DCA → AUS Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Austin, TX · 365 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 18 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (20%) is well below the 60% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
57%
Median delay
+10 min
90th percentile
+84 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → AUS (365 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 57% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +10 min; the worst 10% ran +84 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time20657%
16-30 min4813%
31-60 min5515%
61-120 min3510%
2+ hrs195%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073027%+85 min
2025-083168%+22 min
2025-093050%+24 min
2025-103155%+22 min
2025-113060%+19 min
2025-123171%+7 min
2026-013083%+15 min
2026-022864%+6 min
2026-033177%+7 min
2026-043060%+13 min
2026-053145%+35 min
2026-063020%+57 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5250%
Tue5362%
Wed5250%
Thu5250%
Fri5258%
Sat5271%
Sun5056%

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