Flights Greenville → Washington
GSP → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Greenville to Washington has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 23.8 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport, which opened in 1938, 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 Greenville (GSP) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 332 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.4/100 (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 Greenville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Greenville (GSP) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 637 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Greenville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of GSP-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Greenville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 332 tracked GSP-DCA flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 5.7% 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 GSP-DCA
On the Greenville (GSP) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 332 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Greenville-Washington is 5.72% across 332 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.
