Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Washington (IAD)
- Distance
- 1,886 km
- 1,172 mi · 1,018 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 53 min / 3 h 22 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → IAD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 237 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (140 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 527,017
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +8.5%
- Flights / week
- 75
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 632,115 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, UA, F9
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 DFW
- 64°
- Heading from IAD
- 255°
- Halfway point
- 36.32, -87.62
- Great-circle km
- 1,882 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → IAD
- 2 h 26 min
- In the air IAD → DFW
- 2 h 46 min
- Clocks
- Washington is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,615 |
| Sep 2025 | 48,381 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,841 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,755 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,877 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,252 |
| Feb 2026 | 36,900 |
| Mar 2026 | 42,937 |
| Apr 2026 | 41,436 |
| May 2026 | 48,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 54,327 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,575 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 334 |
| Sep 2025 | 371 |
| Oct 2025 | 344 |
| Nov 2025 | 282 |
| Dec 2025 | 277 |
| Jan 2026 | 259 |
| Feb 2026 | 287 |
| Mar 2026 | 295 |
| Apr 2026 | 310 |
| May 2026 | 347 |
| Jun 2026 | 385 |
| Jul 2026 | 393 |
Airlines flying DFW–IAD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 32 | 46% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 35 | 43% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 6.3 | 10% |
| YVMesa Airlines | 1.0 | 1% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 0.4 | 0% |
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 · 1,522 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 504 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 397 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 293 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 291 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 244 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 233 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 154 flights
Also carried: 218 tonnes of freight and 32 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 3,903
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82% | 16 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 72.7% | 25 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 80.1% | 28 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 16% · 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
- $247
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $232
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $274
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $140
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $242 · Q3 2025 $198 · Q4 2025 $246 · Q1 2026 $247).
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: 1,882 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 Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Washington airports
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |