Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Washington
DFW → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Washington operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay of 17 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1938, serves 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1096 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.2/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 1,915 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 49m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of DFW-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,096 tracked DFW-DCA flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.9% 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 DFW-DCA
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 1096 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Washington is 1.92% across 1096 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.
