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PSA Airlines DCA to DSM on-time performance

PSA Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Des Moines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating American Eagle flights.

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
7.4%
29 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • PSA Airlines flights on DCA to DSM arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 7.4% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 62.5% on time, 39.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 73.5% on time, 2.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 88.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.0% on time, 33.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 50.0% on time, 50.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 68.0% on time, 13.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 62.5% on time, 12.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.0% on time, 5.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 58.5% on time, 11.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.0% on time, 8.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to DSM

394 PSA Airlines flights tracked on this route; 29 cancelled, 1 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.