533 km · Domestic

Charlotte Douglas (CLT) – Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA)

In July 2026, 450 flights operated between Charlotte Douglas and Ronald Reagan Washington National (both directions), and 64.9% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2025Flights operated 2026Change vs last year
January554381▼ 31.2%
February540368▼ 31.9%
March610414▼ 32.1%
April538412▼ 23.4%
May543447▼ 17.7%
June494471▼ 4.7%
July449450▲ 0.2%
August482––
September473––
October492–in progress
November411––
December416––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)3,7282,943▼ 21.1%

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2025On-time departures 2026Change vs last year
January83.0%78.2%▼ 5.8%
February74.6%75.3%▲ 0.9%
March81.5%76.8%▼ 5.8%
April80.1%78.6%▼ 1.9%
May78.8%79.9%▲ 1.4%
June67.4%68.2%▲ 1.2%
July66.8%64.9%▼ 2.8%
August73.4%––
September78.9%––
October81.5%–in progress
November77.1%––
December79.8%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)76.0%74.6%▼ 1.9%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January4752▲ 10.6%
February1916▼ 15.8%
March98▼ 11.1%
April41▼ 75.0%
May152▼ 86.7%
June1810▼ 44.4%
July4232▼ 23.8%
August2––
September6––
October4–in progress
November1––
December1––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)154121▼ 21.4%

Airlines on this route

  1. American Airlines 86.7%
  2. PSA Airlines 13.3%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

CLT → DCA

Scheduled flights
5,334
Flights operated
5,201
Cancelled
133 · 2.5%
On-time departures
75.7%

DCA → CLT

Scheduled flights
5,327
Flights operated
5,169
Cancelled
158 · 3.0%
On-time departures
78.6%

CLT → DCA and DCA → CLT counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
American Airlines AA 9,244 86.7% 77.9% 259
PSA Airlines OH 1,417 13.3% 72.4% 32

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

US domestic sectors recorded by BTS

Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay07:00–08:006.3min · 415 recorded · 408 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour32.0min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights10,661CLT–DCA

Departure hour

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00No observations———
01:00No observations———
02:00No observations———
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:0091.4%10.4 min605624
06:0091.5%7.4 min609637
07:0089.0%6.3 min408415
08:0088.3%16.1 min1,0131,043
09:0082.7%8.1 min727737
10:0088.9%11.9 min369378
11:0077.9%22.4 min856865
12:0069.8%22.4 min305314
13:0078.0%13.2 min727736
14:0070.6%28.9 min438447
15:0069.8%26.6 min484496
16:0069.5%26.3 min462474
17:0066.0%25.2 min729751
18:0067.3%38.2 min425443
19:0067.4%25.3 min828855
20:0069.9%22.3 min584609
21:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—9798
22:0068.2%22.1 min704739
23:00No observations———

Day of week

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Monday76.4%22.4 min1,4841,539
Tuesday82.0%12.3 min1,4591,505
Wednesday79.6%15.6 min1,4811,518
Thursday76.0%20.3 min1,4771,508
Friday74.6%24.2 min1,4971,529
Saturday78.5%16.1 min1,4821,523
Sunday73.2%22.9 min1,4901,539

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Jan81.1%11.5 min9351,034
Feb74.9%17.9 min908943
Mar79.6%15.9 min1,0241,041
Apr79.5%11.7 min950955
May79.3%17.6 min9901,007
Jun67.8%35.8 min965993
Jul65.9%35.8 min899973
Aug73.4%27.0 min482484
Sep78.9%21.5 min473479
Oct82.4%12.8 min852856
Nov82.1%14.5 min937938
Dec79.9%12.7 min955958

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 75.0% 8,000
  • Delayed >15 min 22.2% 2,370
  • Cancelled 2.7% 291
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

