Flights Washington → Tallahassee
DCA → TLH
Route overview
This flight route connects Washington to Tallahassee and has been operating since the origin airport opened in 1938. With a total of 89 flights recorded, the route experiences an average delay of 44.9 minutes per flight and is on time only 62% of the time, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 830,544 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) → Tallahassee (TLH) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 39 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tallahassee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tallahassee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Tallahassee (TLH) heads south-west for about 1,153 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of DCA-TLH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tallahassee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked DCA-TLH flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 39 min and a 5.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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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-TLH
On the Washington (DCA) -> Tallahassee (TLH) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 39 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Tallahassee is 5.00% across 120 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.
