Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
VCE→IAD
Venice to Washington
- Flights
- 284 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 4,369 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Venice Marco Polo to Washington Dulles International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 284 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, flown by United. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 69.2% of all departures from Venice Marco Polo leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 77.6% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 81.0% of IAD's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Venice Marco Polo ranks 16th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
284
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
United Airlines
VCE departures on time
69.2%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
IAD domestic on time
81.0%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.2 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Venice Marco Polo so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from IAD ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.44% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies VCE to IAD
United Airlines is the only carrier the DOT report shows on VCE to IAD, with 284 flights and an average of 166 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 284 | 100% | 24 | 166 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often VCE to IAD flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 62 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 0 in April 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202560
- August 202562
- September 202554
- October 202528
- November 20250
- December 20250
- January 20260
- February 20260
- March 20260
- April 20260
- May 202621
- June 202659
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 284 between VCE and IAD from July 2025 to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, carrying 47,211 passengers. That makes it the 5th busiest of 6 US routes from Venice Marco Polo and the 19th busiest of 20 European routes into IAD.
The departure airport
How Venice Marco Polo is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Venice Marco Polo as a whole, every airline and every destination: 69.2% of departures and 77.6% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 92.3% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 62.1% for departures, 7 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.2 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.0 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 72.6% | 82.4% | 93.9% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 62.1% | 72.1% | 92.2% | 0.0 min |
| Year to date | 69.2% | 77.6% | 92.3% | 0.2 min |
Every US route from Venice Marco Polo, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Washington Dulles International
Washington Dulles International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 81.0% of its 57,762 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 1.44% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at IAD reaches a flight from VCE just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
81.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
80 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
1.44%
Domestic departures
57,762
Last twelve months
Washington Dulles International (IAD) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on VCE to IAD
Every flight that departs Venice Marco Polo falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Washington Dulles International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from IAD is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,369 miles, 7,030 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking VCE to IAD
There is no grade to give VCE to IAD without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about three departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 69% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 81% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at IAD; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
VCE to IAD questions
How often are VCE to IAD flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (69.2% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and IAD's domestic record in the DOT data (81.0% on time).
Which airlines fly VCE to IAD?
United Airlines. United Airlines accounted for 100% of the 284 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed VCE to IAD flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Venice Marco Polo are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from IAD is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from VCE to IAD?
About three departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 284 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 62 in August 2025 and falling to 0 in April 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Venice Marco Polo (VCE): every US route
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) delay statistics
- VCE to JFK, New York (JFK)578 flights
- VCE to EWR, Newark (EWR)517 flights
- VCE to ATL, Atlanta (ATL)498 flights
- VCE to PHL, Philadelphia (PHL)418 flights
- LHR to IAD, from London3,880 flights
- FRA to IAD, from Frankfurt2,352 flights
- DUB to IAD, from Dublin2,342 flights
- CDG to IAD, from Paris2,247 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Italy publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.