Flights from Philadelphia to Washington, DC

• The shortest flight between PHL and IAD takes about 34 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing PHL to IAD in 2009 was Republic Airlines' EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Philadelphia to Washington.
• American Connection, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, Northwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Air Greenland offer flights from Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operates the shortest flights from Philadelphia to Washington.
• Flight #7144, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 7 minutes average delay between flights from Philadelphia to Washington.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Philadelphia and Washington is 134 miles.
• American Connection carried a total of 53,590 passengers from PHL to IAD in 2009.
• There were 56,983 passengers that flew from Philadelphia to Washington in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Philadelphia to Washington in 2009 was 71.77%.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Philadelphia and Washington from UNITED is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 182 seats.
• Air Greenland operated flights from PHL to IAD using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Philadelphia and Washington.
• 70,965 seats were available on flights from PHL to IAD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 56,983 passengers flew on all flights from PHL to IAD that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from PHL to IAD for American Connection is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC takes about 34 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)