Austin (AUS) – Washington (BWI)
- Distance
- 2,159 km
- 1,341 mi · 1,166 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 3 min / 3 h 30 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → BWI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 271 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (160 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 295,901
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.3%
- Flights / week
- 48
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 70%
- 424,539 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 AUS
- 57°
- Heading from BWI
- 249°
- Halfway point
- 35.14, -87.74
- Great-circle km
- 2,156 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → BWI
- 2 h 45 min
- In the air BWI → AUS
- 3 h 9 min
- Clocks
- Washington is 1 h ahead of Austin
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 23,262 |
| Sep 2025 | 22,668 |
| Oct 2025 | 28,364 |
| Nov 2025 | 24,170 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,742 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,214 |
| Feb 2026 | 15,138 |
| Mar 2026 | 23,722 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,590 |
| May 2026 | 30,287 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,019 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,725 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 213 |
| Sep 2025 | 215 |
| Oct 2025 | 239 |
| Nov 2025 | 212 |
| Dec 2025 | 213 |
| Jan 2026 | 173 |
| Feb 2026 | 161 |
| Mar 2026 | 186 |
| Apr 2026 | 223 |
| May 2026 | 237 |
| Jun 2026 | 221 |
| Jul 2026 | 217 |
Airlines flying AUS–BWI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 48 | 100% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,241 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 848 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 419 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1 flight
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
Also carried: 172 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 2,547
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 18% · weather 1% · 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
- $291
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $275
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $322
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 13% of passengers · $221
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $280 · Q3 2025 $257 · Q4 2025 $273 · Q1 2026 $291).
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: 2,156 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 Austin and Washington
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