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Southwest Airlines PVD to DCA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
63 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on PVD to DCA arrived on time 78% 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 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 75.0% on time, 10.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 85.7% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 89.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.1% on time, 5.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.8% on time, 3.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 73.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 63.5% on time, 1.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.0% on time, 1.8% 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 aircraft44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)9%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PVD to DCA

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

670 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 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.