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Southwest Airlines DCA to LAS on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Las Vegas · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
52%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on DCA to LAS arrived on time 52% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 51.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 36.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 53.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 45.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 56.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 59.3% on time, 3.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 46.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 33.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 33.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on DCA to LAS

365 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 cancelled, 2 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.