Alaska Airlines DCA to SFO on-time performance
Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 74% on time
Key facts
- Alaska Airlines flights on DCA to SFO arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.1% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion36%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)16%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DCA to SFO
- United Airlines76% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full DCA to SFO comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →
363 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 cancelled, 3 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.