DCA to RSW: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Washington to Fort Myers?

The great-circle distance between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is 1,438 km (894 mi, 777 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 RSW?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 20m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. RSW is roughly south of DCA.

How is the DCA to RSW route written in code?

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

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.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 15 ft (5 m) of each other.

Airlines flying DCA to RSW

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 3 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AA, US, 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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