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Cheapest round-trip
$210
Typical prices: $182-$333
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DFW - DCA • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$258
Typical prices: $231-$395
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Cheap Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National (DFW-DCA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National

Wed, Aug 5 - Tue, Aug 11
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7h 19m
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport departing in August.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Reagan Washington National Airport back to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport is August, where tickets cost $256 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $393 and $381 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $366, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 38% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$104
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport

When to book flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport flights

  • Are there alternative arrival airports to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)?

    Flights from Dallas-Fort Worth can also land at other major airports in Washington, like Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is the best arrival airport because it is closest to downtown Washington, D.C. IAD is about 25 miles west of the city center, while BWI is about 30 miles from Washington, D.C.

  • How do I get to downtown DC from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)?

    DCA is connected to Washington DC metropolitan area via the Metrorail subway system, which also serves parts of Maryland and Virginia. You can take the Blue and Yellow lines from Terminals B and C or Terminal A, accessible via an airport shuttle bus. The ride to downtown DC takes approximately 25 minutes. Other transportation options at the airport include taxis, car rentals, hotel shuttles, and shared ride services.

  • Are there eco-friendly flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    For eco-friendly flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport, consider booking American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines, which have flights with reduced carbon emissions on this route. These airlines have adopted various sustainable practices that help lower carbon emissions in their operations.

  • Which airlines have Business Class flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    Consider booking American Airlines, which has Business Class flights on several direct connections from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport. You can also book United Airlines and Delta Airlines, which fly Business Class on their connecting flights on this route. You’ll access priority boarding, premium dining, comfortable cabins, access to specific lounges, and in-flight entertainment.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport was $104 for a one-way ticket and $210 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and Reagan Washington National Airport?

    A passport is not required to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    American Airlines, JetBlue, Delta, and Porter Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Dallas to Washington, D.C., Southwest or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Dallas to Washington, D.C. are Southwest and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $303 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $348 and an overall rating of 7.1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Reagan Washington National Airport from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Reagan Washington National Airport with an airline and back to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and DCA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Reagan Washington National Airport from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $166 or less one-way and $324 or less round-trip.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the primary airport in North Texas, serving different cities within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the surrounding areas. It serves multiple airlines with domestic and international flights. Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are mainly operated by American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines.
  • The DFW to DCA route has multiple non-stop and connecting flights. Common layover stops for one-stop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) to Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) include Raleigh Durham (RDU), Atlanta (ATL), Houston (IAH), Detroit (DTW), Indianapolis (IND), Chicago (ORD), New York (EWR), and Minneapolis (MSP). The layover city will depend on the flight route.
  • If you have a minor flying alone from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan Washington National Airport, consider booking American Airlines, which offers this service on their regular direct flights on the route. This service is available for children aged 5 to 14. Children must be at least 8 years to fly alone on connecting flights on this route. Your child will receive the necessary help throughout their flight.
  • No maximum weight limit applies for carry-on luggage on American Airlines and Delta Airlines, which allow one carry-on bag and one personal item. However, your carry-on must not exceed 22 x 14 x 9 inches, while the personal item must be of the required dimensions for each airline and fit perfectly underneath the seat in front of you.
  • If you wish to extend your trip from Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), you can fly to other cities in the U.S., like Boston, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Houston, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans.

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dallas to Washington, D.C.. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reagan-National? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4241 reviews
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
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Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

2.0 MediocreMarcela, Jun 2026
DAL - COS
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Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

Over a 3 hour flight. The turbulence was almost imperceptible except for 2 short periods which were not bad and over quickly. The attendants claimed "Safety first" and sat looking at their phones for 3 hours with no drink or snack service. This isn't the first time with Southwest. I thinkit may be there new plan of operation. Oh, and it was June 18, Southwest's Birthday which offered free drinks. NOT.

Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

Airline is not very senior friendly. Flights are late, forcing us to run to the connecting flight. Food is awful. Wish they would go back to pretzels and peanuts. During flight, pressurization isn’t quite right and all of our ears get plugged. Everything is nickel and dime, charging for boarding, seat selection and legroom. While a screen at the desk in the gate area says check your roll on bag now for free due to space limitation, the employee at the desk will not check the bag without a $100 fee. Insane.

Kayak could’ve posted the correct gate number. Almost missed my flight.

Slow boarding, limited food and drink portions. Bad delays and turbulence

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

First time I've had to use the disabled accommodations. And I could not have had a better experience with Southwest, i was having trouble getting from one terminal to another due to my heart failure. And the next thing I know a Southwest agent had made sure. I had a wheelchair at all my flights. Can't thank them enough.

The airplane was an old model, the overhead didn’t have enough room for people’s items and made boarding and boarding disappointing and stressful. Crew allowed passengers to bring more than the permitted baggage sizes.

It was great. Smooth flight, comfortable, left on time and landed on time.

Horrible experience upon landing. Probably more due to DCA utter incompetence than AA.

Easy boarding. Rows are smaller but that may be an older and bigger me now :)

Flight has been delayed every time I've ever taken it. Seats uncomfortable. Children behind me yelling the entire flight. Some of this is out of their control but overall just consistently not a great experience.

Poor communication ahead of time about flight delays and old planes/other equipment.

Never going to fly your airline again if it can be avoided.

Not to have gotten delayed by 2+ hours for the fourth straight American flight. They're the worst.

