Live flights over Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 3,253 departures and 3,274 arrivals at Washington Dulles International Airport, 932 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Atlanta (ATL), Charlotte (CLT) and Newark (EWR). The airline seen most often is United Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- IAD
- ICAO code
- KIAD
- City
- Dulles
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 95 m (312 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38.9445, -77.4558
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Washington Dulles International 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 Dulles.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 435 | 433 | 868 |
| Mon 2 | 448 | 447 | 895 |
| Tue 3 | 451 | 473 | 924 |
| Wed 4 | 465 | 462 | 927 |
| Thu 5 | 510 | 501 | 1,011 |
| Fri 6 | 498 | 507 | 1,005 |
| Sat 7 | 446 | 451 | 897 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 130 flights
- Charlotte CLT 108 flights
- Newark EWR 105 flights
- Chicago ORD 97 flights
- Detroit DTW 95 flights
- Teterboro TEB 95 flights
- Orlando MCO 92 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 86 flights
- Denver DEN 77 flights
- San Francisco SFO 74 flights
- Toronto YYZ Canada 68 flights
- Richmond RIC 67 flights
- Indianapolis IND 65 flights
- Columbus CMH 64 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 64 flights
- Boston BOS 62 flights
29 more connections
- Norfolk ORF 61
- Charlottesville CHO 60
- Houston IAH 60
- Cleveland CLE 59
- Knoxville/Maryville TYS 58
- New York LGA 56
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 56
- Tampa TPA 56
- Hartford BDL 53
- Buffalo BUF 53
- Pittsburgh PIT 53
- Syracuse SYR 53
- Albany ALB 52
- Rochester ROC 50
- State College SCE 49
- Harrisburg MDT 47
- Providence/Warwick PVD 47
- Portland PWM 46
- London LHR 44
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 32
- Nashville BNA 24
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 23
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 23
- Louisville SDF 23
- Charleston CHS 22
- Roanoke ROA 22
- Minneapolis MSP 21
- Austin AUS 20
- West Palm Beach DJT 20
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 1,929
- CommuteAirUCA 643
- Republic AirwaysRPA 423
- Mesa AirlinesASH 350
- NetJetsEJA 308
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 255
- Delta Air LinesDAL 154
- AVLAVL 133
- FlexjetLXJ 106
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 86
Aircraft
- E75L 757
- E45X 643
- B39M 572
- Boeing 737-900 B739 331
- CRJ7 298
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 227
- Airbus A321neo A21N 223
- Boeing 737-800 B738 191
- Boeing 737-700 B737 162
- Airbus A319 A319 153
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 Washington Dulles International 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/38.9445/lon/-77.4558/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Dulles right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Washington Dulles International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Dulles: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of IAD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Washington Dulles International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, CommuteAir, Republic Airways, Mesa Airlines and NetJets.
What are the main connections from Washington Dulles International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 130), Charlotte (CLT, 108), Newark (EWR, 105), Chicago (ORD, 97) and Detroit (DTW, 95). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Dulles? +
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 Washington Dulles International Airport? +
Washington Dulles International Airport has IATA code IAD and ICAO code KIAD. It lies in Virginia, United States, at coordinates 38.9445, -77.4558.
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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