Great-circle route JFK ↔ IAD. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → IAD New York to Washington |
14/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines |
| IAD → JFK Washington to New York |
14/wk | Daily | 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 82,285 passengers on 1,379 flights between JFK and IAD — about 226 a day — filling 76% of the 108,341 seats flown. Endeavor Air Inc. carried the most passengers (86%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline flying the JFK–IAD nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Bombardier CRJ900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between John F Kennedy International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport is 228 miles, or 367 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 228 mi |
| Kilometres | 367 km |
| Nautical miles | 198 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Delta Air Lines flies the route nonstop, with about 28 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 06m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 228-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 14 a week from New York to Washington and 14 a week from Washington to New York, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 82,285 passengers on 1,379 scheduled flights between JFK and IAD — about 226 a day — filling 76% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Bombardier CRJ900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
