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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

DCA · KDCA · Arlington, VA · United States

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Reference

IATA / ICAO
DCA · KDCA · FAA LID DCA
Country
United States
Hub tier
FAA Large hub
Coordinates
38.8521, -77.0377
Elevation
15 ft (5 m)
Time zone
America/New_York
Owner / operator
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Opened
1941
Customs / international
No

Location

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Traffic

Passengers (2023)
25M

Runways

3 runways — per-runway dimensions to be added in a subsequent refresh.

Carriers

Carrier Type Alliance Role Flights/day
American Airlines
AA · AAL
Mainline oneworld Focus
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
Mainline SkyTeam Focus
United Airlines
UA · UAL
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Southwest Airlines
WN · SWA
LCC Unaligned Operator
JetBlue Airways
B6 · JBU
LCC Unaligned Operator
Alaska Airlines
AS · ASA
Mainline oneworld Operator
Spirit Airlines
NK · NKS
ULCC Unaligned Operator
Frontier Airlines
F9 · FFT
ULCC Unaligned Operator
Air Canada
AC · ACA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator

Live conditions

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History

Opened June 1941 as Washington National Airport; renamed in 1998 for President Ronald Reagan. Like LGA, DCA operates under a perimeter rule (1,250-mile cap with limited beyond-perimeter slot exceptions) and is largely domestic-only. Across the Potomac from Washington and accessible by Metro, the airport is the closest commercial airport to the Capitol.

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About this profile

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