1,454 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time.

Best time to leave 8–9 am 86% arrive on time from LAX

Best single flight DL 392 LAX 07:35 → DCA 15:35 · 81% on time Avoid AA 591 LAX 12:26 → DCA 20:29 · 78% 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).

LAX

% 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 LAX 8–9 am: 1Close ×


AA 3283	LAX 08:23	DCA 16:29	5h 06m	137	83%	1.5%	61 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	728	82%	1.2%	69 min
Delta	362	81%	2.2%	103 min
Alaska	364	78%	0.8%	67 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 392	LAX 07:35	DCA 15:35	81%
AS 6	LAX 11:48	DCA 20:00	78%
AA 591	LAX 12:26	DCA 20:29	78%

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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	LAX	DCA	4h 59m	82%	1.2%	728	Flying now
Delta	LAX	DCA	5h 00m	81%	2.2%	362	Flying now
Alaska	LAX	DCA	5h 12m	78%	0.8%	364	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