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Cheap Flights from the United Kingdom to Washington, D.C.

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from the United Kingdom to Washington, D.C. 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 the United Kingdom to Washington, D.C.

Wed, Sep 9 - Sat, Sep 19
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$580Icelandair
Wed, Sep 2 - Thu, Sep 10
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Fri, Oct 16 - Sun, Nov 1
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$582British Airways
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$583British Airways
Fri, Oct 9 - Mon, Oct 12
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6:35 pm - 6:55 am
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$584Austrian Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Sun, Oct 25
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11:15 pm - 10:50 am
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$584Austrian Airlines
Fri, Dec 11 - Fri, Jan 15
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$586Lufthansa
Wed, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 23
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Sun, Nov 22 - Sun, Nov 29
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$587Lufthansa
Wed, Sep 23 - Mon, Sep 28
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Washington, D.C.

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Washington, D.C. to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Washington, D.C.?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Washington, D.C. was found on the route from Edinburgh, at $580 return. The most popular connection is from London to Washington, D.C. and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $580 in the last 5 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Washington, D.C.?

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

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Washington, D.C. is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $741. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $929 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Washington, D.C.?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to Washington, D.C., 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 to Washington, D.C. is January, where tickets cost $658 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and June, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is $808 and $807 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is September with an average price of $664.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Washington, D.C.?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Washington, D.C. depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Washington, D.C. is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $787 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Washington, D.C. is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $807.

What is a good deal for flights to Washington, D.C.?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Washington, D.C., 25% of our users found tickets to Washington, D.C. for the following prices or less: From London Heathrow Airport $719 round-trip, from Edinburgh $747 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Washington, D.C.?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Washington, D.C., 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, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 30% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Washington, D.C.?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Washington, D.C. is Baltimore/Washington Airport (BWI), with an average flight price of $239.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$340
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from Edinburgh to Washington Dulles Airport

FAQs - booking Washington, D.C. flights

  • How do I transfer between terminals at the Washington Airports?

    Due to the size of Dulles Airport, the AeroTrain service is the fastest way to move through each gate section. As Dulles Airport continues to grow, it is recommended to check the airport website for a map of the AeroTrain loops to ensure you take the correct service. To make it around Reagan airport, the airport shuttle bus operates 24 hours a day and loops between Terminals A, B, and C and the car parks. Alternatively, you can take the pedestrian bridge to move between Terminals B and C.

  • Where can I find the duty-free stores at the Washington Airports?

    Due to the size of Dulles Airport, there are a number of duty-free shopping opportunities. You can find two on Concourse A, near Gate A32 and A14, one near Gate B63 on Concourse B, near C14 and C4 on Concourse C and near Gate D1 and Gate 12 on Concourse D. Reagan Airport also has duty-free stores, with one in Terminal A and one store in Terminal C.

  • Where can I get something to eat after my flight?

    If you’re looking to grab a coffee and something to eat, both Reagan Airport and Dulles Airport have a Starbucks in the ticketing area after you pass through security. If you’re at Reagan Airport, you could also have a cold drink and something to eat at Il Vaggio’s Matsutake Sushi or Legal Sea Foods located in the National Hall. At Dulles Airport, you can find the Gourmet Market on the baggage claim level.

  • What accommodation options are there near the Washington Airports?

    As the Reagan Airport is within 10 minutes of the city, there is a wide range of hotels available close by, including the Crystal Gateway Marriott or Hampton Inn near the train station. If you’d like to stay somewhere on the airport site, Washington Dulles Airport Marriott is opposite the Dulles Airport terminals with an airport shuttle available.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Washington, D.C.?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Washington, D.C. was found on the route from Edinburgh, at $580 return. The most popular connection is from London to Washington, D.C. and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $580 in the last 5 days.

  • Which Washington, D.C. airport is closest to central Washington, D.C.?

    Washington, D.C. is served by 2 major airports. Reagan Washington National Airport (4 miles) is the closest to the center of Washington, D.C. and Washington Dulles Airport is 22 miles from the center.

  • How much is a flight to Washington, D.C.?

    On average, a flight to Washington, D.C. costs $766. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $462 and departed from London Heathrow Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Washington, D.C.?

    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 to Washington, D.C..

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Washington, D.C.?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Washington, D.C. is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Washington, D.C.?

    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, D.C. with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Washington, D.C.?

    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, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Washington, D.C.

