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Republic Airways DCA to ORD on-time performance

Republic Airways nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.7%
64 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • Republic Airways flights on DCA to ORD arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 5.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%October 2025: 76.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.0% on time, 7.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.1% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 79.6% on time, 8.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.6% on time, 2.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 68.8% on time, 7.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.9% on time, 7.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.6% on time, 1.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.0% on time, 3.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 83.6% on time, 8.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion38%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)11%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to ORD

Full DCA to ORD comparison →
Republic Airways on-time record across all routes →

1,120 Republic Airways flights tracked on this route; 64 cancelled, 5 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.