Washington (DCA) – Providence (PVD)
- Distance
- 574 km
- 357 mi · 310 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 24 min / 1 h 37 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → PVD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 72 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 347,040
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.4%
- Flights / week
- 89
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 483,965 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- WN, OH, 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
- 54°
- Heading from PVD
- 238°
- Halfway point
- 40.32, -74.29
- Great-circle km
- 573 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → PVD
- 57 min
- In the air PVD → DCA
- 1 h 11 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 34,649 |
| Sep 2025 | 33,807 |
| Oct 2025 | 34,624 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,669 |
| Dec 2025 | 26,862 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,048 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,913 |
| Mar 2026 | 27,966 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,426 |
| May 2026 | 31,492 |
| Jun 2026 | 29,540 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,044 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 400 |
| Sep 2025 | 441 |
| Oct 2025 | 424 |
| Nov 2025 | 373 |
| Dec 2025 | 376 |
| Jan 2026 | 351 |
| Feb 2026 | 331 |
| Mar 2026 | 372 |
| Apr 2026 | 393 |
| May 2026 | 417 |
| Jun 2026 | 402 |
| Jul 2026 | 350 |
Airlines flying DCA–PVD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 25 | 34% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 36 | 31% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 18 | 26% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 7.9 | 7% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 1.8 | 2% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,024 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 978 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 920 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 912 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 504 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 179 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 105 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 8 flights
Also carried: 11 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,847
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OHPSA Airlines | 68.7% | 26 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.8% | 16 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.9% | 16 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 74.3% | 16 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 78% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 19% · aircraft arriving late 54% · 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
- $216
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $203
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $233
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 32% of passengers · $179
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $198 · Q3 2025 $201 · Q4 2025 $202 · Q1 2026 $216).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $221, likely $191–$251
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). 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: Q1, typically 4% 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: 573 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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