Philadelphia to Washington nonstop
Yes: American flies direct from Philadelphia (PHL) to Washington (DCA) about 12 times a week, year-round.
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Philadelphia to Washington in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 120 miles nonstop, about 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: busiest in October 2025 (21 flights a week), quietest in July 2026 (12 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 21 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 21 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 14 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 14 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 12 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 13 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 13 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 14 flights a week
- May 2026: 14 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 13 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 12 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 12 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 81 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $150 and $400 one way, median $275. 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 $200 to $425, 122 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $275 one way, middle half $200 to $450, 114 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $300 one way, middle half $200 to $425, 67 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $150 to $400, 81 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $275 to $300 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (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 Philadelphia nonstop.
Other airports near Philadelphia with nonstops to Washington
Within about 100 miles of Philadelphia International Airport
Also nonstop from Philadelphia (PHL)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 17 times a day
- Chicago (ORD) about 16 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 14 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 14 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 10 times a day
- Fort Lauderdale (FLL) about 10 times a day
- Detroit (DTW) about 9 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 9 times a day
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