WN1538 ATL → DCA

Southwest Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC · 63 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 547 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 90% on-time on Mondays vs. 33% on Fridays.

WN1538 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ATL → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+39 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN1538 on time?

Across 63 flights on ATL → DCA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN1538 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 71% of the time. The median arrival delay was +1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +39 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4571%
16-30 min711%
31-60 min610%
61-120 min46%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112770%+20 min
2025-123168%+8 min
2026-015100%-1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1090%
Tue978%
Wed989%
Thu875%
Fri933%
Sat956%
Sun978%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…