Live flights over Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 986 departures and 984 arrivals at Washington Dulles International Airport, 985 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 542 | 527 | 1,069 |
| Sat 24 | 444 | 457 | 901 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 44 flights
- Charlotte CLT 35 flights
- Newark EWR 32 flights
- Chicago ORD 29 flights
- Denver DEN 25 flights
- Detroit DTW 25 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 25 flights
- San Francisco SFO 24 flights
- Toronto YYZ Canada 22 flights
- Pittsburgh PIT 22 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 21 flights
- Orlando MCO 20 flights
- Teterboro TEB 20 flights
- Hartford BDL 19 flights
- Norfolk ORF 19 flights
- Montréal YUL Canada 18 flights
30 more connections
- Boston BOS 18
- Columbus CMH 18
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18
- Houston IAH 18
- Richmond RIC 18
- Providence/Warwick PVD 17
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 17
- Cleveland CLE 16
- Indianapolis IND 16
- Minneapolis MSP 16
- Seattle SEA 16
- Tampa TPA 16
- Ottawa YOW 15
- London LHR 15
- Albany ALB 15
- New York LGA 15
- Portland PWM 15
- Syracuse SYR 15
- Austin AUS 9
- Rochester ROC 9
- Dublin DUB 8
- Nashville BNA 8
- Charleston CHS 8
- Las Vegas LAS 8
- Roanoke ROA 8
- State College SCE 8
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 7
- Burlington BTV 7
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 7
- Louisville SDF 7
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 528
- CommuteAirUCA 169
- Republic AirwaysRPA 122
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 116
- NetJetsEJA 106
- Mesa AirlinesASH 94
- AVLAVL 62
- Delta Air LinesDAL 48
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 33
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 31
Aircraft
- E75L 216
- E45X 169
- B39M 152
- CRJ7 130
- Boeing 737-900 B739 110
- Airbus A319 A319 67
- Airbus A321neo A21N 58
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 57
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 48
- Boeing 777-200 B772 43
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, CommuteAir, Republic Airways, GoJet Airlines and NetJets.
What are the main connections from Washington Dulles International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 44), Charlotte (CLT, 35), Newark (EWR, 32), Chicago (ORD, 29) and Denver (DEN, 25). 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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