Flights Washington → Austin
DCA → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Austin has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 42%, with an average delay time of 25.5 minutes per flight. Over the past period, there have been 89 flights on this route, connecting the historic Washington airport, which opened in 1938, with the bustling destination city of Austin, which serves over 21 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 Washington (DCA) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 45% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Austin (AUS) heads west for about 2,114 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 4m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 97% of DCA-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked DCA-AUS flights, 45% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DCA-AUS
On the Washington (DCA) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 45% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Austin is 0.83% across 120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
