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Republic Airways JFK to DCA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.3%
110 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 67% on time

Key facts

  • Republic Airways flights on JFK to DCA arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 5.3% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 67% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (47%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 74.5% on time, 15.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.5% on time, 2.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.3% on time, 1.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.5% on time, 3.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 64.6% on time, 6.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.3% on time, 4.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 59.3% on time, 9.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 54.7% on time, 8.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 53.3% on time, 1.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 69.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.8% on time, 3.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 74.1% on time, 7.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.3% on time, 14.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion47%
  • Late-arriving aircraft33%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to DCA

2,075 Republic Airways flights tracked on this route; 110 cancelled, 6 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.