Washington (DCA) – Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
- Distance
- 1,918 km
- 1,192 mi · 1,036 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 27 min / 2 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → DFW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 241 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (142 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 919,321
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.9%
- Flights / week
- 122
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,106,940 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- AA
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 DCA
- 256°
- Heading from DFW
- 64°
- Halfway point
- 36.29, -87.42
- Great-circle km
- 1,915 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → DFW
- 2 h 50 min
- In the air DFW → DCA
- 2 h 26 min
- Clocks
- Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Washington
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 79,612 |
| Sep 2025 | 74,474 |
| Oct 2025 | 80,489 |
| Nov 2025 | 71,641 |
| Dec 2025 | 81,725 |
| Jan 2026 | 63,892 |
| Feb 2026 | 67,838 |
| Mar 2026 | 80,859 |
| Apr 2026 | 81,140 |
| May 2026 | 83,916 |
| Jun 2026 | 78,995 |
| Jul 2026 | 74,740 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 520 |
| Sep 2025 | 524 |
| Oct 2025 | 555 |
| Nov 2025 | 523 |
| Dec 2025 | 545 |
| Jan 2026 | 487 |
| Feb 2026 | 495 |
| Mar 2026 | 538 |
| Apr 2026 | 582 |
| May 2026 | 566 |
| Jun 2026 | 519 |
| Jul 2026 | 507 |
Airlines flying DCA–DFW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 122 | 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 737-800 · 4,457 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 907 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 751 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 96 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 83 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 63 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 4 flights
Also carried: 74 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.1%
- Flights counted
- 6,600
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 17% · weather 8% · 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
- $290
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $283
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 97% of passengers · $291
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 97% of passengers · $291
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $297 · Q3 2025 $257 · Q4 2025 $286 · Q1 2026 $290).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $296, likely $262–$337
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.9%). 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: 1,915 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 Washington and Dallas-Fort Worth
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Washington airports
More routes from DCA
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |