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15,759 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am from Dulles or National: 93% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 2 in 3.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 90% arrive on time from BWI
Best airport pair DCA → MDW 78% on time, 2.7% cancelled, 2,099 flights
Best single flight UA 1793 DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46 · 92% on time Avoid UA 2497 IAD 17:42 → ORD 18:50 · 48% 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
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72
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IAD
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BWI
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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
Chicago flights leaving DCA 5–6 pm: 2Close ×
UA 654 DCA 17:05 ORD 18:30 2h 25m 227 50% 3.1% 92 min
AA 1630 DCA 17:22 ORD 18:54 2h 32m 75 64% 2.7% 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.
Southwest 3,959 78% 2.4% 62 min
United (incl. SkyWest, Republic) 7,407 76% 2.2% 84 min
American (incl. Envoy, Republic) 4,164 76% 3.8% 88 min
Frontier 211 71% 3.3% 170 min
Spirit BWI→ORD only 18 – 0.0% 54 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.
UA 1793 DCA 06:30 ORD 07:46 92%
UA 2201 DCA 10:30 ORD 11:48 91%
UA 1775 IAD 08:15 ORD 09:36 84%
AA 2304 DCA 07:40 ORD 09:00 83%
UA 2331 IAD 13:15 ORD 14:29 81%
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UA 2148 DCA 18:10 ORD 19:32 51%
UA 654 DCA 17:05 ORD 18:30 50%
UA 2497 IAD 17:42 ORD 18:50 48%
All 65 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.
American BWI ORD 2h 28m 78% 3.7% 1,199 Flying now
Southwest DCA MDW 2h 05m 78% 2.7% 2,099 Flying now
Southwest BWI MDW 2h 05m 77% 2.2% 1,767 Flying now
United IAD ORD 2h 14m 76% 1.0% 2,085 Flying now
United DCA ORD 2h 20m 76% 3.1% 4,083 Flying now
United BWI ORD 2h 18m 75% 1.2% 1,239 Flying now
American DCA ORD 2h 26m 75% 3.9% 2,965 Flying now
Southwest BWI ORD 2h 15m 90% 0.0% 93 Not flying now
Frontier BWI MDW 2h 04m 77% 1.4% 71 Not flying now
Frontier BWI ORD 2h 24m 68% 4.3% 140 Not flying now
Spirit BWI ORD – 89%few flights 0.0% 18 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