Chicago to Washington nonstop
Yes: United, American, Republic and SkyWest fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) about 20 times a day, year-round.
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Chicago to Washington in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 612 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 45 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 132 flights a week.
- Sep 2025: 134 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 134 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 125 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 123 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 125 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 131 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 127 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 128 flights a week
- May 2026: 136 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 144 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 138 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 142 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 49%, American 32%, Republic 16% (regional operator), Envoy 2% (regional operator), SkyWest under 1% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 10,421 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $300 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 $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 10,265 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 9,631 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 6,628 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 10,421 tickets
Jul to Sep, Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Oct to Dec trips cost the most (median $200), 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 Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Washington
Within about 100 miles of Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Also nonstop from Chicago (ORD)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- New York (LGA) about 30 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 25 times a day
- Los Angeles (LAX) about 24 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 22 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 20 times a day
- Minneapolis (MSP) about 19 times a day
- Seattle (SEA) about 19 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 18 times a day
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