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10,154 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am from National or BWI: 9 in 10 depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 57%.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 91% arrive on time from DCA
Best airport pair DCA → DFW 79% on time, 3.1% cancelled, 3,301 flights
Best single flight AA 1839 DCA 06:59 → DFW 09:26 · 90% on time Avoid AA 1158 DCA 18:58 → DFW 21:29 · 61% 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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DCA
94
92
90
82
82
84
83
73
68
64
76
44
53
58
59
45
62
IAD
86
73
90
91
84
84
75
61
55
BWI
89
93
86
78
85
72
77
72
66
64
66
57
47
57
48
59
% 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
Dallas flights leaving BWI 9–10 am: 1Close ×
WN 931 BWI 09:35 DAL 11:45 3h 10m 26 88% 0.0% 71 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.
United (incl. Mesa, Republic) IAD→DFW only 960 81% 0.8% 85 min
American (incl. Envoy) 5,120 78% 3.2% 95 min
Southwest 3,536 75% 1.7% 61 min
Frontier 446 71% 2.5% 126 min
Spirit BWI→DFW only 92 – 0.0% 64 min

Dimmed: fewer than 150 flights in the year, too few to rank.

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 1839 DCA 06:59 DFW 09:26 90%
UA 2471 IAD 08:30 DFW 10:53 88%
AA 1403 BWI 07:30 DFW 09:55 85%
AA 2617 IAD 06:14 DFW 08:35 85%
AA 1978 DCA 07:59 DFW 10:31 84%
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AA 1177 DCA 13:47 DFW 16:14 78%
UA 2116 IAD 18:00 DFW 20:25 72%
AA 1158 DCA 18:58 DFW 21:29 61%
All 38 flights on this route →

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.
United IAD DFW 3h 24m 81% 0.8% 960 Flying now
American DCA DFW 3h 35m 79% 3.1% 3,301 Flying now
Southwest BWI DAL 3h 20m 77% 1.6% 1,803 Flying now
Frontier IAD DFW 3h 27m 76% 3.6% 169 Flying now
American IAD DFW 3h 21m 76% 3.1% 850 Flying now
American BWI DFW 3h 28m 75% 3.5% 969 Flying now
Southwest DCA DAL 3h 20m 73% 1.8% 1,733 Flying now
Frontier BWI DFW 3h 39m 68% 1.8% 277 Flying now
Spirit BWI DFW 3h 38m 86% 0.0% 92 Not 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