Average TimelineLeaves LGA New York, NY 5 minutes early. Show
Arrives DCA Washington, DC 17 minutes early. Flight Reliability By Airline ?Flight SummaryThe flight time from New York to Washington is 1 hour, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 45 minutes. The flight distance from New York to Washington is 214 Miles. Flight Time By Airline ?Taxiing OutAir TimeTaxiing In Flight Time by Time of Day ?12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1hTaxiing OutAir TimeTaxiing In Flights By Time of Day ?(Average)12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0Flights By Month ?JFMAM JJASOND 0200400Flights By Day of Week ?(Average)Mon TueWedThuFriSatSun0510Flights By Airline ?(Per Week)Frequently Asked QuestionsHow far is New York from Washington by plane?The distance from New York to Washington by plane is 214 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights. How long is the flight from New York to Washington?The flight time from New York to Washington is 1 hour, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 45 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 5 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 9 minutes. What airlines fly from New York to Washington?American and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Washington. Does Southwest fly from New York to Washington?Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) to Washington (DCA). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you. Tables and ExplanationsData SourceOur information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation. Average Timeline Timeline ChartThe average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate. The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.
Flight Reliability Reliability ChartThe reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from New York to Washington, American is 86% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.
Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York and Washington, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.
Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day ChartThis one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.
Flights By Month Flights By Month ChartThe quantity of flights from New York to Washington that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.
Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week ChartThe quantity of flights from New York to Washington that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.
Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline ChartHow many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.
Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day ChartThe total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.
* Delayed more than 20 minutes. All data above is a median or mean as appropriate. How far is a plane ride to New York from Washington, DC?A direct flight to New York will take on average 1h 13m to travel the 206 miles flying distance from Washington, D.C..
How long is the trip from New York to DC?How long is the drive from NYC to DC? The NYC to D.C. drive time is 4 – 4.5 hours, but it could take longer depending on traffic.
How much is a train from New York to DC?Good to know. Is it better to fly or drive to Washington, DC?flying is usually faster
The fly or drive score to Washington can change depending on the number of people traveling, the cost of airfare, gas prices, time spent waiting in the airport, or overnight hotel stops on a long drive.
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