Atlanta (ATL) – Washington (DCA)
- Distance
- 880 km
- 547 mi · 475 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 48 min / 1 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → DCA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 111 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (65 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,357,960
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.7%
- Flights / week
- 253
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 1,771,709 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, WN, OH
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 47°
- Heading from DCA
- 231°
- Halfway point
- 36.30, -80.86
- Great-circle km
- 880 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → DCA
- 1 h 20 min
- In the air DCA → ATL
- 1 h 23 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 121,589 |
| Sep 2025 | 119,692 |
| Oct 2025 | 121,962 |
| Nov 2025 | 105,299 |
| Dec 2025 | 112,105 |
| Jan 2026 | 91,737 |
| Feb 2026 | 96,948 |
| Mar 2026 | 118,150 |
| Apr 2026 | 113,732 |
| May 2026 | 122,534 |
| Jun 2026 | 116,613 |
| Jul 2026 | 117,599 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,140 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,184 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,162 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,046 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,046 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,043 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,019 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,115 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,123 |
| May 2026 | 1,122 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,067 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,064 |
Airlines flying ATL–DCA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 144 | 72% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 42 | 15% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 39 | 7% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 17 | 3% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 9.9 | 2% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 1.5 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 5,287 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,504 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,388 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,234 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,111 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,103 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 788 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 422 flights
Also carried: 107 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Flights counted
- 13,601
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74.2% | 19 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.5% | 17 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 70.7% | 31 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 75.3% | 14 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 75.5% | 17 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.8% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 28% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $235
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 61% of passengers · $262
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 18% of passengers · $171
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $201 · Q4 2025 $223 · Q1 2026 $235).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $240, likely $213–$273
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 880 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Washington
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