Flights Jacksonville → Washington
JAX → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Washington operates with an average on-time performance of 79%, experiencing a mean delay of 19.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 361 flights on this route using Embraer 175 and Embraer 170 aircraft, serving a destination airport that 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 480 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 1,022 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of JAX-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 480 tracked JAX-DCA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.3% 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 JAX-DCA
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 480 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Washington is 2.29% across 480 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.
