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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Dulles Intl (SMF-IAD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Dulles Intl 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 Sacramento to Dulles Intl

Thu, Jul 31 - Mon, Aug 4
Frontier Logo
3:44 pm - 6:34 amSMF-IAD
11h 50m1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:30 am - 5:46 pmIAD-SMF
13h 16m1 stop
$261Frontier
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Wed, Aug 20 - Tue, Aug 26
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 4:47 pmSMF-IAD
7h 27m1 stop
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7:00 am - 2:04 pmIAD-SMF
10h 04m1 stop
$269Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 16
Delta Logo
4:45 pm - 5:57 amSMF-IAD
10h 12m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:23 pm - 10:11 pmIAD-SMF
7h 48m1 stop
$277Delta
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Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 16
Delta Logo
4:45 pm - 5:57 amSMF-IAD
10h 12m1 stop
Delta Logo
12:45 pm - 10:11 pmIAD-SMF
12h 26m2 stops
$282Delta
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Fri, Jul 11 - Mon, Jul 14
United Airlines Logo
8:05 am - 3:56 pmSMF-IAD
4h 51mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 9:29 pmIAD-SMF
5h 44mnonstop
$289United Airlines
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Fri, Jul 11 - Mon, Jul 14
United Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 11:58 pmSMF-IAD
7h 38m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 9:29 pmIAD-SMF
5h 44mnonstop
$299United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
Southwest Logo
6:05 am - 5:15 pmSMF-IAD
8h 10m1 stop
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2:10 pm - 9:10 pmIAD-SMF
10h 00m2 stops
$302Southwest
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Thu, Aug 7 - Sat, Aug 16
American Airlines Logo
7:27 pm - 9:53 amSMF-IAD
11h 26m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:18 pm - 8:44 pmIAD-SMF
10h 26m1 stop
$304American Airlines
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Mon, Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 20
Southwest Logo
1:30 pm - 10:50 pmSMF-IAD
6h 20m1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:45 am - 6:20 pmIAD-SMF
15h 35m2 stops
$308Southwest
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Thu, Aug 7 - Sat, Aug 16
American Airlines Logo
7:27 pm - 9:53 amSMF-IAD
11h 26m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:18 pm - 8:39 pmIAD-SMF
10h 21m2 stops
$309American Airlines
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Expert advice for your flight from Sacramento to Dulles Intl

 
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For a quick departure, park on level 3 of lot #3 for direct skybridge access to Terminal B at SMF.

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Use the Silver Line Metro for a convenient 50-minute ride from IAD to downtown D.C.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Dulles Intl flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Dulles Intl 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 Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Washington Dulles Airport on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl 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 Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport is August, where tickets cost $370 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $488 and $476 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl 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 $966 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl 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 Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonMay
Cheapest flight$91
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 1% increase in price.
Flight from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport

When to book flights from Sacramento to Dulles Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Dulles Intl 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 Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport was $91 for a one-way ticket and $261 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Washington Dulles Airport?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

    All the following airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport flight route: JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Air Canada, United Airlines, American Airlines, SWISS, Lufthansa, Hawaiian Airlines, and Delta.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Sacramento and Washington Dulles Airport.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C., Delta or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. are Delta and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $359 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $327 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Washington Dulles 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 Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Washington Dulles Airport from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Washington Dulles 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 Washington Dulles Airport with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and IAD 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 Sacramento to Washington Dulles 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 Washington Dulles Airport from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $323 or less one-way and $420 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Sacramento to Washington Dulles Airport?

Find which airlines fly direct from Sacramento Intl Airport to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Sacramento Intl to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl

Monday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

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Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl to Sacramento Intl

Monday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

Brussels Airlines, United Airlines

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Top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to Dulles Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Dulles Intl? 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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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
7.1Entertainment
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We waited over an hour for our luggage to arrive at the carousel in Seattle.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jun 2025LAX - SEA
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We waited over an hour for our luggage to arrive at the carousel in Seattle.

The plane was delayed a bit. It wasn't a huge problem though, as we were heading back home.

Flight was great. Boarding was crazy because another flight was boarding late next to ours so everyone was standing and in the way.

More leg room in back seats. Can you require people to smell good on planes? ha ha Staff was great! Plane was comfortable. I enjoyed the movies and TV. Smooth take off and landing.

