Great-circle route YUL ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUL → DCA Montreal to Washington |
21/wk | Daily | Air Canada |
| DCA → YUL Washington to Montreal |
21/wk | Daily | Air Canada |
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 (first 11 months), airlines reported 88,806 passengers on 1,636 flights between YUL and DCA — about 266 a day — filling 71% of the 124,336 seats flown. Jazz Aviation LP carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Air Canada is the only airline flying the YUL–DCA nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Bombardier CRJ900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 487 miles, or 784 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 487 mi |
| Kilometres | 784 km |
| Nautical miles | 423 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Air Canada flies the route nonstop, with about 42 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 35m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 487-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 21 a week from Montreal to Washington and 21 a week from Washington to Montreal, from our most recent schedule sample.
Air Canada.
In 2025 (first 11 months), airlines reported 88,806 passengers on 1,636 scheduled flights between YUL and DCA — about 266 a day — filling 71% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Bombardier CRJ900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
