Flights Burlington → Washington
BTV → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Burlington to Washington has a punctuality rate of 68%, with an average delay of 35.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 259 flights on this route, servicing the highly trafficked Washington airport 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 Burlington (BTV) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 366 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burlington (BTV) to Washington (DCA) heads south-west for about 703 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Burlington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of BTV-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 366 tracked BTV-DCA flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 5.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BTV-DCA
On the Burlington (BTV) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 366 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burlington-Washington is 5.19% across 366 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
