Flights Cincinnati → Washington
CVG → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Cincinnati to Washington operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 73%, with an average delay of 24.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 505 flights on this route, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1938 and handles approximately 25,453,581 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 Cincinnati (CVG) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 666 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.6/100 (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 Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cincinnati (CVG) to Washington (DCA) heads east for about 660 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Cincinnati on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of CVG-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 666 tracked CVG-DCA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 3.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CVG-DCA
On the Cincinnati (CVG) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 666 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cincinnati-Washington is 3.75% across 666 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
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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.
