Great-circle route BOS ↔ DCA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOS → DCA Boston to Washington |
166/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways |
| DCA → BOS Washington to Boston |
166/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,374,529 passengers on 17,656 flights between BOS and DCA — about 3,768 a day — filling 79% of the 1,738,544 seats flown. JetBlue Airways carried the most passengers (36%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the BOS–DCA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Embraer 175, Airbus A319, Airbus A320.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 399 miles, or 642 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 399 mi |
| Kilometres | 642 km |
| Nautical miles | 347 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 332 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 25m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 399-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.
About 166 a week from Boston to Washington and 166 a week from Washington to Boston, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,374,529 passengers on 17,656 scheduled flights between BOS and DCA — about 3,768 a day — filling 79% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Embraer 175, Airbus A319, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
