Flights from San Diego to Washington – Direct & connecting routes
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SAN to DCA – All flight route options from San Diego International Airport, California, USA to Ronald Reagan Washington National, District of Columbia, USA. These flights are operated by 9 airlines. Fly non-stop with Alaska Airlines or choose from 38 different transit flights. The shortest flight time is 5 hours and 17 minutes. See the full flight schedule and time table, including departure times, airlines and stopover details to find the best option for you.
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San Diego to Washington flights
There are over 39 airlines and as many as 865 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Washington (DCA) from San Diego (SAN) with Alaska Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Saint Louis, Columbus or any other of the 38 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Tip! You might want to consider arriving at Washington Dulles International (IAD) instead.
San Diego to Washington with Alaska Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing at 12 or 13 in the afternoon. You also have the option to do a transit flight via San Francisco. Alaska Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Frontier Airlines
If you fly from San Diego with Frontier Airlines you will do a stopover in Denver, DEN before reaching Washington. This flight trip will take 7 hours and 34 minutes and you can fly every weekday with departures between 6:00 am and 12 noon.
Distance & flight times: San Diego International Airport to Reagan National
The shortest flight time between SAN and DCA is 5 hours and 17 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 5h 17m | - | 2283 miles (3673 km) |
STL Saint Louis | 6h 50m | 1h 20m | 2283 miles (3673 km) |
CMH Columbus | 7h 0m | 1h 25m | 2294 miles (3691 km) |
LAX Los Angeles | 7h 3m | 1h 10m | 2427 miles (3905 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 7h 4m | 39m | 2487 miles (4002 km) |
BNA Nashville | 7h 5m | 40m | 2320 miles (3733 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 7h 8m | 1h 10m | 2355 miles (3789 km) |
AUS Austin | 7h 15m | 45m | 2488 miles (4003 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 7h 15m | 1h 23m | 2290 miles (3685 km) |
DTW Detroit | 7h 18m | 2h 10m | 2370 miles (3813 km) |
DFW Dallas | 7h 22m | 1h 6m | 2370 miles (3813 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 7h 25m | 2h 58m | 2472 miles (3977 km) |
DEN Denver | 7h 34m | 1h 30m | 2336 miles (3759 km) |
ORD Chicago | 7h 42m | 1h 57m | 2343 miles (3770 km) |
PHL Philadelphia | 7h 47m | 45m | 2497 miles (4018 km) |
CLT Charlotte | 7h 58m | 1h 35m | 2416 miles (3887 km) |
HOU Houston | 7h 58m | 1h 30m | 2541 miles (4088 km) |
ATL Atlanta | 7h 59m | 2h 1m | 2447 miles (3937 km) |
DAL Dallas | 8h 0m | 2h 40m | 2373 miles (3818 km) |
MDW Chicago | 8h 5m | 2h 0m | 2336 miles (3759 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 8h 28m | 35m | 2285 miles (3677 km) |
MCO Orlando | 8h 34m | 1h 51m | 2920 miles (4698 km) |
MCI Kansas City | 8h 40m | 2h 25m | 2290 miles (3685 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 9h 0m | 40m | 2872 miles (4621 km) |
TPA Tampa | 9h 10m | 2h 20m | 2913 miles (4687 km) |
IAH Houston | 9h 28m | 2h 28m | 2519 miles (4053 km) |
IND Indianapolis | 9h 36m | 54m | 2289 miles (3683 km) |
BUF Buffalo | 9h 39m | 49m | 2501 miles (4024 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 9h 41m | 2h 35m | 2898 miles (4663 km) |
JFK New York | 9h 43m | 1h 8m | 2667 miles (4291 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 9h 45m | 2h 25m | 2519 miles (4053 km) |
MSY New Orleans | 9h 45m | 1h 30m | 2578 miles (4148 km) |
SJC San Jose | 9h 45m | 1h 35m | 2850 miles (4586 km) |
OAK Oakland | 9h 48m | 2h 55m | 2888 miles (4647 km) |
EWR New York | 9h 49m | 2h 59m | 2632 miles (4235 km) |
JAX Jacksonville | 9h 55m | 38m | 2734 miles (4399 km) |
MKE Milwaukee | 10h 10m | 1h 55m | 2381 miles (3831 km) |
PIT Pittsburgh | 10h 57m | 2h 42m | 2318 miles (3730 km) |
CLE Cleveland | 11h 15m | 1h 2m | 2344 miles (3771 km) |


