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6,036 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Fly Dulles to LAX: 85% arrive on time, against 64% from BWI to Ontario.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 94% arrive on time from BWI
Best airport pair IAD → LAX 85% on time, 0.8% cancelled, 2,472 flights
Best single flight UA 1689 IAD 13:10 → LAX 15:42 · 90% on time Avoid UA 2276 IAD 17:48 → LAX 20:21 · 71% 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
Los Angeles area flights leaving IAD 7–8 am: 1Close ×
UA 325 IAD 07:00 LAX 09:26 5h 26m 71 92% 0.0% 34 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 2,918 85% 0.9% 65 min
Delta DCA→LAX only 362 79% 2.5% 111 min
American 843 78% 1.2% 67 min
Alaska 383 70% 1.6% 62 min
Southwest 1,454 68% 1.1% 49 min
Spirit BWI→LAX only 76 – 1.3% 32 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 1689 IAD 13:10 LAX 15:42 90%
UA 1734 IAD 08:15 LAX 10:47 86%
UA 1385 IAD 22:20 LAX 00:57 84%
AA 1966 DCA 08:40 LAX 11:19 83%
AS 5 DCA 09:59 LAX 12:27 71%
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UA 2276 IAD 17:48 LAX 20:21 71%
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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.
United IAD LAX 5h 35m 85% 0.8% 2,338 Flying now
United BWI LAX 5h 51m 84% 1.0% 580 Flying now
Delta DCA LAX 5h 52m 79% 2.5% 362 Flying now
American DCA LAX 5h 40m 79% 1.4% 728 Flying now
American IAD LAX 5h 34m 77% 0.0% 115 Flying now
Alaska DCA LAX 5h 28m 71% 1.6% 364 Flying now
Southwest BWI LAX 5h 50m 68% 1.4% 1,045 Flying now
Southwest BWI ONT 5h 30m 64% 0.4% 281 Flying now
Spirit BWI LAX 5h 46m 93% 1.3% 76 Not flying now
Southwest BWI LGB 5h 40m 73% 0.0% 128 Not flying now
Alaska IAD LAX 5h 29m 47%few flights 0.0% 19 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