Washington (DCA) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,498 km
- 931 mi · 809 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 46 min / 2 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 188 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (111 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 464,615
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.4%
- Flights / week
- 97
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 574,687 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, OH, 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
- 302°
- Heading from MSP
- 111°
- Halfway point
- 42.15, -84.75
- Great-circle km
- 1,495 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → MSP
- 2 h 20 min
- In the air MSP → DCA
- 1 h 59 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h behind Washington
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 41,680 |
| Sep 2025 | 40,820 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,840 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,482 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,585 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,945 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,983 |
| Mar 2026 | 41,163 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,887 |
| May 2026 | 41,689 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,488 |
| Jul 2026 | 41,053 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 398 |
| Sep 2025 | 430 |
| Oct 2025 | 446 |
| Nov 2025 | 407 |
| Dec 2025 | 416 |
| Jan 2026 | 420 |
| Feb 2026 | 392 |
| Mar 2026 | 426 |
| Apr 2026 | 439 |
| May 2026 | 440 |
| Jun 2026 | 422 |
| Jul 2026 | 433 |
Airlines flying DCA–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 64 | 78% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 18 | 11% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 7.2 | 5% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 6.0 | 4% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 1.5 | 2% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.7 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,455 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 700 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 686 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 654 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 583 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 562 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 396 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 22 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Flights counted
- 5,200
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 77.3% | 18 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 68.3% | 40 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.8% | 15 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 71.9% | 18 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67.1% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 22% · weather 6% · 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
- $285
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $265
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 74% of passengers · $302
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 20% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $255 · Q3 2025 $248 · Q4 2025 $276 · Q1 2026 $285).
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: 1,495 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 Saint Paul
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