Dallas (DAL) – Washington (DCA)
- Distance
- 1,905 km
- 1,184 mi · 1,029 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 44 min / 3 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → DCA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 239 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (141 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 391,946
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.7%
- Flights / week
- 65
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 542,858 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 DAL
- 64°
- Heading from DCA
- 256°
- Halfway point
- 36.26, -87.32
- Great-circle km
- 1,902 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → DCA
- 2 h 24 min
- In the air DCA → DAL
- 2 h 48 min
- Clocks
- Washington is 1 h ahead of Dallas
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 33,614 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,029 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,381 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,928 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,603 |
| Jan 2026 | 23,170 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,535 |
| Mar 2026 | 35,173 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,778 |
| May 2026 | 36,747 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,971 |
| Jul 2026 | 38,017 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 287 |
| Sep 2025 | 282 |
| Oct 2025 | 290 |
| Nov 2025 | 274 |
| Dec 2025 | 297 |
| Jan 2026 | 274 |
| Feb 2026 | 258 |
| Mar 2026 | 293 |
| Apr 2026 | 284 |
| May 2026 | 285 |
| Jun 2026 | 286 |
| Jul 2026 | 278 |
Airlines flying DAL–DCA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 65 | 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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,393 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,331 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 664 flights
Also carried: 59 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.9%
- Flights counted
- 3,465
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 23% · weather 3% · security 1%.
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
- $219
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $194
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $218
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $218
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $195 · Q3 2025 $165 · Q4 2025 $204 · Q1 2026 $219).
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: 1,902 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 Dallas and Washington
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Washington airports