Flights from New York to Washington, DC

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from New York to Washington in 2009 was 68.75%.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between New York and Washington from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from New York to Washington.
• Chautauqua Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, Shuttle America, Air Greenland, Northwest Airlines, American Airlines, US Airways, Delta Airlines offer flights from New York, NY to Washington, DC.
• The newest aircraft servicing LGA to IAD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The shortest flight distance between New York and Washington is 229 miles.
• There were 116,650 passengers that flew from New York to Washington in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 9 airline companies operating between New York and Washington.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED operate the shortest flights from New York to Washington.
• The shortest flight between LGA and IAD takes about 45 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from New York, NY to Washington, DC in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• 161,027 seats were available on flights from LGA to IAD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 116,650 passengers flew on all flights from LGA to IAD that year.
• The average flight time from New York, NY to Washington, DC takes about 46 minutes.
• Flight #7276, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 29 minutes average delay between flights from New York to Washington.
• UNITED operated flights from LGA to IAD using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from LGA to IAD for Chautauqua Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Chautauqua Airlines carried a total of 44,942 passengers from LGA to IAD in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)