Flights from Memphis to Washington, DC

• 132,409 seats were available on flights from MEM to DCA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 94,685 passengers flew on all flights from MEM to DCA that year.
• Flight #272, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 11 minutes average delay between flights from Memphis to Washington.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MEM to DCA using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Memphis to Washington in 2009 was 71.69%.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Memphis to Washington.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MEM to DCA for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Memphis, TN to Washington, DC in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Memphis and Washington is 762 miles.
• The newest aircraft servicing MEM to DCA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A319 from Airbus Industrie. The A319 started flying in 1997.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from Memphis to Washington.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, American Airlines offer flights from Memphis, TN to Washington, DC.
• There were 94,685 passengers that flew from Memphis to Washington in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Memphis and Washington.
• The shortest flight between MEM and DCA takes about 96 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Memphis and Washington from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 94,187 passengers from MEM to DCA in 2009.
• The average flight time from Memphis, TN to Washington, DC takes about 98 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)