Live flights over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 3,019 departures and 3,047 arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 867 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD) and Atlanta (ATL). The airline seen most often is PSA Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- DCA
- ICAO code
- KDCA
- City
- Washington
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38.8521, -77.0377
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Washington.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 351 | 358 | 709 |
| Mon 2 | 465 | 486 | 951 |
| Tue 3 | 466 | 458 | 924 |
| Wed 4 | 468 | 481 | 949 |
| Thu 5 | 472 | 460 | 932 |
| Fri 6 | 390 | 396 | 786 |
| Sat 7 | 407 | 408 | 815 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Boston BOS 333 flights
- Chicago ORD 300 flights
- Atlanta ATL 230 flights
- New York LGA 192 flights
- Nashville BNA 155 flights
- Orlando MCO 153 flights
- Miami MIA 125 flights
- Detroit DTW 107 flights
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 102 flights
- Houston IAH 100 flights
- Newark EWR 97 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 97 flights
- Charlotte CLT 90 flights
- St Louis STL 88 flights
- New York JFK 86 flights
- Providence/Warwick PVD 86 flights
26 more connections
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 83
- Tampa TPA 76
- Indianapolis IND 75
- Chicago MDW 74
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 73
- Toronto YYZ 71
- Columbus CMH 71
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 69
- West Palm Beach DJT 67
- Kansas City MCI 65
- Charleston CHS 57
- Cleveland CLE 57
- Hartford BDL 56
- Dallas DAL 53
- New Orleans MSY 52
- Pittsburgh PIT 52
- White Plains HPN 49
- Dayton DAY 47
- Huntsville HSV 47
- Jacksonville JAX 44
- Milwaukee MKE 43
- Burlington BTV 41
- Madison MSN 23
- Albany ALB 21
- Manchester MHT 20
- Portland PWM 20
Airlines
- PSA AirlinesJIA 1,266
- Republic AirwaysRPA 1,129
- American AirlinesAAL 1,051
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 606
- Delta Air LinesDAL 389
- Envoy AirENY 278
- United AirlinesUAL 225
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 223
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 109
- Air Canada JazzJZA 96
Aircraft
- E75L 1,366
- CRJ7 1,051
- Airbus A319 A319 700
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 506
- Boeing 737-800 B738 460
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 448
- Airbus A320 A320 322
- Boeing 737-700 B737 317
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 159
- Embraer E170 E170 109
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/38.8521/lon/-77.0377/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Washington right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Washington: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of DCA, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were PSA Airlines, Republic Airways, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Boston (BOS, 333), Chicago (ORD, 300), Atlanta (ATL, 230), New York (LGA, 192) and Nashville (BNA, 155). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Washington? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? +
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has IATA code DCA and ICAO code KDCA. It lies in District of Columbia, United States, at coordinates 38.8521, -77.0377.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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