Flights from Boston to Washington, DC

• US Airways, American Eagle, Comair, Atlantic Southeast operate the shortest flights from Boston to Washington.
• There were 456,054 passengers that flew from Boston to Washington in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Boston and Washington is 399 miles.
• Flight #6399, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 175 minutes average delay between flights from Boston to Washington.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BOS to DCA for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• Comair operated flights from BOS to DCA using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Boston to Washington in 2009 was 55.11%.
• The shortest flight between BOS and DCA takes about 68 minutes.
• 802,424 seats were available on flights from BOS to DCA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 456,054 passengers flew on all flights from BOS to DCA that year.
• US Airways, American Eagle, Comair, Shuttle America, Chautauqua Airlines, Atlantic Southeast offer flights from Boston, MA to Washington, DC.
• US Airways offers the shortest flight times from Boston to Washington.
• The average flight time from Boston, MA to Washington, DC takes about 72 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing BOS to DCA in 2009 was US Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Boston and Washington from US Airways is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 150 seats.
• US Airways carried a total of 322,307 passengers from BOS to DCA in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Boston, MA to Washington, DC in 2009 was Comair's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Boston and Washington.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)