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SkyWest Airlines DTW to IAD on-time performance

SkyWest Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
87 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • SkyWest Airlines flights on DTW to IAD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (77%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 61.7% on time, 3.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 69.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 68.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 36.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 44.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 55.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 56.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 87.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 59.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)77%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Security1%
  • Late-arriving aircraft0%

Other airlines on DTW to IAD

Full DTW to IAD comparison →
SkyWest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

708 SkyWest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 cancelled, 0 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.