IAD — Washington Dulles International Airport
- IATA code
- IAD
- ICAO code
- KIAD
- City code
- WAS
- All Washington airports
- Passengers
- 27,153,946
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 225
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−5 / UTC−4
- America/New_York
- Elevation
- 95 m
- 312 ft
- Runways
- 4
- Longest 3,505 m
Local time now: —
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About IAD
Washington Dulles International Airport is a large airport serving Washington, United States. It opened in 1962 and is run by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 27,153,946 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 225 nonstop routes from IAD. 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 IAD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IAD → DEN | 2,338 km | 1,152,959 |
| IAD → SFO | 3,893 km | 960,713 |
| IAD → ATL | 859 km | 930,968 |
| IAD → LAX | 3,682 km | 840,081 |
| IAD → LHR | 5,917 km | 800,971 |
| IAD → MCO | 1,219 km | 670,690 |
| IAD → FRA | 6,567 km | 626,765 |
| IAD → SAL | 3,048 km | 617,085 |
| IAD → ORD | 947 km | 592,426 |
| IAD → DFW | 1,886 km | 527,017 |
| IAD → SEA | 3,711 km | 526,378 |
| IAD → IAH | 1,915 km | 522,211 |
| IAD → CDG | 6,214 km | 510,246 |
| IAD → BOS | 664 km | 438,615 |
| IAD → SAN | 3,626 km | 417,666 |
| IAD → EWR | 342 km | 409,102 |
| IAD → TPA | 1,304 km | 375,605 |
| IAD → IST | 8,407 km | 367,853 |
| IAD → CLT | 517 km | 348,976 |
| IAD → LAS | 3,324 km | 335,345 |
| IAD → MUC | 6,861 km | 332,516 |
| IAD → DUB | 5,478 km | 308,108 |
| IAD → PTY | 3,315 km | 302,991 |
| IAD → PHX | 3,148 km | 296,183 |
| IAD → LIS | 5,780 km | 290,761 |
| IAD → FCO | 7,250 km | 286,342 |
| IAD → AUS | 2,086 km | 280,487 |
| IAD → AMS | 6,223 km | 280,015 |
| IAD → HND | 10,915 km | 277,729 |
| IAD → RDU | 360 km | 277,253 |
| IAD → BRU | 6,263 km | 263,825 |
| IAD → DTW | 617 km | 257,107 |
| IAD → BDL | 523 km | 253,134 |
| IAD → YYZ | 556 km | 251,394 |
| IAD → FLL | 1,450 km | 246,985 |
| IAD → CLE | 464 km | 238,799 |
| IAD → DOH | 11,148 km | 238,433 |
| IAD → BNA | 873 km | 230,565 |
| IAD → SJU | 2,528 km | 227,071 |
| IAD → ZRH | 6,691 km | 226,834 |
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 IAD
- UA United Air Lines · 94,637 flights
- C5 CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir · 34,642 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 22,113 flights
- YV Mesa Airlines · 15,633 flights
- G7 GoJet Airlines · 14,400 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 6,174 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 4,944 flights
- 9X Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines · 4,772 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 3,326 flights
- AA American Airlines · 2,988 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 2,520 flights
- TA Taca International Airlines · 2,446 flights
- LF CFM · 2,244 flights
- QK Jazz Aviation LP · 2,101 flights
- CM Compania Panamena (Copa) · 2,037 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 1,988 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 1,962 flights
- BA British Airways · 1,785 flights
- 9E Endeavor Air · 1,756 flights
- LH Lufthansa German Airlines · 1,535 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
- 83.8%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Departures counted
- 57,697
- 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 | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | 38 km |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | 73 km |
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| HGR | Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field | 88 km |
| CHO | Charlottesville Albemarle Airport | 125 km |
| SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | 146 km |
Distance from IAD to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IAD → LHR | 5,917 km | 800,971 |
| IAD → DXB | 11,376 km | — |
| IAD → CDG | 6,214 km | 510,246 |
| IAD → FRA | 6,567 km | 626,765 |
| IAD → IST | 8,407 km | 367,853 |
| IAD → AMS | 6,223 km | 280,015 |
| IAD → JFK | 367 km | — |
| IAD → ATL | 859 km | 930,968 |
| IAD → LAX | 3,682 km | 840,081 |
| IAD → SIN | 15,540 km | — |
| IAD → HND | 10,915 km | 277,729 |
| IAD → DOH | 11,148 km | 238,433 |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01C/19C | 3,505 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 01R/19L | 3,505 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 12/30 | 3,201 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 01L/19R | 2,865 m | 46 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Dulles, Virginia, United States · 38.9445, -77.4558
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