Flights Washington → Dayton
IAD → DAY
Route overview
This flight route operates from Washington to Dayton, featuring an on-time performance rate of 89%, with average delays of 9.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 193 flights on this route using aircraft such as the Embraer RJ145 and Canadair Regional Jet 700, serving Dayton International Airport, which opened in 1937 and currently handles approximately 2,069,572 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 (IAD) → Dayton (DAY) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 224 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.45%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dayton the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dayton: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (IAD) to Dayton (DAY) heads west for about 590 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 52% of IAD-DAY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dayton it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 224 tracked IAD-DAY flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAD-DAY
On the Washington (IAD) -> Dayton (DAY) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 224 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Dayton is 0.45% across 224 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
