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 4538flown by Republic JFK 06:30 DCA 07:59 81%
AA 4671flown by Republic JFK 09:23 DCA 10:59 67%
DL 5699flown by Republic JFK 15:22 DCA 16:59 60%
B6 955 JFK 21:30 DCA 22:59 53%
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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.

American JFK DCA 1h 34m 71% 4.9% 1,242 Flying now
Delta JFK DCA 1h 33m 70% 6.3% 1,076 Flying now
JetBlue JFK DCA 1h 22m 54% 5.8% 445 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