Flights Washington → Lansing
DCA → LAN
Route overview
This flight route operates between Washington and Lansing, using a Boeing 737-700 aircraft. With 75 total flights recorded, the on-time performance is at 68%, and when delays occur, they average around 27 minutes. The destination airport in Lansing has been operational since 1928 and currently handles approximately 310,369 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) → Lansing (LAN) route is operated by Sun Country Airlines. Across 96 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lansing: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Lansing (LAN) heads north-west for about 770 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 78% of DCA-LAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lansing it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 96 tracked DCA-LAN flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 5.2% cancellation rate.
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Frequently asked questions about DCA-LAN
On the Washington (DCA) -> Lansing (LAN) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 96 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Lansing is 5.21% across 96 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Sun Country 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.
