Great-circle route IAD ↔ MSP. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAD → MSP Washington to Minneapolis |
37/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines |
| MSP → IAD Minneapolis to Washington |
37/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines |
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 199,822 passengers on 2,853 flights between IAD and MSP — about 548 a day — filling 83% of the 241,529 seats flown. SkyWest Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (52%).
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 IAD–MSP nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737-800, Bombardier CRJ900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Washington Dulles International Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport is 906 miles, or 1,458 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 906 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,458 km |
| Nautical miles | 787 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 74 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 23m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 906-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 37 a week from Washington to Minneapolis and 37 a week from Minneapolis to Washington, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 199,822 passengers on 2,853 scheduled flights between IAD and MSP — about 548 a day — filling 83% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737-800, Bombardier CRJ900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