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $624 or less one-way and $728 or less round-trip.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Washington, D.C. flight deals.
  • There are a number of cities in the UK with direct flights to Washington DC, including London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Birmingham. You will fly into one of Washington’s two major internationals airports – Dulles International Airport (IAD) or Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
  • Reagan Airport is the closest airport to downtown Washington DC at just a 13-minute drive across the Potomac River. This airport is well connected to the public transport system on the Blue Line and Yellow Line of the Metrorail, which will take you into the city centre. You can find the station between Terminals B and C.
  • The larger Dulles Airport is located approximately 40 minutes outside of Washington DC and is not part of the Metrorail service. To help connect travellers to the city, you can catch the Silver Line Express bus to the Wiehle-Reston East station on the Silver Line. This service costs approximately $5 a ticket (£3.70), plus the metro ticket.
  • If you’re travelling with kids, Dulles Airport has partnered with NASA to provide an interactive gaming area on Concourse B near Gate B70. Here your children, or children at heart, can play games and learn while waiting to fly. The airport website also has activity sheets free to print off.
  • For those who need a phone charger after their flight to Washington DC, Reagan Airport has charging stations near the gates, in the restaurant area and at the baggage claim level. You will find these by looking for the "Power Up" sign.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from the United Kingdom to Washington, D.C.

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Washington, D.C.. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Washington, D.C.. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Washington, D.C.? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10062 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
6.6Food
7.1Entertainment
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Entertainment center did not work and no electric available at seat for 11 hour flight. Didn’t have access to overhead light or call button. Food was tasteless and had a high salt (27 %) of recommended daily salt intake

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jul 2026
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Entertainment center did not work and no electric available at seat for 11 hour flight. Didn’t have access to overhead light or call button. Food was tasteless and had a high salt (27 %) of recommended daily salt intake

What would be infinitely better if for Kayak to not offer this flight as if it was completely different airlines rather than United and then filtering me through some creepy discount site.

Our flight gor canceled and there was no one to help us but told us to scan the qr code and fill the forms on-line. Very poor service especially we are tourists traveling to Washington DC for the 1st time.

Our flight was great with an unexpected upgrade. However, four days into our travel we are still without a piece of luggage. The bag tracker has not been accurate, the airline is not communicating with me or the luggage delivery service and no one is willing to take responsibility or guarantee any kind of support or reimbursement. Unfortunately, we do not have the option to easily shop to replace items as we are currently on a cruise. I have been very disappointed by United Airlines response.

The flight was canceled. I couldn't get on another flight. Meal voucher wouldn't work. The whole experience was a clusterfuck.

It was terribly delayed with zero support from united airlines. I reached at 1 am in the night. They did not provide any option to change the flights.

Left late after one day delay. Even after we were called to board we stood in line for 30 minutes. Seemed disorganized.

My flight was canceled and we had to beg for united to find us another way home - we were rerouted to Toronto but they never booked us on the final leg back to DC. We had to stay overnight in Toronto, we're now waiting for our flight home and just found out we're on standby and not guaranteed a seat. So yeah, not a great experience with united

The food that was offered based on class level of your ticket was absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. They didn't even hot tea to serve, the food was horrible. On our departure flight I was seated in premium plus economy and considering the cost of the flight the food was literally some of the worst I've ever eaten. On the return flight I sat in economy with extra leg room and was given a thin little throw "blanket" and a flimsy little pillow. The air condition was on artic and the seating arrangement wasn't really worth the money. The seat didn't recline good enough and the foot rest was laughable. Total waste.

I was seated to an oversized overweight person that spread over to my seat. His shoulder overlapped my seat very uncomfortable.

On time departure and arrival at LAX - good inflight entertainment - all basic seats on every airline right now begin to feel small after 10 hours!!

I was not admitted to the flight!!! i need a refund for this.

I was so grateful for the kindness of the crew. They made a long trip very pleasant. Food was delicious. Many movie options

I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the services of the airline since flying is not my favorite thing. My goal was to be with my brother's family in Manchester after his death. All staff was helpful, the food appreciated since I selected an overnight flight. Every aspect of the experience was comforting. I plan to return to Manchester in order to attend my brother's funeral in October and hope that I am able to find a reasonable priced flight. Thank you

We were very satisfied and would fly with Aer Lingus again in the future.

Very good except for the boarding process which was more hectic than it should have been

I would definitely use a Linus again, the price was right, the service is excellent. No delays. Wish I had a direct flight from my hometown Detroit.

Flight was cancelled. There were no Aer Lingus reps to help. I had to rebook my flight and find a hotel. Still had nothing from the airline.

during a very rough flight, I was forced to sit in a last row seat, fell asleep, and was forced to return to my assigned seat after the turbulence. The stewardess then used that seat to sleep.

