Live flights over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 883 departures and 892 arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 888 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 485 | 499 | 984 |
| Sat 24 | 398 | 393 | 791 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Boston BOS 96 flights
- Chicago ORD 80 flights
- Atlanta ATL 75 flights
- New York LGA 50 flights
- Nashville BNA 46 flights
- Orlando MCO 43 flights
- Miami MIA 39 flights
- Newark EWR 33 flights
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 33 flights
- Charlotte CLT 30 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 30 flights
- Detroit DTW 29 flights
- New York JFK 29 flights
- Houston IAH 27 flights
- Providence/Warwick PVD 26 flights
- Toronto YYZ Canada 25 flights
26 more connections
- Minneapolis MSP 24
- St Louis STL 23
- Chicago MDW 21
- Charleston CHS 19
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 19
- Indianapolis IND 19
- Tampa TPA 19
- Columbus CMH 18
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 18
- New Orleans MSY 18
- Buffalo BUF 16
- Cleveland CLE 16
- Dallas DAL 16
- Pittsburgh PIT 16
- West Palm Beach DJT 15
- Portland PWM 15
- Albany ALB 14
- Hartford BDL 14
- Kansas City MCI 14
- White Plains HPN 13
- Huntsville HSV 13
- Burlington BTV 12
- Madison MSN 7
- Bangor BGR 6
- Birmingham BHM 6
- Denver DEN 6
Airlines
- PSA AirlinesJIA 393
- American AirlinesAAL 303
- Republic AirwaysRPA 285
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 164
- Envoy AirENY 124
- Delta Air LinesDAL 112
- United AirlinesUAL 75
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 65
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 34
- Air Canada JazzJZA 26
Aircraft
- E75L 370
- CRJ7 321
- Airbus A319 A319 187
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 160
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 155
- Boeing 737-800 B738 127
- Boeing 737-700 B737 90
- Airbus A320 A320 89
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 42
- Embraer E170 E170 26
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were PSA Airlines, American Airlines, Republic Airways, Southwest Airlines and Envoy Air.
What are the main connections from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Boston (BOS, 96), Chicago (ORD, 80), Atlanta (ATL, 75), New York (LGA, 50) and Nashville (BNA, 46). 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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