DCA
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA) is a large airport in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. It opened on 16 Jun 1941. It has 3 runways; the longest is 7,169 ft (2,185 m). It is operated by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. In 2025 it handled 24.0 million passengers.
Timeline
6 events · 1941–202516 JUN 1941
OpenedRonald Reagan Washington National Airport opens.
01 NOV 1949
DisasterEastern Air Lines Flight 537.55 killed
13 JAN 1982
DisasterAir Florida Flight 90.78 killed
1987
MilestoneMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the owner.
06 FEB 1998
RenamedRenamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
29 JAN 2025
Disaster2025 Potomac River mid-air collision.67 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF01/19356° / 175° · LIT
LENGTH7,169 ft2,185 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33143° / 323° · LIT
LENGTH5,204 ft1,586 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04/22026° / 206° · LIT
LENGTH5,000 ft1,524 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202520.8M
22.6M
23.0M
23.1M
22.8M
23.3M
7.4M
13.5M
23.2M
24.8M
25.5M
24.0M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
104 destinations · 4 countriesYear-round12
AUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,114 km1,314 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,219 km1,379 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines2,369 km1,472 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · JetBlue Airways2,507 km1,558 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,972 km1,847 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,177 km1,974 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines3,353 km2,083 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,655 km2,271 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,711 km2,306 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines3,738 km2,323 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,773 km2,344 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,921 km2,436 miCargo104
PHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle192 km119 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · American Eagle230 km143 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express319 km198 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines329 km204 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, JetBlue Airways342 km213 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, American Airlines345 km214 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, American Airlines365 km227 miHPNWestchester County AirportUnited States · American Eagle376 km234 miCRWYeager AirportUnited States · American Eagle399 km248 miGSOPiedmont Triad International AirportUnited States · American Eagle399 km248 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle440 km273 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · American Eagle476 km296 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · American Eagle477 km296 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines480 km298 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · American Eagle498 km309 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines503 km313 miALBAlbany International AirportUnited States · American Eagle512 km318 miILMWilmington International AirportUnited States · American Eagle515 km320 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines519 km322 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines533 km331 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines573 km356 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · American Eagle578 km359 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · American Eagle600 km373 miMVYMartha's Vineyard AirportUnited States · American Eagle, JetBlue Airways615 km382 miAVLAsheville Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle618 km384 miDAYJames M. Cox Dayton International AirportUnited States · American Eagle628 km390 miGSPGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportUnited States · American Eagle637 km396 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, JetBlue Airways +1641 km398 miACKNantucket Memorial AirportUnited States · American Eagle, JetBlue Airways651 km405 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines651 km405 miHYACape Cod Gateway AirportUnited States · American Eagle653 km406 miMHTManchester-Boston Regional AirportUnited States · American Eagle654 km406 miCAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportUnited States · American Eagle657 km408 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle660 km410 miLEXBlue Grass AirportUnited States · Delta Connection665 km413 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · American Eagle702 km436 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines703 km437 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines715 km444 miAGSAugusta Regional At Bush FieldUnited States · American Eagle753 km468 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · American Eagle760 km472 miLANCapital Region International AirportUnited States · American Eagle770 km478 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines774 km481 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines802 km498 miHHHHilton Head AirportUnited States · American Eagle808 km502 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · American Eagle837 km520 miCHAChattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)United States · American Eagle840 km522 miGRRGerald R. Ford International AirportUnited States · American Eagle842 km523 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines +1880 km547 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, American Airlines +1902 km560 miBGRBangor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines948 km589 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines964 km599 miTVCCherry Capital AirportUnited States · American Eagle964 km599 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, United Airlines, American Airlines983 km611 miHSVHuntsville International AirportUnited States · American Eagle985 km612 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,019 km633 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines1,022 km635 miBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,050 km652 miMGMMontgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,115 km693 miMSNDane County Regional Truax FieldUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle1,136 km706 miTLHTallahassee International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,153 km716 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,154 km717 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines +11,224 km761 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,224 km761 miECPNorthwest Florida Beaches International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,238 km769 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines1,270 km789 miCIDThe Eastern Iowa AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,286 km799 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · American Eagle1,303 km810 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,312 km815 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,313 km816 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,373 km853 miJANJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,383 km859 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, American Airlines1,383 km859 miLITBill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldUnited States · American Eagle1,426 km886 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,438 km894 miDSMDes Moines International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,440 km895 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,450 km901 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines1,483 km921 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines1,495 km929 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,524 km947 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · American Eagle, American Airlines1,536 km954 miXNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,546 km961 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,560 km969 miBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,584 km984 miOMAEppley AirfieldUnited States · Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines1,624 km1,009 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,651 km1,026 miTULTulsa International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,685 km1,047 miICTWichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,782 km1,107 miOKCOKC Will Rogers World AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines1,859 km1,155 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,902 km1,182 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,915 km1,190 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · American Eagle, United Airlines1,942 km1,207 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,959 km1,217 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,114 km1,314 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,219 km1,379 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines2,369 km1,472 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · JetBlue Airways2,507 km1,558 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,972 km1,847 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,177 km1,974 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines3,353 km2,083 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,655 km2,271 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,711 km2,306 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines3,738 km2,323 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,773 km2,344 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,921 km2,436 miMost destinationsAmerican Eagle 78American Airlines 34Southwest Airlines 20Delta Connection 9JetBlue Airways 8Delta Air Lines 8
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DCA. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
12 channelsUNICUNICOM122.950
WXASWX ASOS: (703-418-1177)132.650
GNDWashington Ground121.700
TWRWashington Tower119.100
GND257.600
TWR134.350
TWRWashington Tower ;Helicopters257.600
APP119.850
APP124.200
DEP118.950
DEP125.650
CLRD128.250