Is there a nonstop flight from Phoenix (PHX) to Washington (DCA)?

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

How often do flights leave PHX for DCA?

About 3× daily — 20.8 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 21 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop PHX to DCA flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $225 and $400 one way, with a median of $275. Based on 2,613 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Phoenix to Washington nonstop

Yes: American flies direct from Phoenix (PHX) to Washington (DCA) about 3 times a day, year-round.

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3× daily20.8 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$225–$400typical one-way · median $275 · US DOT Q2 2025

1,979miles · about 4 hr 35 min

Route detail

Phoenix to Washington in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 1,979 miles nonstop, about 4 hr 35 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 21 flights a week.
Sep 2025: 21 flights a week
Oct 2025: 21 flights a week
Nov 2025: 20 flights a week
Dec 2025: 20 flights a week
Jan 2026: 20 flights a week
Feb 2026: 21 flights a week
Mar 2026: 21 flights a week
Apr 2026: 21 flights a week
May 2026: 21 flights a week
Jun 2026: 21 flights a week
Jul 2026: 20 flights a week
Aug 2026: 21 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.
Fares: Half of the 2,613 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $225 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 $400, 2,289 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $300 one way, middle half $225 to $425, 2,697 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $300 one way, middle half $225 to $425, 2,329 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $225 to $400, 2,613 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 Phoenix nonstop.

Also nonstop from Phoenix (PHX)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Denver (DEN) about 22 times a day
Los Angeles (LAX) about 19 times a day
Seattle (SEA) about 18 times a day
San Diego (SAN) about 17 times a day
Las Vegas (LAS) about 15 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 15 times a day
Salt Lake City (SLC) about 14 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 13 times a day

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