WN697 DCA → HOU

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Houston, TX · 46 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 1,218 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Mondays vs. 57% on Sundays.

WN697 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → HOU, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
84%
Median delay
-14 min
90th percentile
+39 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is WN697 on time?

Across 46 flights on DCA → HOU from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN697 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 84% of the time. The median arrival delay was -14 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +39 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3884%
16-30 min24%
31-60 min24%
61-120 min24%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112383%+1 min
2025-122085%-4 min
2026-012100%-7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon7100%
Tue683%
Wed8100%
Thu888%
Fri667%
Sat3100%
Sun757%

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