Flights Washington → Valparaiso
DCA → VPS
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Valparaiso has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 11 minutes. Over the past year, there have been a total of 89 flights on this route, connecting two historically significant airports: Washington's airport, which opened in 1938, and Valparaiso's airport, established in 1935, serving approximately 1,627,200 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) → Valparaiso (VPS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Valparaiso the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Valparaiso: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Valparaiso (VPS) heads south-west for about 1,270 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 0m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of DCA-VPS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Valparaiso it is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 120 tracked DCA-VPS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 5.0% 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-VPS
On the Washington (DCA) -> Valparaiso (VPS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Valparaiso 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.
