Columbus to Washington nonstop
Yes: United and Republic fly direct from Columbus (CMH) to Washington (IAD) about 2 times a day, year-round.
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Columbus to Washington in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 299 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 5 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew in 11 of the last 12 months (not in July 2026): busiest in September 2025 (32 flights a week), quietest in June 2026 (11 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 32 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 22 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 14 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 17 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 17 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 26 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 26 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 20 flights a week
- May 2026: 15 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 11 flights a week
- Jul 2026: no regular flights
- Aug 2026: 15 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 55%, Republic 45% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 864 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $275 one way, median $200. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $275, 715 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 820 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 590 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 864 tickets
Jul to Sep, Oct to Dec and Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $225), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Washington to Columbus nonstop.
Also nonstop from Columbus (CMH)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 15 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 9 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
- Detroit (DTW) about 6 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 5 times a day
- Newark (EWR) about 5 times a day
- Philadelphia (PHL) about 5 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 5 times a day
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