Washington (DCA) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 1,447 km
- 899 mi · 781 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 36 min / 2 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → FLL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 182 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (108 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 539,107
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.2%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 646,759 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- B6, AA, 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 DCA
- 193°
- Heading from FLL
- 11°
- Halfway point
- 32.48, -78.71
- Great-circle km
- 1,450 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → FLL
- 2 h 10 min
- In the air FLL → DCA
- 2 h 3 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,611 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,158 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,061 |
| Nov 2025 | 44,143 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,476 |
| Jan 2026 | 47,331 |
| Feb 2026 | 43,561 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,307 |
| Apr 2026 | 46,585 |
| May 2026 | 48,628 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,702 |
| Jul 2026 | 46,544 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 342 |
| Sep 2025 | 287 |
| Oct 2025 | 371 |
| Nov 2025 | 390 |
| Dec 2025 | 461 |
| Jan 2026 | 413 |
| Feb 2026 | 370 |
| Mar 2026 | 412 |
| Apr 2026 | 400 |
| May 2026 | 388 |
| Jun 2026 | 333 |
| Jul 2026 | 333 |
Airlines flying DCA–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 51 | 62% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 22 | 23% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 15% |
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
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,480 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,173 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,114 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 605 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 84 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 28 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 12 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 4 flights
Also carried: 48 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 67.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 4,614
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 68.5% | 24 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69% | 24 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 62.9% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 23% · weather 3% · 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
- $193
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $169
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 54% of passengers · $181
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 15% of passengers · $176
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $169 · Q3 2025 $147 · Q4 2025 $164 · Q1 2026 $193).
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: 1,450 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 Fort Lauderdale
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