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$72 Find Cheap Flights from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$232
Overall average: $312
Frontier
週四 11/6週日 11/9
STL - DCA • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$246
Typical prices: $221-$474
Southwest
週六 11/22週一 11/24
STL - DCA • Non-stop
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Southwest's two free checked bags offer great value.
Use the metro line for quick access from DCA to D.C.
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Cheap Flights from St. Louis to Reagan-National (STL-DCA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from St. Louis 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 St. Louis to Reagan-National

週四, 11月 6 - 週日, 11月 9
Frontier Logo
7:45 pm - 1:02 pmSTL-DCA
16h 17m1 stop
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8:15 am - 9:07 amDCA-STL
25h 52m1 stop
$232Frontier
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週四, 12月 4 - 週日, 12月 7
Frontier Logo
12:04 pm - 4:59 pmSTL-DCA
27h 55m2 stops
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6:00 pm - 10:14 amDCA-STL
17h 14m1 stop
$239Frontier
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週三, 12月 10 - 週二, 1月 13
Frontier Logo
7:43 pm - 12:05 pmSTL-DCA
15h 22m1 stop
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6:00 pm - 10:04 amDCA-STL
17h 04m1 stop
$241Frontier
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週五, 10月 31 - 週一, 11月 3
Frontier Logo
8:40 pm - 1:04 pmSTL-DCA
15h 24m1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 pm - 9:07 amDCA-STL
16h 07m1 stop
$246Frontier
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週六, 11月 22 - 週一, 11月 24
American Airlines Logo
7:47 am - 10:59 amSTL-DCA
2h 12mnonstop
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12:14 pm - 1:41 pmDCA-STL
2h 27mnonstop
$248American Airlines
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週一, 11月 24 - 週四, 11月 27
Delta Logo
2:00 pm - 8:41 pmSTL-DCA
5h 41m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:44 pm - 6:35 pmDCA-STL
5h 51m1 stop
$249Delta
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週六, 11月 22 - 週一, 11月 24
Southwest Logo
4:00 pm - 6:55 pmSTL-DCA
1h 55mnonstop
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10:45 am - 2:15 pmDCA-STL
4h 30m1 stop
$256Southwest
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週三, 11月 26 - 週二, 12月 2
American Airlines Logo
6:02 am - 9:14 amSTL-DCA
2h 12mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:00 pm - 9:47 pmDCA-STL
2h 47mnonstop
$260American Airlines
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週一, 11月 24 - 週三, 12月 3
Delta Logo
2:00 pm - 9:43 pmSTL-DCA
6h 43m1 stop
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6:02 am - 9:50 amDCA-STL
4h 48m1 stop
$266Delta
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週六, 11月 22 - 週一, 11月 24
Southwest Logo
7:50 am - 5:55 pmSTL-DCA
9h 05m1 stop
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6:00 am - 9:10 amDCA-STL
4h 10m1 stop
$271Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for St. Louis to Reagan-National flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

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

When flying from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to St. Louis, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport is August, where tickets cost $253 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $347 and $312 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from St. Louis 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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $311 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 57% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from St. Louis to Reagan-National

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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American Airlines

Consider Main Cabin Extra for early boarding and complimentary drinks; it's often not expensive.


Download the American Airlines app for inflight entertainment; seatback screens are being removed.

Southwest

Southwest offers free carry-on and personal item, but checked bags now incur fees.


Southwest's early boarding benefits include 34-inch legroom and premium snacks in extra legroom seats.

Read more about Southwestby Blane Bachelor
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STL

Avoid peak hours at STL to minimize wait times. Early mornings and afternoons can be particularly crowded.

Read more about STLby Yulia Denisyuk
DCA

Use the metro line for quick access to D.C. from DCA, avoiding traffic and expensive car rides.

Read more about DCAby Ramsey Qubein
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Blane Bachelor is a journalist and editor specializing in travel and aviation who writes regularly for top global outlets. Born and raised in Florida, Blane has worked and lived in four countries, including the Netherlands, where she’s currently based with her family. Her favorite way to get to know a new destination is by running or riding a bike around town – or hearing a spooky ghost story about local history. She will always choose the window seat.

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An avid traveler and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$72
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport

When to book flights from St. Louis to Reagan-National

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from St. Louis to Reagan-National based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from St. Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from St. Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport was $72 for a one-way ticket and $232 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between St. Louis and Reagan Washington National Airport?

    A passport is not required to fly from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    American Airlines, Delta, Alaska Airlines, and Air Canada offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between St. Louis and Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • On which days can I fly direct from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from St. Louis to Washington, D.C. are Southwest and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $304 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $292 and an overall rating of 7.2.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis with another airline. Booking your flights between St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $168 or less one-way and $300 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from St. Louis to Reagan Washington National Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Lambert-St Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National.
Find which airlines fly direct from Lambert-St Louis Airport to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Lambert-St Louis to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National

Monday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Friday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

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Direct returns

Washington, D.C. Reagan-National to Lambert-St Louis

Monday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Friday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from St. Louis to Reagan-National

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4244 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
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Great flight. Outstanding Service. Southwest was able to put us on a direct flight to Denver when the connection could have been affected by a later arrival to Baltimore. The direct flight was less expensive that the flight with the connection in Baltimore.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2025BOS - BWI
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Great flight. Outstanding Service. Southwest was able to put us on a direct flight to Denver when the connection could have been affected by a later arrival to Baltimore. The direct flight was less expensive that the flight with the connection in Baltimore.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Boarded on time but once we were ready for take off, the crew determined that, although every seat was taken, somehow someone was on the wrong flight. Delay, delay delay, announcements and ended up with one person checking EVERY ID against their passenger Manifest only to figure out it was a "clerical error." We departed 54 minutes late causing me to run in the St. Louis Airport to make my connection and lose the priority boarding spot I had paid for. Unnecessary delay.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Flight was delayed due to plane not passing inspection And one of the crew had to time out and we had to wait for another one A 3 hour delay

mandatory demand customer to check their carry on because not enough people check bags.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.

