Flights Madison → Washington
MSN → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Madison to Washington operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 19.1 minutes when flights are not on time. 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 Madison (MSN) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 380 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (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 Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Madison (MSN) to Washington (DCA) heads east for about 1,136 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 50m.
Departures from Madison on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of MSN-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 380 tracked MSN-DCA flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 3.4% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSN-DCA
On the Madison (MSN) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 380 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Madison-Washington is 3.42% across 380 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
