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14,833 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 9 in 10 depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 7 in 10.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 96% arrive on time from IAD, 91% arrive on time from DCA
Best airport pair DCA → JFK 78% on time, 5.4% cancelled, 2,731 flights
Best single flight UA 2669 IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52 · 96% on time Avoid DL 5752 DCA 19:40 → LGA 21:00 · 48% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of flights leaving within 15 minutes, by scheduled departure hour: all flights from that airport, wherever they’re going. Blank: fewer than 40 flights.

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% leaving within 15 min, all flights from that airport: 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.

JetBlue DCA→JFK only 445 82% 5.4% 78 min
United (incl. GoJet, Mesa, Republic) 6,556 73% 5.1% 96 min
Delta (incl. Endeavor, Republic) 4,069 71% 5.9% 78 min
American (incl. Republic) 3,763 69% 5.6% 75 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.

UA 2669 IAD 06:33 EWR 07:52 96%
AA 4551flown by Republic DCA 06:00 JFK 07:31 94%
UA 4167flown by GoJet DCA 06:00 EWR 07:19 93%
B6 254 DCA 06:15 JFK 07:27 91%
DL 5772flown by Republic DCA 08:15 LGA 09:33 81%
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UA 4174flown by GoJet DCA 20:25 EWR 21:58 53%
DL 5763flown by Republic DCA 17:40 LGA 19:00 51%
DL 5752flown by Republic DCA 19:40 LGA 21:00 48%
All 52 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.

JetBlue DCA JFK 1h 17m 82% 5.4% 445 Flying now
Delta DCA JFK 1h 20m 80% 5.7% 1,043 Flying now
United IAD EWR 1h 22m 76% 2.7% 1,824 Flying now
United IAD LGA 1h 27m 75% 6.6% 1,450 Flying now
American DCA JFK 1h 29m 74% 5.2% 1,243 Flying now
United DCA EWR 1h 22m 72% 5.8% 3,282 Flying now
Delta DCA LGA 1h 18m 68% 6.0% 2,313 Flying now
American DCA LGA 1h 21m 67% 5.8% 2,520 Flying now
Delta IAD JFK 1h 30m 64% 6.0% 713 Flying now
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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