SNA - IAD

$145 Find Cheap Flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C., as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C., as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$383
Typical prices: $385-$634
Frontier
Wed 7/22Mon 7/27
SNA - IAD • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$386
United Airlines
Wed 11/11Tue 11/17
SNA - IAD • Non-stop
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Cheapest • from $386 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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Cheapest • Avg $294 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 43m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Dulles Intl (SNA-IAD)

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

Wed, Jul 22 - Mon, Jul 27
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4:13 pm - 8:20 am
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IAD
13h 07m
1 stop
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9:50 am - 4:15 pm
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SNA
9h 25m
1 stop
$383Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 31 - Wed, Sep 2
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2:00 pm - 12:34 am
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IAD
7h 34m
1 stop
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6:10 am - 10:33 am
IAD
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SNA
7h 23m
1 stop
$386Delta
Sat, Aug 22 - Mon, Aug 24
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8:10 am - 4:07 pm
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IAD
4h 57mnonstop
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5:30 pm - 8:19 pm
IAD
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SNA
5h 49mnonstop
$387United Airlines
Thu, Jul 9 - Mon, Jul 13
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2:27 pm - 8:20 am
SNA
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IAD
14h 53m
2 stops
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9:50 am - 4:15 pm
IAD
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SNA
9h 25m
1 stop
$389Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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4:13 pm - 8:20 am
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IAD
13h 07m
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9:50 am - 3:28 pm
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SNA
8h 38m
1 stop
$390Frontier
Mon, Jul 20 - Tue, Jul 28
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7:53 pm - 8:20 am
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IAD
9h 27m
1 stop
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8:33 pm - 3:28 pm
IAD
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SNA
21h 55m
2 stops
$391Frontier
Fri, Jul 10 - Mon, Jul 13
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7:53 pm - 8:20 am
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IAD
9h 27m
1 stop
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9:50 am - 4:15 pm
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SNA
9h 25m
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$392Multiple Airlines
Sat, Jul 11 - Thu, Jul 23
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7:53 pm - 8:20 am
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IAD
9h 27m
1 stop
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9:50 am - 12:31 pm
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SNA
29h 41m
1 stop
$393Frontier
Fri, Jul 24 - Sat, Jul 25
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7:53 pm - 8:20 am
SNA
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IAD
9h 27m
1 stop
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8:33 pm - 2:51 pm
IAD
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SNA
21h 18m
2 stops
$394Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jul 9 - Sun, Jul 12
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2:27 pm - 8:20 am
SNA
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IAD
14h 53m
2 stops
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9:50 am - 12:31 pm
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SNA
29h 41m
1 stop
$395Frontier
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Dulles Intl flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Ana to Dulles Intl to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Santa Ana, California to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl 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 Santa Ana, California to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport departing in July.

What is the cheapest month to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport is January, where tickets cost $290 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $649 and $568 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$145
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 40% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport

When to book flights from Santa Ana to Dulles Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Ana 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport was $145 for a one-way ticket and $383 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport?

    Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, and United Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport?

    The Embraer 195 E2 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Washington Dulles Airport, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C., Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C. are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $442 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $386 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline. Booking your flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $118 or less one-way.

Prefer to fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Washington Dulles Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl.
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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Dulles Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4243 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
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Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

4.0 OkaySteven, Jun 2026
ONT - LAS
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Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

The flight was smooth, the crew was great but the plane was quite old

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Flight attendants were great. Food mediocre. Bamboo utensils not Great especially if you have to cut something. Seating a bit crowded.

The crew was the worst ive ever had in my life flying with United Airlines, letting another person move my bag without asking and then the staff saying would the floor be better after I kept begging saying dont move my bag it has fragile things inside. This incident truly makes me they favor other customers more and I dont want to worry about being on the tail end. Especially if they dont listen any input, no care for what I asked but accommodated those who are reckless and disturb others more...

Our flight was delayed 2.5 hours from Lisbon to DC so we missed our connection to Seattle that would have arrived at about 9 PM. The agent initially said we had to stay overnight in DC and there were no other options to put us on to get us to Seattle. While on board I discovered a flight via American he could have put us in but by the time we arrived in DC that was sold out. We were then put on a flight to San Francisco that was also delayed then arrived in San Francisco and our flight to Seattle was also delayed so we ended up not arriving until 2:15 am. Our son could not pick us up so we ended up having to pay over $100 to Uber home. This is the second trip with United that the flight has been delayed causing us to miss an evening in Las Vegas and we were given nothing.

MY FAMILY'S LUGGAGE WAS LOST FROM ROME TO BARI. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RECEIVED MY LUGGAGE FROM ROME TO BARI. AFTER DEPLANING IN BARI, WE WASTED A LOT OF TIME AT BAG CLAIMS LOST AND FOUND REPORTING THE CLAIM AND PLEADING FOR THE BAGS TO BE DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT TAKES 3 DAYS MINIMUM TO DELIVER. MY DAUGHTER AND MY GIRLFRIEND NEEDED THEIR PERSONAL THINGS AND WE WERE STAYING 3 HOURS AWAY FROM THE BARI AIRPORT. WE HAD TO DRIVE 3 HOURS TO THE AIRPORT TO COLLECT OUR LOST LUGGAGE THE NEXT DAY. WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE EXPERIENCE

There were no facilities in the middle of the aircraft and premium economy was not allowed to use the business class facilities, and had to share the only two toilets at the back with economy. The upgrade to Premium was definitely not worth it

Our flight to Rome, Italy was cancelled the day of and we were never informed. We only found out because I was trying to get into my husbands account and called to get his account number. Had to pay more for worse seating on another airline.

The economy seat was much less comfortable for an international flight in terms of recline and moving space when food tray is expanded. Per entertainment, it would be amazing if I could connect my Bluetooth headset or ear phones to the entertainment screen. Or provide in-flight wifi to connect directly from my own device.

We were a little disappointed to not be able to complete check in online without uploading pics of passports. Also we have KTN's and they weren't on our boarding passes when we got to security. Had to trek back to counter to have them fix.

Excellent service in Polaris class IAD to ZRH. Arrived rested and well fed after the overnight flight.

It's a short hop. My carryon was checked at the gate, I didn't have to drag it all over the airport. Excellent wheelchair assist.

Hydraulic leak caused the flight to be cancelled. Auto system scheduled us on a 3 am flight. Wevhsedvrebook on the app and hit schedules later in the afternoon. Our luggage per gate and ticket agent would be rescanned and put in our new flight. Did not happen. Our luggage stayed in hsv. Baggage claim in wash dc unable to help. We filed a claim. Several emails about our luggage were in conflict with one another. Called as baggage and was on hold 30 minutes. Oscar said one of 2 was out fir delivery then cancelled. About 45 minutes later both pieces were delivered. Their system is suspect

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

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