DCA to PIT: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Washington to Pittsburgh?

The great-circle distance between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is 329 km (204 mi, 177 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 PIT?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 55m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. PIT is roughly northwest of DCA.

How is the DCA to PIT route written in code?

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

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.

PIT sits 1,188 ft (362 m) higher than DCA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying DCA to PIT

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AA, USon another airline's aircraft.

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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