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DCA vs MCO - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DCA

Washington, DC

Washington, Virginia

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Airport B
MCO

Orlando, FL

Orlando, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DCA MCO
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 80.8% 76.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.6 min 75.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.2% 23.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.52% 1.13%
Total Flights 1,425,060 1,718,833
Delayed Flights 274,313 400,272
Cancelled Flights 21,697 19,434
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DCA - Washington, DC

Late Aircraft 46.4%
Carrier 28.7%
NAS 19.7%
Weather 5.0%
Security 0.2%

MCO - Orlando, FL

Late Aircraft 38.8%
Carrier 31.7%
NAS 22.1%
Weather 7.0%
Security 0.4%

Top Routes

Top routes from DCA

Route Flights On-Time
BOS → DCA
Washington
49,205 81.6%
DCA → BOS
Boston
49,133 80.5%
ATL → DCA
Washington
35,757 79.9%
DCA → ATL
Atlanta
35,728 83.9%
ORD → DCA
Washington
33,643 79%
DCA → ORD
Chicago
33,634 83.8%

Top routes from MCO

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → ATL
Atlanta
47,291 78.1%
ATL → MCO
Orlando
47,234 76.2%
MCO → EWR
Newark
37,501 73.8%
EWR → MCO
Orlando
37,486 75.6%
MCO → SJU
San Juan
35,205 74.1%
SJU → MCO
Orlando
35,197 77%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.