Where is DCA airport?

DCA is a large airport in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at 38.8521, -77.0377, 5 m above sea level.

Which other airports serve Washington?

Washington has 3 airports: DCA, IAD, BWI. The city code WAS stands for all of them on tickets and in flight searches.

What time zone is DCA in?

DCA is in the America/New_York time zone, UTC−5 / UTC−4 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use DCA?

23,605,791 passengers in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (scheduled flights).

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport opened in 1941.

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Large airport in Washington, United States.

IATA code: DCA
ICAO code: KDCA
City code: WAS; All Washington airports
Passengers: 23,605,791; Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes: 140; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−5 / UTC−4; America/New_York
Elevation: 5 m; 16 ft
Runways: 3; Longest 2,185 m

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More codes: airport codes starting with D

About DCA

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a large airport serving Washington, United States. It opened in 1941 and is run by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 23,605,791 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 140 nonstop routes from DCA. On tickets, the city code WAS covers it together with the other Washington airports.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from DCA

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
DCA → BOS	Boston, United States	642 km	1,458,538
DCA → ATL	Atlanta, United States	880 km	1,357,960
DCA → ORD	Chicago, United States	985 km	1,291,161
DCA → MCO	Orlando, United States	1,222 km	1,118,469
DCA → MIA	Miami, United States	1,480 km	1,044,799
DCA → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	1,918 km	919,321
DCA → BNA	Nashville, United States	904 km	580,757
DCA → IAH	Houston, United States	1,944 km	577,565
DCA → CLT	Charlotte, United States	533 km	550,199
DCA → FLL	Fort Lauderdale, United States	1,447 km	539,107
DCA → LGA	New York, United States	345 km	534,622
DCA → TPA	Tampa, United States	1,309 km	486,708
DCA → DTW	Detroit, United States	652 km	477,897
DCA → MSP	Saint Paul, United States	1,498 km	464,615
DCA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	3,719 km	441,202
DCA → DEN	Denver, United States	2,375 km	439,695
DCA → MDW	Chicago, United States	966 km	427,323
DCA → STL	St. Louis, United States	1,157 km	400,695
DCA → DAL	Dallas, United States	1,905 km	391,946
DCA → PHX	Phoenix, United States	3,184 km	353,063
DCA → PVD	Providence, United States	574 km	347,040
DCA → MSY	New Orleans, United States	1,560 km	310,982
DCA → SFO	San Francisco, United States	3,930 km	301,905
DCA → JFK	New York, United States	343 km	298,545
DCA → SEA	Seattle, United States	3,747 km	293,371
DCA → RDU	Raleigh, United States	365 km	286,434
DCA → MCI	Kansas City, United States	1,528 km	275,990
DCA → JAX	Jacksonville, United States	1,020 km	242,305
DCA → EWR	New York, United States	319 km	238,517
DCA → CMH	Columbus, United States	520 km	232,487
DCA → IND	Indianapolis, United States	804 km	227,208
DCA → CHS	Charleston, United States	714 km	220,157
DCA → LAS	Las Vegas, United States	3,361 km	218,988
DCA → YYZ	Toronto, Canada	578 km	218,889
DCA → HOU	Houston, United States	1,961 km	215,314
DCA → BDL	Hartford, United States	504 km	211,355
DCA → CVG	Cincinnati, United States	662 km	196,718
DCA → PWM	Portland, United States	775 km	187,924
DCA → MKE	Milwaukee, United States	1,021 km	167,384
DCA → RSW	Fort Myers, United States	1,435 km	158,150

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at DCA

OH PSA Airlines · 76,896 flights
AA American Airlines · 53,028 flights
YX Republic Airline · 52,245 flights
WN Southwest Airlines · 31,482 flights
DL Delta Air Lines · 18,620 flights
UA United Air Lines · 13,565 flights
B6 JetBlue Airways · 11,512 flights
MQ Envoy Air · 9,556 flights
G7 GoJet Airlines · 5,666 flights
QK Jazz Aviation LP · 4,748 flights
9E Endeavor Air · 4,383 flights
AS Alaska Airlines · 4,323 flights
F9 Frontier Airlines · 1,950 flights
OO SkyWest Airlines · 184 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time: 73.5%; Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled: 3.6%
Departures counted: 140,368; US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Other airports in Washington

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
IAD	Washington Dulles International Airport	Washington	38 km
BWI	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport	Washington	48 km

All Washington airports and the distances between them →

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
HGR	Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field	Hagerstown, United States	112 km
DOV	Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base	Dover, United States	139 km
SBY	Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport	Salisbury, United States	144 km
CHO	Charlottesville Albemarle Airport	Charlottesville, United States	147 km

Distance from DCA to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
DCA → LHR	London, United Kingdom	5,896 km	—
DCA → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,359 km	—
DCA → CDG	Paris, France	6,192 km	—
DCA → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	6,547 km	—
DCA → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	8,387 km	—
DCA → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	6,204 km	—
DCA → JFK	New York, United States	343 km	298,545
DCA → ATL	Atlanta, United States	880 km	1,357,960
DCA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	3,719 km	441,202
DCA → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	15,551 km	—
DCA → HND	Tokyo, Japan	10,942 km	—
DCA → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,129 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
01/19	2,185 m	46 m	Asphalt	Yes
15/33	1,586 m	46 m	Asphalt	Yes
04/22	1,524 m	46 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.8521, -77.0377

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Questions

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has the IATA code DCA and the ICAO code KDCA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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