Washington (DCA) – Miami (MIA)
- Distance
- 1,480 km
- 919 mi · 799 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 43 min / 2 h 32 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → MIA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 187 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (110 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,044,799
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.1%
- Flights / week
- 149
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,288,277 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, DL, YX
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 MIA
- 11°
- Halfway point
- 32.34, -78.78
- Great-circle km
- 1,483 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → MIA
- 2 h 12 min
- In the air MIA → DCA
- 2 h 5 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 94,601 |
| Sep 2025 | 78,042 |
| Oct 2025 | 85,676 |
| Nov 2025 | 85,056 |
| Dec 2025 | 94,163 |
| Jan 2026 | 82,727 |
| Feb 2026 | 79,386 |
| Mar 2026 | 94,279 |
| Apr 2026 | 87,253 |
| May 2026 | 90,618 |
| Jun 2026 | 84,350 |
| Jul 2026 | 88,648 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 667 |
| Sep 2025 | 647 |
| Oct 2025 | 670 |
| Nov 2025 | 607 |
| Dec 2025 | 688 |
| Jan 2026 | 624 |
| Feb 2026 | 592 |
| Mar 2026 | 660 |
| Apr 2026 | 656 |
| May 2026 | 672 |
| Jun 2026 | 639 |
| Jul 2026 | 629 |
Airlines flying DCA–MIA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 134 | 93% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 7% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.7 | 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
- Boeing 737-800 · 4,521 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,923 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 987 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 131 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 92 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 90 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 4 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 2 flights
Also carried: 92 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.8%
- Flights counted
- 7,911
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 76.4% | 18 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 72.7% | 22 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 61.4% | 33 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 20% · weather 5% · 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
- $268
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $217
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 88% of passengers · $271
- Lowest-fare airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 11% of passengers · $254
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $214 · Q3 2025 $180 · Q4 2025 $206 · Q1 2026 $268).
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: 1,483 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 Miami
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