Flights Washington → Jacksonville
DCA → JAX
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Jacksonville operates with an average on-time performance of 73%, experiencing a mean delay of 15.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 361 flights using Embraer 175 and Embraer 170 aircraft, connecting passengers from Washington's historic airport, which opened in 1938, to Jacksonville, a city that welcomes over six million passengers annually at its airport.
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) → Jacksonville (JAX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 480 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Jacksonville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Jacksonville (JAX) heads south-west for about 1,022 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of DCA-JAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Jacksonville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 480 tracked DCA-JAX flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.1% 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 DCA-JAX
On the Washington (DCA) -> Jacksonville (JAX) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 480 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Jacksonville is 2.08% 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.