Other than nearly three hour delay for maintenance issues, everything went smooth

Snow delayed boarding several times, which I understand happens. Issue I had was that after we did board, pilot told us we were going to roll out to be de-iced, then on our way. We were de-iced once, taxied to the tarmac and then stopped. Sat for another 30 minutes or so, the another de-icing. Then we rolled out to a parking spot, only to sit for another hour due to a traffic stop in DCA, which I'm confident they knew would happen before we boarded. Pilot gave no updates other than we had to hold, attendants did speak to the crew, but when asked, said the pilot would be updating us. We on the ground in the plane waiting for over 2 hours. They did communicate that bathrooms would be open, but no other news until we left. Would have been better to be up front about status.

The aircraft was fine, it’s was just the service. The flight got canceled several times and that was very inconvenient for my 69 years old mom.

My checked in luggage cost was $59, almost ticket price. The first 13 rows were empty, but fly attendant did not alow women with little boy change her middle sit, sweet boy was crying, I am so sorry for mother and passengers. At the end of the flight the cabin became impossible cold. Only good was timing of departure and early landing, but it suppose to be normal.

I tried to book a flight with Jet Blue. Your third party company hijacked my attempt with a website that looked like I was booking with Jet Blue. I realized it when I paid. I tried to cancel and was told by a man in India that there were no refunds. $735 stolen, Thanks Kayak!

It was inexplicably canceled and we are stuck in LA, haven't gotten home and it has been an inconvenience having lost work (on unpaid leave for my husband).

JetBlue worker, Blythe, was so amazing at the DCA counter. If it wasn’t for her, I’m not sure we would’ve made it through. Please thank her!

They lost my luggage and refuse to help. Terrible airline. I've never experienced worse customer service in my life. Pretty much just told me too bad that I lost all my luggage, not caring that I am stuck in Europe for 2 weeks with absolutely nothing.

You should have had Wifi to make it much enjoyable.

The flight out was delayed from 3:40pm to 5pm and again to 8pm. We boarded after 5pm, had to disembark because they could not get the Engine started, then we switched gates and got a new plane and did not board until after 8pm.

The flight was delayed after already taxiing from the gate due to a malfunction. After 3 hours we were told the flight was canceled. The next flight available was Sunday. My daughter and I stayed overnight in the airport due to this issue. I was given a $12 meal voucher. Unacceptable

Whole experience was poor. Delayed 2 hours. Lied about the delays. Was all jet blues fault and tried to blame on air traffic control. Sent out other let trips and wouldn't allow people to switch aircraft.

There weren't enough employees at check in took awhile to get bags checked. There wasn't a wheel chair for me, I was sent to someone who turns out to work for a different airline, if My flight hadn't been delayed I probably would have missed my flight as it was, by the time I arrived at my gate, they started boarding in about 15 minutes. I don't know who took me to my gate, definitely was not the normal people who take passengers to the gate. I'm guessing she may have been in a management position. I wish I knew her name, she went beyond to help me. With that said everyone was kind, and were doing the best they could. So, I choose to say it was an Adventure, stressful start, but good. In the end went well. The situation was not only difficult for passengers but the employee's.

The staff at the check in counter was so rude. Made you feel Incompetent

Frontier scheduled a 40 minute connection in DEN. What they failed to mention was that they “close the doors” 20 mins prior to departure, which means you only have 20 mins. Not enough time. Possibly against DOT regulations. Filing complaint.

Flight was scheduled at 9:40pm. Got delayed to 10 am, the next day. crazy

The bag check, flight check-in, and onboard experience convinced my wife and me that we will actively go out of our way to avoid flying Frontier Airlines in the future. At bag check, we were informed that check-in could only be completed via the Frontier mobile app. Unfortunately, the app was extremely frustrating—sending us through repetitive, confusing loops that repeatedly forced us to decline add-on services with nearly every click. While most airline apps upsell, this one felt intentionally exhausting. As the process dragged on, we became genuinely concerned that my phone battery would die before check-in could be completed. We approached the bag check staff—who were standing together talking—and explained both our frustration and our predicament. They laughed. Later, my wife described the interaction as “gaslighting,” which felt accurate. We were then informed it would cost $25 per person simply to have our boarding passes printed. From that point forward, the tone of the experience was consistently hostile. The bag check employees were condescending and combative, behaving more like bullies than customer service staff. Unfortunately, that same attitude continued onboard. One flight attendant argued with me when I attempted to stow my backpack in the overhead bin. I explained that we had each paid $75 to check our bags specifically so we would not need to use carry-on space and could have adequate legroom. She demanded to see my ticket, pointed out that it said “no carry-on”—which I acknowledged—and I reiterated that this was precisely why we paid to check our bags. Her response was, “I don’t make the rules.” She then walked away, but not before asking if I “truly wanted to fly back to Chicago today?”—an unnecessary and unmistakable threat. It is also worth noting that despite booking our tickets together in the same transaction, we were not seated together. Upon our return to Chicago—where we could once again sit together—we compared onboard experiences. We both remarked on how unhappy the flight attendants appeared and how each of us was separately asked whether we would like to purchase a beverage. We declined. At no point was water mentioned as an option, leaving us with the clear impression that even water came at a cost—or that complimentary water, if available at all, was deliberately left unmentioned. Overall, the experience was shocking and deeply disappointing, but it was also a profound learning experience—one we will not forget and will not repeat. -Steve

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

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