Flights Austin → Washington
AUS → DCA
How long is the flight from Austin to Washington?
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Washington (DCA) takes about 3h 4m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Washington has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 57%, with an average delay time of 24.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 89 flights along this route, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in Washington, which opened in 1938 and currently handles over 25 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 211 flights monitored in recent months, 60% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 2,114 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 4m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 89% of AUS-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 211 tracked AUS-DCA flights, 60% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-DCA
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Washington (DCA) takes about 3h 4m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Austin (AUS) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 60% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 211 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Washington is 1.42% across 211 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
