Flights from Raleigh to Washington, DC

• The shortest flight between RDU and DCA takes about 40 minutes.
• American Eagle operated flights from RDU to DCA using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Raleigh and Washington from American Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 148 seats.
• 213,888 seats were available on flights from RDU to DCA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 126,719 passengers flew on all flights from RDU to DCA that year.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Raleigh and Washington.
• The average flight time from Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC takes about 41 minutes.
• American Eagle offers the shortest flight times from Raleigh to Washington.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from RDU to DCA for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• American Eagle carried a total of 58,962 passengers from RDU to DCA in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Raleigh and Washington is 227 miles.
• Flight #6414, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 11 minutes average delay between flights from Raleigh to Washington.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC in 2009 was US Airways' B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• There were 126,719 passengers that flew from Raleigh to Washington in 2009.
• American Eagle, Air Wisconsin, Chautauqua Airlines, Comair, US Airways, Republic Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines offer flights from Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Raleigh to Washington in 2009 was 59.09%.
• The newest aircraft servicing RDU to DCA in 2009 was US Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• Comair, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Raleigh to Washington.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)