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95 of 95
Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
AA1518 DCA → CLT 478 87.9%
AA2825 CLT → DCA 433 84.0%
AA2182 DCA → CLT 428 66.0%
AA365 DCA → CLT 338 80.9%
AA1269 CLT → DCA 337 62.8%
AA527 CLT → DCA 333 62.4%
AA545 CLT → DCA 325 71.6%
OH5527 CLT → DCA 223 80.7%
AA2040 DCA → CLT 203 62.5%
AA2839 DCA → CLT 200 76.7%
AA1581 DCA → CLT 191 90.8%
OH5592 DCA → CLT 186 75.5%
AA1537 DCA → CLT 177 69.6%
AA1589 CLT → DCA 177 82.1%
AA1775 CLT → DCA 177 75.6%
AA1855 CLT → DCA 171 75.6%
AA2839 CLT → DCA 158 59.7%
AA2687 DCA → CLT 156 81.9%
AA372 CLT → DCA 154 79.5%
AA1564 CLT → DCA 153 74.7%
AA1331 CLT → DCA 151 74.1%
AA620 DCA → CLT 149 76.0%
AA443 CLT → DCA 143 71.4%
AA2841 DCA → CLT 136 94.6%
AA1617 DCA → CLT 125 91.4%
AA2882 DCA → CLT 125 90.8%
OH5022 CLT → DCA 122 65.3%
AA1386 CLT → DCA 120 87.4%
AA3194 DCA → CLT 114 95.2%
AA1197 CLT → DCA 100 92.9%
OH5064 DCA → CLT 94 70.0%
AA3254 CLT → DCA 91 93.3%
AA845 DCA → CLT 90 78.7%
OH5072 DCA → CLT 88 56.4%
AA2815 DCA → CLT 84 76.5%
AA3301 DCA → CLT 82 85.0%
AA2333 CLT → DCA 75 78.7%
AA1977 CLT → DCA 72 91.3%
AA1295 DCA → CLT 71 69.1%
AA2386 CLT → DCA 71 51.5%
AA3263 CLT → DCA 71 56.5%
OH5022 DCA → CLT 70 61.4%
AA1686 DCA → CLT 67 91.0%
AA2381 CLT → DCA 67 92.4%
AA966 DCA → CLT 63 91.9%
AA3138 DCA → CLT 62 83.9%
AA3043 DCA → CLT 60 81.0%
AA1504 CLT → DCA 54 57.4%
AA3108 DCA → CLT 54 79.6%
OH5133 DCA → CLT 51 60.4%
OH5172 CLT → DCA 51 69.4%
OH5048 DCA → CLT 50 88.0%
AA1508 CLT → DCA 49 69.4%
OH5264 DCA → CLT 45 71.1%
AA1354 CLT → DCA 44 81.8%
AA1659 CLT → DCA 44 74.4%
AA3244 DCA → CLT 44 95.5%
AA3263 DCA → CLT 43 47.6%
AA2869 DCA → CLT 42 69.1%
AA840 DCA → CLT 42 73.8%
AA997 CLT → DCA 42 73.8%
AA1153 DCA → CLT 37 82.9%
AA1193 CLT → DCA 37 84.9%
AA1397 CLT → DCA 37 72.7%
AA1480 DCA → CLT 37 69.7%
AA1960 CLT → DCA 37 85.7%
AA2249 DCA → CLT 37 87.5%
AA2371 CLT → DCA 37 81.8%
AA2482 CLT → DCA 37 97.1%
AA1153 CLT → DCA 36 82.9%
AA1268 DCA → CLT 36 100.0%
AA3240 DCA → CLT 36 75.0%
AA3325 CLT → DCA 36 72.2%
AA3249 DCA → CLT 33 72.7%
OH5516 CLT → DCA 33 87.9%
AA1893 DCA → CLT 32 75.9%
AA1059 CLT → DCA 31 87.1%
AA1211 DCA → CLT 31 75.9%
AA1428 CLT → DCA 31 93.6%
AA2509 DCA → CLT 31 90.3%
AA2758 CLT → DCA 31 61.3%
OH5096 CLT → DCA 31 60.7%
OH5310 CLT → DCA 31 46.7%
OH5491 CLT → DCA 31 64.5%
AA1012 CLT → DCA 30 100.0%
AA1372 CLT → DCA 30 55.2%
AA1441 DCA → CLT 30 44.8%
AA1617 CLT → DCA 30 82.8%
AA1622 DCA → CLT 30 70.0%
AA1642 CLT → DCA 30 80.0%
AA2378 DCA → CLT 30 93.1%
AA2754 DCA → CLT 30 86.7%
AA3114 CLT → DCA 30 90.0%
AA3162 DCA → CLT 30 93.3%
AA959 DCA → CLT 30 90.0%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
July 2026 450 +0.2% 32 64.9%
June 2026 471 −4.7% 10 68.2%
May 2026 447 −17.7% 2 79.9%
April 2026 412 −23.4% 1 78.6%
March 2026 414 −32.1% 8 76.8%
February 2026 368 −31.9% 16 75.3%
January 2026 381 −31.2% 52 78.2%
December 2025 416 −22.8% 1 79.8%
November 2025 411 −21.9% 1 77.1%
October 2025 492 +36.7% 4 81.5%
September 2025 473 6 78.9%
August 2025 482 2 73.4%
July 2025 449 42 66.8%
June 2025 494 18 67.4%
May 2025 543 15 78.8%
April 2025 538 4 80.1%
March 2025 610 9 81.5%
February 2025 540 19 74.6%
January 2025 554 47 83.0%
December 2024 539 2 80.0%
November 2024 526 0 85.9%
October 2024 360 0 83.6%

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