ATL → DCA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC · 1,139 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 46 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 39% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from ATL to DCA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on ATL → DCA (1,139 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +56 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time82574%
16-30 min878%
31-60 min979%
61-120 min575%
2+ hrs474%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711467%+23 min
2025-0811875%+12 min
2025-0911683%+3 min
2025-109081%+6 min
2025-118382%+10 min
2025-129181%+1 min
2026-018389%-3 min
2026-027874%+8 min
2026-038667%+17 min
2026-048568%+12 min
2026-058858%+35 min
2026-068163%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16176%
Tue17078%
Wed16976%
Thu16574%
Fri16467%
Sat12280%
Sun16268%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…