Washington to Boston nonstop
Yes: Republic, JetBlue, American and Delta fly direct from Washington (DCA) to Boston (BOS) about 23 times a day, year-round.
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Washington to Boston in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 399 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 20 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year, a steady 167 flights a week.
- Sep 2025: 174 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 171 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 166 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 154 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 155 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 167 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 178 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 182 flights a week
- May 2026: 178 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 170 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 154 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 158 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Republic 47% (regional operator), JetBlue 28%, American 22%, Envoy 3% (regional operator), Delta under 1% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 14,481 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $250 one way, median $175. 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 $125 one way, middle half $75 to $200, 15,937 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $225, 16,112 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $125 one way, middle half $100 to $200, 12,153 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $250, 14,481 tickets
Jul to Sep and Jan to Mar trips were the cheapest (median $125 one way) and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $175), 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? Boston to Washington nonstop.
Other airports near Washington with nonstops to Boston
Within about 100 miles of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Also nonstop from Washington (DCA)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 20 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 18 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 13 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 12 times a day
- Nashville (BNA) about 11 times a day
- Miami (MIA) about 10 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 9 times a day
- Houston (IAH) about 8 times a day
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