Washington (DCA) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,309 km
- 814 mi · 707 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 26 min / 2 h 14 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 165 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (98 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 486,708
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +7.9%
- Flights / week
- 84
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 664,670 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, WN, 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
- 205°
- Heading from TPA
- 21°
- Halfway point
- 33.45, -79.96
- Great-circle km
- 1,312 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → TPA
- 1 h 59 min
- In the air TPA → DCA
- 1 h 51 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,228 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,041 |
| Oct 2025 | 38,485 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,770 |
| Dec 2025 | 43,601 |
| Jan 2026 | 37,069 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,984 |
| Mar 2026 | 49,875 |
| Apr 2026 | 40,007 |
| May 2026 | 38,817 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,092 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,739 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 345 |
| Sep 2025 | 342 |
| Oct 2025 | 340 |
| Nov 2025 | 383 |
| Dec 2025 | 396 |
| Jan 2026 | 368 |
| Feb 2026 | 386 |
| Mar 2026 | 423 |
| Apr 2026 | 360 |
| May 2026 | 346 |
| Jun 2026 | 350 |
| Jul 2026 | 330 |
Airlines flying DCA–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 57 | 70% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 26 | 29% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.0 | 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 · 1,472 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,042 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 817 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 523 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 461 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 52 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1 flight
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1 flight
Also carried: 16 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,487
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.2% | 23 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.9% | 14 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 90.4% | 5 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 22% · aircraft arriving late 58% · air traffic system 17% · 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
- $255
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $218
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 70% of passengers · $262
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 27% of passengers · $226
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $182 · Q4 2025 $222 · Q1 2026 $255).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $260, likely $231–$296
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 9%). 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 5% 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: 1,312 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 Tampa
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