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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 825 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 87 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 97 | 9% |
| 61-120 min | 57 | 5% |
| 2+ hrs | 47 | 4% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 114 | 67% | +23 min |
| 2025-08 | 118 | 75% | +12 min |
| 2025-09 | 116 | 83% | +3 min |
| 2025-10 | 90 | 81% | +6 min |
| 2025-11 | 83 | 82% | +10 min |
| 2025-12 | 91 | 81% | +1 min |
| 2026-01 | 83 | 89% | -3 min |
| 2026-02 | 78 | 74% | +8 min |
| 2026-03 | 86 | 67% | +17 min |
| 2026-04 | 85 | 68% | +12 min |
| 2026-05 | 88 | 58% | +35 min |
| 2026-06 | 81 | 63% | +21 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 161 | 76% |
| Tue | 170 | 78% |
| Wed | 169 | 76% |
| Thu | 165 | 74% |
| Fri | 164 | 67% |
| Sat | 122 | 80% |
| Sun | 162 | 68% |
WN flight numbers on ATL → DCA
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