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Southwest Airlines DCA to PVD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on DCA to PVD arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (61%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 54.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.6% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.7% on time, 1.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.3% on time, 5.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 73.5% on time, 3.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.2% on time, 3.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 74.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.2% on time, 5.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft61%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to PVD

Full DCA to PVD comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

670 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 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.