Flights from Atlanta to Washington, DC

• There were 459,943 passengers that flew from Atlanta to Washington in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 16 airline companies operating between Atlanta and Washington.
• Skywest Air offers the shortest flight times from Atlanta to Washington.
• The newest aircraft servicing ATL to IAD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• Delta Airlines, AirTran Airways, Shuttle America, Northwest Airlink, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Skywest Air, Air Greenland, USA 3000, Lufthansa, Continental Airlines, UNITED, Northwest Airlines, Air Uganda, Air Canada offer flights from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Atlanta to Washington in 2009 was 72.59%.
• Flight #6586, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 70 minutes average delay between flights from Atlanta to Washington.
• 653,026 seats were available on flights from ATL to IAD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 459,943 passengers flew on all flights from ATL to IAD that year.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 237,401 passengers from ATL to IAD in 2009.
• The average flight time from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC takes about 75 minutes.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from ATL to IAD using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Delta Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Atlanta to Washington.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ATL to IAD for Atlantic Southeast is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Atlanta and Washington from Lufthansa is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 352 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC in 2009 was Air Canada's A320-1/2 from Airbus Industrie which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Atlanta and Washington is 533 miles.
• The shortest flight between ATL and IAD takes about 66 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)