Major airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 7,169 ft
- Field elevation
- 15 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.85, -77.04
What our brokers know about KDCA
Requires special security authorisation for private flights
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is the only jet-capable field we list in District of Columbia, with 7,169 ft of runway, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. 25 published route pages reach Washington, D.C. through this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 23 mi31 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Corridors
Charter routes through Washington, D.C.
Corridors we quote regularly, shortest first. Each carries the cabins that fly it, block times and the fields at both ends.
- 223 mi1 h 06 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 404 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,873one way, all‑in indicative
- 422 mi1 h 40 mfrom $3,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 442 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,144one way, all‑in indicative
- 541 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,848one way, all‑in indicative
- 590 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,200one way, all‑in indicative
- 861 mi2 h 57 mfrom $6,124one way, all‑in indicative
- 916 mi3 h 06 mfrom $6,516one way, all‑in indicative
- 918 mi3 h 07 mfrom $6,533one way, all‑in indicative
- 961 mi3 h 14 mfrom $6,836one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,161 mi2 h 45 mfrom $8,929one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,200 mi2 h 49 mfrom $9,230one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,295 mi3 h 00 mfrom $9,955one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,460 mi3 h 20 mfrom $11,229one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,571 mi3 h 33 mfrom $12,079one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,574 mi3 h 34 mfrom $12,106one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,746 mi3 h 54 mfrom $18,920one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,770 mi3 h 57 mfrom $19,181one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,924 mi4 h 00 mfrom $28,395one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,943 mi4 h 02 mfrom $28,667one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,061 mi4 h 16 mfrom $30,416one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,183 mi4 h 29 mfrom $32,216one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,281 mi4 h 40 mfrom $33,660one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,397 mi4 h 53 mfrom $35,375one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,409 mi4 h 54 mfrom $35,545one way, all‑in indicative
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,651 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,301 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,412 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,181 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,701 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,211 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,582 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,034 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,452 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,562 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,719 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,837 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,713 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,217 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,603 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,677 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,142 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,803 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,302 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,913 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,479 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.