Flights from Washington, DC to Atlanta

• 1,047,309 seats were available on flights from DCA to ATL in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 790,708 passengers flew on all flights from DCA to ATL that year.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Washington to Atlanta in 2009 was 72.73%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DCA to ATL for Atlantic Southeast is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from DCA to ATL using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Washington and Atlanta is 547 miles.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 615,126 passengers from DCA to ATL in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing DCA to ATL in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• Flight #5882, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 137 minutes average delay between flights from Washington to Atlanta.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Washington and Atlanta from Delta Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 262 seats.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Washington to Atlanta.
• The shortest flight between DCA and ATL takes about 75 minutes.
• Delta Airlines, AirTran Airways, Shuttle America, Northwest Airlink, Comair, Atlantic Southeast offer flights from Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA.
• The average flight time from Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA takes about 83 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Washington and Atlanta.
• There were 790,708 passengers that flew from Washington to Atlanta in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Delta Airlines, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Washington to Atlanta.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)