Comfortable seat, a little delay, very informative. Love Wi-Fi

very good but no blankets for overnight flight or tv screens…

Good. They checked my bag FOR FREE so I didnt have to try to hoist it up into the overhead compartment. Also, they served free beverages, which I appreciated.

late take off - which they blamed on ATC 1000 times. Fake news that there was no room overhead for carry-ons. Seat space was so tiny I could barely drink my coffee. Cabin was freezing cold. Seat was hard. Zero in-flight entertainment. Only good thing was we arrived on time. Not a good experience!

I ordered the fruit and cheese plate on both outbound and inbound flights, the cheese portion on the inbound flight was half of what it had been on the outbound flight. 🙁

Everything was really good except it was really cold in the plane,

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

The Dekta Rep that checked us in was great. She's very personable, pleasant, and can tell she enjoys her job.

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

Turbulent taking off & landing to Dulles from Raleigh. Flight from Dulles to Tokyo very good!!

Very nice and clean plane. Transit time between flights was tight though

Mostly the experience was good except for the flight changes made by UA which meant longer layover in DC

Terrible. First of all we were delayed 4 3/4 hours departing Honolulu. As we had to leave our condo and the rental car had to be returned we had to go to the airport. Even though we had a business class boarding pass to Washington, since we did not have business class to Montreal we could not access the lounge without paying a $59 fee each. This does not make sense to us. Since we could not meet our original connection United booked us to Montreal via New York LaGuardia on Air Canada. In Washington a further delay got us into LaGuardia too late to make our connection to Montreal so we were booked on another Air Canada flight 3 hours later. We were originally scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 10:40 and arrived at 19:55. A totally exhausting day, United did not offer a meal voucher or any type of compensation. Air Canada did give us a digital meal voucher. The food in United business class is poor among all meals offered. The pods look nice but are not that confortable. Overall would not fly on United again.

Change cabin crew assisting business class. Not taking care, ignoring requests and calls. Never had such an experience in business class.

United left one of our bags back in SFO but that’s not my real complaint. The complaint is how it all went down. So we checked in the day before online and were told we could use the quick drop for luggage. So the next day I used baggage quick drop curbside at SFO. The agent mistakenly didn't tag my bag as he put my bag on the conveyor belt untagged. We immediately alerted him he had not tagged the bag. I walked with him to the baggage service office to find my bag and tag it. We waited outside the office for 10 mins. He came out and said everything was ok and the bag was going to be tagged and on my flight. We received a text that one of our bags was on the flight but the other was not. I alerted my first class flight attendant immediately upon boarding the flight. She was helpful and said she’d get it sorted out right away. She called over the gate agent. The gate agent used my bag number and looked over information on her device. She said my bag was on the flight. The flight attendant was standing with her, looking at the device, and also said “yep it’s on the flight”. During the flight the flight attendant made reference to how reassuring it must feel knowing the bag was on the flight. Upon arriving to IAD we received a text that my bag was not on my flight. The text said my bag would arrive to my final destination LIS 24 hrs late. I understand that mistakes happen. I was totally ok with my bag mistakenly not getting tagged at the quick drop. I was fine with walking down to baggage services to tag my bag. But, what I am not ok with is that the United staff said they fixed the mistake two different times, assuring me twice that my bag would be/was on the plane…and it wasn’t. I expected better attention by the employees, for them to do what they said they were going to do. We also spent extra money to upgrade our seats to first class, including the entire return leg from Lisbon to San Francisco because we wanted a smoother and more relaxing travel experience. Our money was not well spent. We will not be using United for travel going forward.

The flight was delayed, it took longer than anticipated because of weather, and they broke my luggage.

Horrifying! And I am almost 2 million miles with United. Late by 3 1/2 hours. Worst: after two hours on the plane waiting, they decided that one of the tires had been damaged and then decided to change it. Another hour and a half to change the tire!!!!! NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. The crew didn't even offer a glass of water until we had been on the plane for FIVE hours. This is the worst airline in the world. I'm simply stuck because they fly on the only routes I need.

Gate got changed about 4 times. Very confusing and very crowded. If you don’t have wifi to help get updates, you can be in deep trouble.

Attendants zipped through cabin so fast hardly anyone got the water they told us we could have in the short flight. Nothing else was offered.

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

Eventless. It was a good flight and good crew. Can’t complaint.

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

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.

very bare bones flight no entertainment screen, download shows prior to boarding to watch on phone or tablet.

It was good. It’s been a long time since my wife and I fly any where and things have changed. Our trip was to see our new grandson. We fly economy and that was not good for my bad back. It was a quick flight but uncomfortable.

Service in first class no longer exists on American Airlines .

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