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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
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BWI
85
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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

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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.

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%
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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 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