First the price I paid was excellent, my flight was full, but my seat was roomy. The one downside to the experience was they had games on the entertainment console. The guy behind me poked at my head about half the flight. I hope they get rid of this feature.

On time departure & early arrival. Made a long day much better.

Like all planes recently, entertainment is achieved by giving the patron free WiFi and letting them stream shows via the screen on a phone or tablet.

Crew and agents misguiding on tight connections, and lack of connecting crew looking for inbound planes. A very avoidable missed connection as a result.

My flight was 4 hours delayed on departure at 6a causing me to miss my connection at DCA. I had to scramble to find a seat home on a later flight and instead of an exit seat, I was in row 30 on a flight getting me home 5 hours later than planned. The AA team on the ground did a fine job. AA continues to run the airline like the passengers are cargo.

American Airlines changed are gate no fewer than four times. Walking back and forth from one concourse to another was exhausting, especially after all the flight delays.

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 :)

Cancelled 90 min AFTER Departure! We had to deplane and wait another hour plus for the flight to be shown as cancelled for the customer service team. There were many many angry customers.

Bulkhead seats should not be an extra charge. They are extremely uncomfortable. And we missed our connecting flight due to slow luggage retreaval.

Lufthansa flight LH04414 from Munich to Washington DC, was fine. Efficient and safe!

Bumpy ride, not Lufthansa‘s fault. Crew managed a situation over a back rest to far down well. It was two iles behind me. The person putting the seat down, against the other person’s knees, was quite rude and belligerent and needed to be told in a no nonsense matter to stopp. Male flight attendant did good job.

Had a few open seats and could use it for a great rest ful journey

It was very good. Service was friendly and efficient, and food was good.

We left 1.5 hours late therefore missing my connection. The airline didn’t give vouchers.

Food could have something without dairy, I couldn't eat anything. Tv for both seats was malfunctioning. They have one bottle of ginger ale for entire plane.... and I paid extra for these seats...very disappointed

We took two long flights with Lufthansa, both were delayed making us miss our connecting flights. Lufthansa took care of the first one. The second was a switch to United and figuring out how to rebook was not a pleasant experience.

Boarding was a zoo. London ground crew was useless. Poor communication regarding where to line up. We were group 2, and everyone was jammed in together. Ground crew didn’t seem to care.

Because our ABZ-LHR flight was cancelled by BA for reasons they refuse to tell us--not weather--we did not make this flight and were booked on the following day. BA offered no assistance to us on the phone or in the airport, and we had to find a hotel at Heathrow on our own.

Horrible - flight was delayed by 6 hours - we boarded, were made to de-board due some technical fault; aircraft changed; special meals request on new flight - all went awry. Landed in Dulles airport; breezed thru immigration; as Business Class passengers or baggage was delivered almost 90 minutes after landing; air tags indicated the bags were just near the carousel but the unhelpful BA staff - Maria and Ghina refused to give any update - palming it off on some imaginary invisible “manager” despite air tags evidence showing it right there. So about 50-60 passengers waiting and getting infuriatingly impatient for their bags coz one container was not delivered. Finally after much argument by some other passengers Maria condescended to go to the “ramp” and within 5 minutes the baggage was delivered miraculously. Question is why couldn’t she have done it one hour earlier ? Poor poor experience once again on Business Class BA.

Seating space is appalling. Seats and all surrounding area in "Economy" is built for individuals shorter than 4' 10" and below 120 lbs. Ridiculous. While I'm not expecting fine dining, the food was the worst airplane food that I can recall.

A shout-out to the flight attendent, Lauren, who was the main person assisting me. She was amazing - perfect balance of bright, cheerful, engaging, yet formal

It was good. Couldn’t Check in online and select seats

Check in was not the greatest as had to talk to an agent to clarify things and then he transferred us to another agent who had difficulty processing my credit card as there was a system glitch and not a card error.

I was put into business class. Wow! My flight attendant was great! The food amazing’

Waited 3.25 hours in plane only to have the flight cancelled.

The worst, flight cancelled because the aircraft was not full. Heathrow ground crew totally not helpful and arrogant. Lady proposed us flight with 40min layover instead of direct and said it is our problem of course she was unable to do anything as everything was beyond her control she claimed. after calling on hotline another flight was booked. Flight was cancelled last second so we could not take direct from Zurich but we had to stay overnight in London.

They did not provide free WiFi, It could be purchased for, I think, around $25, This seemed excessive.

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