AirportsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport is a large airport serving Washington, in District of Columbia, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DCA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DCA
- ICAO code
- KDCA
- City
- Washington
- State or region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 38.8521° N, 77.0377° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,185 m (7,169 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DCA means Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KDCA. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.8521° N, 77.0377° W. It stands 5 metres (15 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,185 metres (7,169 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 321.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,185 m 7,169 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 1,586 m 5,204 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 04/22 | 1,524 m 5,000 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Dulles International AirportDulles | IAD | 38 km |
| Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportBaltimore | BWI | 48 km |
| Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson FieldHagerstown | HGR | 112 km |
| Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force BaseDover | DOV | 139 km |
| Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSalisbury | SBY | 144 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,053 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,851 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,339 km | 14 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,881 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 342 km | 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,711 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,544 km | 19 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,918 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,715 km | 19 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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