I wish they had movie screens in the headrests. The seats are much improved, more legroom and recently renovated. Bathroom was clean. Staff was outstanding!!

After we'd boarded , they canceled the flight. The crew didn't even know , we just all received text messages. Then after they deplaned us , AA was just like "too bad, go F your self, we sure ain't gonna help you"

Initial flight was cancelled at the time of arrival to the airport, flight alternative requires switching from direct to flight with a layover, and the plane felt like it would split apart, it was so rattle-y.

Weather delay for 2.5 hours followed by half hour crew delay, did not have ginger ale, uncomfortable seats

It was nobody’s fault - but the plane came 4-hrs late and we were updated randomly in 20-30 mins increments which left us hostage to sit and wait expectantly. It was very long and got very late. Our plane didn’t land until nearly 1 am! Also the toilet wasn’t working. The hosts were nice enough but were clearly “about to pass out” as one told me. Lastly, there was no snack or even time for it. Just a bad experience overall.

The boarding crew was incredibly helpful getting me on an earlier flight

Two flight changes before the scheduled flight. On the day of the flight, the flight was delayed, which caused the connecting flight to be missed. Then, I was directed to another airport (CUN) and traveled to Tulum. American gave a $12 voucher for lunch. The least expensive item on the menu at a Mexican restaurant was $9.99. Driving to Tulum was a bad auto crash, and traffic was delayed two-plus hours. The bottom line is that we should have been at the hotel at noon, but it ended up at 11:30 PM.

Great experience. Flight boarded easily. Departed early. Smooth flight. Great arrival in DC--almost no taxing! Almost direct to gate from runway. Crew was terrific. Same cookies and beverages in main cabin. I did not use the entertainment system on this flight.

Flight delayed on both ends - have a gate ready at DCA, don't make us sit for 30min after being late to take off as well.

AA can't control the weather. But the airplane was hot and stuffy while stuck on the runway with a broken entertainment system.

Miami lounges were overcrowded and we were unable to get in. We only had a short time. But the banks are too tight in all American hubs

Boarding was on time and plane departed as scheduled. There are obviously no amenities (food, drink, entertainment) on Frontier, but there also didn't seem to be any issues with luggage space either.

Inbound plane was on time and flight departed on time with no issues while boarding.

I knew going into this that Frontier, being a low cost carrier, would be pretty bare bones and charge for most extras but this was made up for by the fact that the airplane was a reasonably new Airbus, every employee was great and best of all, Everett Washington is an amazing airport - thanks Frontier for flying there!!!

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

It was well done. It was my first time flying with them and I was nervous b/c I have heard of many cancelled and/or delray flights. Everything went smoothly.

Just know that everything, and I mean everything is “ala cart”. 60$ just to put something in the overhead bin. I will never fly Frontier again nor do I recommend them to anyone else.

The single worst check in experience I could imagine. I’ll never do any business with Frontier or any affiliated company

Too many extra fees, uncomfortable, little leg room. Will not recommend this airline.

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

Frontier is the Walmart of airlines. Frontier has removed adjustability and comfort from their seats to make the flight lighter and save gas. This makes it impossible to sleep on their flights. Their customer service is abysmal. Once, I bought a drink on the plane, and they swiped my credit card on the plane to pay for it. Then I got three weeks of daily notices from my bank telling me they tried to charge the wrong card number over and over again. I tried to call them, but they removed the ability to actually talk to someone that can resolve such a problem from their company to cut corners. The only way to talk to someone in person is to go to the check-in counter at the airport (40 minutes drive from my house). Eventually their system gave up on trying to charge the card, after 21 days of repeated tries. They don't pad their prices even a little to handle customer service issues like missed flights. They also have a blanket policy preventing helping you reschedule a missed flight if their system says you "cancelled" your own flight online. This is a major problem because their website is broken on mobile devices, the only web browser you have at the airport when their gate staff tell you that you have to reschedule your own missed flight online because they can't help you. I tried to reschedule my flight on my android device and instead, their website crashed and "cancelled" my missed flight. When I got to the counter, the agent argued with me for 5 minutes insisting that I intentionally cancelled my own flight (implying I had to buy another flight). She missed the point: the problem was that I could not buy another flight because their website is broken. I left to avoid more conflict with the "customer service" agent. I tried to redress my issue with their only other "customer service" chanel available: the contact form on their website. The response I got was more of the same: you cancelled your own flight, according to our website / computer records, therefore we won't help you. I was trying to explain the problem with their broken website that cost me hundreds of dollars by crashing / malfunctioning and resulting in a cancelled flight, but they only had deaf ears for this problem. Worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will never buy another Frontier flight again, because it is a risky, painful move that I will likely regret often.

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