Flights Valparaiso → Washington
VPS → DCA
Route overview
This flight route connects Valparaiso with Washington, featuring an on-time performance rate of 86%, with the average delay being just 6.2 minutes. The route operates with a total of 89 flights, linking two historically significant airports—one in Valparaiso that opened in 1935 and another in Washington that began operations three years later in 1938—and serves a bustling destination airport that annually handles over 25 million passengers.
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 Valparaiso (VPS) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.2/100 (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 Valparaiso the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Valparaiso (VPS) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 1,270 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 0m.
Departures from Valparaiso on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 74% of VPS-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Valparaiso the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked VPS-DCA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 5.0% 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 VPS-DCA
On the Valparaiso (VPS) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Valparaiso-Washington is 5.00% 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.
