Washington (DCA) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 345 km
- 214 mi · 186 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 23 min / 1 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → LGA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 79 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (47 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 534,622
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.4%
- Flights / week
- 175
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 693,806 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- YX, DL, 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
- 51°
- Heading from LGA
- 233°
- Halfway point
- 39.83, -75.48
- Great-circle km
- 345 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → LGA
- 44 min
- In the air LGA → DCA
- 48 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 44,717 |
| Sep 2025 | 47,591 |
| Oct 2025 | 47,623 |
| Nov 2025 | 40,826 |
| Dec 2025 | 41,452 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,360 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,579 |
| Mar 2026 | 44,337 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,904 |
| May 2026 | 53,362 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,157 |
| Jul 2026 | 44,714 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 793 |
| Sep 2025 | 760 |
| Oct 2025 | 769 |
| Nov 2025 | 748 |
| Dec 2025 | 655 |
| Jan 2026 | 737 |
| Feb 2026 | 712 |
| Mar 2026 | 776 |
| Apr 2026 | 831 |
| May 2026 | 829 |
| Jun 2026 | 782 |
| Jul 2026 | 716 |
Airlines flying DCA–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 171 | 97% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 3.2 | 2% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 0.9 | 1% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 8,895 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 164 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 44 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 2 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Punctuality
- On time
- 67%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5.6%
- Flights counted
- 9,661
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 67% | 23 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 71.5% | 23 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 56.5% | 42 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 18% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 44% · weather 4% · 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
- $191
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $204
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 54% of passengers · $207
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 46% of passengers · $173
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $216 · Q3 2025 $198 · Q4 2025 $209 · Q1 2026 $191).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $195, likely $169–$222
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.2%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 345 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.
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