Great-circle route DCA → MSP. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Washington to Minneapolis is approximately 2h 26m nonstop. The distance is 929 miles (1,495 km). There are about 13 nonstop flights from Washington to Minneapolis per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA → MSP Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport |
2h 26m | 929 mi | 52/wk | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| IAD → MSP Washington Dulles International Airport to Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport |
2h 23m | 906 mi | 37/wk | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
4 airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Minneapolis, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Canadair reg jet 700, Airbus A319, Airbus A220-100 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Washington to Minneapolis is 929 miles, or 1,495 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 929 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,495 km |
| Nautical miles | 807 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 89 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 26m in the air on the DCA–MSP nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 929-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
929 miles (1,495 km) great-circle between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Canadair reg jet 700, Airbus A319, Airbus A220-100. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
DCA to MSP, IAD to MSP. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
