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AS5

Washington (DCA) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 9:59 AM – 12:00 PM

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How AS5 performs

1,092 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.4%
831 of 1,074 completed
Cancellation rate
1.19%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 2.2 min
Severe delays
6.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
54 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
74.3%
Left the gate on time

AS5 arrived on time 77.4% of the time, against 78.3% for all DCALAX flights — this specific departure is 1.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,092 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AS577.4%1.19%-6 min6.0%1,092
Alaska Airlines on DCALAX77.4%1.19%-6 min6.0%1,092
All DCALAX flights78.3%1.10%-8 min7.1%4,375

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does AS5 run worse on particular days?

Monday76.5%
Tuesday79.4%
Wednesday75.3%
Thursday73.5%
Friday75.2%
Saturday77.7%
Sunday84.1%

Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 10.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,092 records of AS5 operating DCALAX, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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