The best bet has a stop: Southwest via Midway (7h 05m) reaches Washington on time 95% of the time, against 70% on the nonstop.
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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Airlines on this route
Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.
| Alaska | 364 | 70% | 1.1% | 60 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.
| AS 14 | SAN 12:42 | DCA 21:00 | 70% |
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.
| Alaska | SAN | DCA | 5h 18m | 70% | 1.1% | 364 | Flying now |
Alternatives with one stop
All connections →| SouthwestDetails → | SAN 22:40 → MDW 04:40WN 257 | 1h 20m Chicago | MDW 06:00 → DCA 08:45 +1WN 4976 | 7h 05m | 100% | 95% |
| UnitedDetails → | SAN 22:25 → ORD 04:36UA 1457 | 1h 24m Chicago | ORD 06:00 → DCA 08:54 +1UA 1077 | 7h 29m | 97% | 88% |
| DeltaDetails → | SAN 06:15 → SLC 09:22DL 1117 | 1h 08m Salt Lake City | SLC 10:30 → DCA 16:37DL 820 | 7h 22m | 97% | 81% |
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