Portland to Washington nonstop
Yes: American and Republic fly direct from Portland (PWM) to Washington (DCA) about 3 times a day, year-round.
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Portland to Washington in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 482 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 30 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 September 2025 (27 flights a week), quietest in March 2026 (18 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 27 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 27 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 20 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 20 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 19 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 19 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 18 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 20 flights a week
- May 2026: 21 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 21 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 19 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 57%, PSA 34% (regional operator), Republic 10% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 1,085 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 $200 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 1,562 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 1,054 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 728 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 1,085 tickets
Oct to Dec, Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Jul to Sep 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 Portland nonstop.
Other airports near Portland with nonstops to Washington
Within about 100 miles of Portland International Jetport
Also nonstop from Portland (PWM)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 6 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 4 times a day
- Baltimore (BWI) about 4 times a day
- Washington (IAD) about 4 times a day
- Newark (EWR) about 3 times a day
- Philadelphia (PHL) about 3 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 3 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 2 times a day
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