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When is Washington DCA security busiest? 6 am, every morning.

Calmest around 5 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

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Friday, 6 am

3,540

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? North and South, by 6 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • North

    6 am

    1,430 screened

  • South

    6 am

    960 screened

  • Concourse A

    5 am

    550 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

6 am: 89% left on time. 10 pm: 55%.

Flight records,

DepartsLeft on time
5 am89%
6 am89%
7 am86%
8 am83%
9 am77%
10 am79%
11 am76%
12 pm73%
1 pm69%
2 pm65%
3 pm62%
4 pm59%
5 pm58%
6 pm55%
7 pm59%
8 pm58%
9 pm60%
10 pm55%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Delta tie at 73%.

American flies 62% of DCA departures and landed on time 68% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 10,854 flights, 3.3% cancelled 73%
  2. Delta 19,939 flights, 3.5% cancelled 73%
  3. Southwest 16,026 flights, 2.2% cancelled 71%
  4. American 90,759 flights, 4.6% cancelled 68%
  5. JetBlue 6,726 flights, 4.1% cancelled 65%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Frontier 77% of 983, Alaska 71% of 2,182.

Where do DCA flights land late? New York, Boston, Chicago.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
BOS Boston9,10467%
ORD Chicago7,11271%
ATL Atlanta6,79974%
LGA New York4,84461%
MCO Orlando4,59373%
BNA Nashville4,38473%
MIA Miami3,95475%
IAH Houston3,35178%

Every route from DCA

104 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.