Great-circle route YYZ ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YYZ → DCA Toronto to Washington |
41/wk | Daily | Air Canada, American Airlines |
| DCA → YYZ Washington to Toronto |
41/wk | Daily | Air Canada, American 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 196,952 passengers on 3,449 flights between YYZ and DCA — about 540 a day — filling 78% of the 252,056 seats flown. Jazz Aviation LP carried the most passengers (62%).
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 YYZ–DCA nonstop, including Air Canada, American Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Bombardier CRJ900, Canadair reg jet 700.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Lester B. Pearson International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 360 miles, or 579 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 360 mi |
| Kilometres | 579 km |
| Nautical miles | 313 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 82 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 21m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 360-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 41 a week from Toronto to Washington and 41 a week from Washington to Toronto, from our most recent schedule sample.
Air Canada, American Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 196,952 passengers on 3,449 scheduled flights between YYZ and DCA — about 540 a day — filling 78% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Bombardier CRJ900, Canadair reg jet 700. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
