Flights Tallahassee → Washington
TLH → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Tallahassee to Washington has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 13.5 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 Tallahassee (TLH) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.7/100 (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 Tallahassee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tallahassee (TLH) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 1,153 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Tallahassee on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of TLH-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tallahassee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked TLH-DCA flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 3.3% 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 TLH-DCA
On the Tallahassee (TLH) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tallahassee-Washington is 3.33% across 120 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.
