DCA to MKE: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Washington to Milwaukee?

The great-circle distance between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is 1,019 km (633 mi, 550 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from DCA to MKE?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 45m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MKE is roughly northwest of DCA.

How is the DCA to MKE route written in code?

The pair is written DCA-MKE in IATA codes and KDCA-KMKE in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is DCA (KDCA), General Mitchell International Airport is MKE (KMKE).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

MKE sits 708 ft (216 m) higher than DCA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying DCA to MKE

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: WN.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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