Alaska Airlines SFO to DCA on-time performance
Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
53 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- Alaska Airlines flights on SFO to DCA arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.8% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion31%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
- Security1%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on SFO to DCA
- United Airlines80% on time · 12 min avg delay
Full SFO to DCA comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →
363 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.