Washington to Charleston nonstop
Yes: American and Republic fly direct from Washington (DCA) to Charleston (CHS) about 4 times a day, year-round.
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Washington to Charleston in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 444 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 25 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 32 flights a week.
- Sep 2025: 34 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 34 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 33 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 31 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 29 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 32 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 32 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 34 flights a week
- May 2026: 34 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 33 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 31 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 31 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- PSA 53% (regional operator), American 26%, Republic 20% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 2,274 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $275 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 $200 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 1,958 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 2,111 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 1,540 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 2,274 tickets
Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Oct to Dec 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? Charleston to Washington nonstop.
Other airports near Washington with nonstops to Charleston
Within about 100 miles of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Also nonstop from Washington (DCA)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Boston (BOS) about 23 times a day
- 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
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