Flights from Atlanta to Washington, DC

• Delta Airlines operated flights from ATL to DCA using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC takes about 70 minutes.
• 1,054,564 seats were available on flights from ATL to DCA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 790,122 passengers flew on all flights from ATL to DCA that year.
• The shortest flight between ATL and DCA takes about 61 minutes.
• Delta Airlines, AirTran Airways, Shuttle America, Northwest Airlink, Comair, Atlantic Southeast, American Airlines, US Airways offer flights from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Atlanta and Washington.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Delta Airlines, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Atlanta to Washington.
• Flight #6470, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 40 minutes average delay between flights from Atlanta to Washington.
• There were 790,122 passengers that flew from Atlanta to Washington in 2009.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 605,156 passengers from ATL to DCA in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Atlanta and Washington from Delta Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 262 seats.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Atlanta to Washington.
• The newest aircraft servicing ATL to DCA in 2009 was US Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ATL to DCA for Shuttle America is the EMB-170 built by Embraer with 75 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Atlanta and Washington is 547 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC in 2009 was American Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Atlanta to Washington in 2009 was 73.49%.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)