Flights Washington → Madison
DCA → MSN
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Madison operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a total of 327 flights, with 67% arriving on time. The average delay for this route is approximately 27 minutes. The origin airport in Washington opened in 1938, while the destination airport serves around 1,851,809 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) → Madison (MSN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 380 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Madison: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Madison (MSN) heads north-west for about 1,136 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 50m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 58% of DCA-MSN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Madison it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 380 tracked DCA-MSN flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 4.2% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DCA-MSN
On the Washington (DCA) -> Madison (MSN) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 380 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Madison is 4.21% across 380 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
