Flights Chattanooga → Washington
CHA → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Chattanooga to Washington has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 47.1 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1938, 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 Chattanooga (CHA) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 98 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 39 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.14%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.7/100 (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 Chattanooga the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chattanooga (CHA) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 840 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 28m.
Departures from Chattanooga on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 79% of CHA-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chattanooga the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 98 tracked CHA-DCA flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 39 min and a 7.1% 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 CHA-DCA
On the Chattanooga (CHA) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 39 minutes, based on 98 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chattanooga-Washington is 7.14% across 98 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.
