Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

Washington (DCA)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
11.75M
▼ 3.77% year over year · Rank No. 25
Departing passengers
11.77M
▼ 3.65% year over year · Rank No. 25
Passengers daily each way
32,211
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
141,752
▲ 0.70% year over year · Rank No. 17 · 388 daily
Freight and mail
2M lb.
▼ 6.47% year over year · Rank No. 191
Scheduled carriers
14
▲ 0.00% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 23.51 million

April 2026
Other36.15%
8.50 million passengers
American27.73%
6.52 million passengers
Southwest14.05%
3.30 million passengers
Delta9.64%
2.27 million passengers
United6.37%
1.50 million passengers
JetBlue6.07%
1.43 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

Passengers in thousands, compared with the prior 12-month period

Top 10
1
BOSBoston, MA
714.63k979 PDEW
▼ 4.9%
2
ATLAtlanta, GA
691.20k947 PDEW
▼ 11.3%
3
ORDChicago, IL
647.04k886 PDEW
▼ 4.0%
4
MCOOrlando, FL
557.69k764 PDEW
▼ 7.9%
5
MIAMiami, FL
521.70k715 PDEW
▼ 3.1%
6
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
465.57k638 PDEW
▼ 4.1%
7
BNANashville, TN
276.73k379 PDEW
▼ 6.4%
8
IAHHouston, TX
270.38k370 PDEW
▲ 12.7%
9
CLTCharlotte, NC
269.54k369 PDEW
▼ 18.7%
10
LGANew York, NY
262.51k360 PDEW
▼ 7.1%
Total passengers23.51 million
Largest carrierOther · 36.1%
Largest U.S. destinationBoston (BOS)
Average departures388 per day

Passenger History

Rolling 12-month arriving and departing passengers

Growing monthly

Operations and Cargo History

Scheduled departures and freight/mail volume

BTS

Flightline Insight

DCA handled 23.51 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, down 3.8% year over year. Other was the largest scheduled carrier with 36.1% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were Boston (BOS), Atlanta (ATL) and Chicago (ORD).

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. PDEW is calculated as total arriving and departing passengers divided by two directions and 365 days. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands; route PDEW is calculated from the latest rolling 12-month passenger total. Historical charts retain each monthly BTS endpoint as future updates are generated.