Flights Washington → Miami
DCA → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Miami operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 77%, with an average delay of 16.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 968 flights departing from Washington National Airport, which opened in 1938, heading to Miami International Airport, one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, serving nearly 50,684,396 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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1306 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Miami (MIA) heads south for about 1,483 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of DCA-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,306 tracked DCA-MIA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.7% 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-MIA
On the Washington (DCA) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 1306 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Miami is 1.68% across 1306 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.
