Is there a nonstop flight from Washington (DCA) to Charleston/Dunbar (CRW)?

Yes. American operates a nonstop DCA–CRW service year-round.

How often do flights leave DCA for CRW?

About 6× weekly — 5.6 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 6.5 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop DCA to CRW flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $175 and $400 one way, with a median of $300. Based on 51 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Washington to Charleston/Dunbar nonstop

Yes: American flies direct from Washington (DCA) to Charleston/Dunbar (CRW) about 6 times a week, year-round.

DCAWashington

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CRWCharleston/Dunbar

American · flights operated by PSA

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6× weekly5.6 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$175–$400typical one-way · median $300 · US DOT Q2 2025

249miles · about 1 hr

Route detail

Washington to Charleston/Dunbar in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 249 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 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: busiest in October 2025 (7 flights a week), quietest in December 2025 (3 flights a week).
Sep 2025: 7 flights a week
Oct 2025: 7 flights a week
Nov 2025: 6 flights a week
Dec 2025: 3 flights a week
Jan 2026: 5 flights a week
Feb 2026: 7 flights a week
Mar 2026: 6 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 6 flights a week
Jul 2026: 5 flights a week
Aug 2026: 6 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: American is the only carrier filing this pair, with flights operated by PSA.
Fares: Half of the 51 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $175 and $400 one way, median $300. 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 $275 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 97 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $375, 77 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $300 one way, middle half $200 to $400, 63 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $300 one way, middle half $175 to $400, 51 tickets
Oct to Dec trips were the cheapest (median $225 one way) and Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $300), 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/Dunbar to Washington nonstop.

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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