Great-circle route DCA ↔ LGA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCA → LGA Washington to New York |
91/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| LGA → DCA New York to Washington |
— | — | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
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 522,426 passengers on 8,802 flights between DCA and LGA — about 1,432 a day — filling 78% of the 670,376 seats flown. Republic Airline carried the most passengers (97%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the DCA–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Embraer 175, Embraer 170.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and La Guardia Airport is 214 miles, or 344 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 214 mi |
| Kilometres | 344 km |
| Nautical miles | 186 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 91 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 04m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 214-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.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 522,426 passengers on 8,802 scheduled flights between DCA and LGA — about 1,432 a day — filling 78% 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, Embraer 170. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
