Cheapest€295.73
- United Airlines UA750806:105h 39m11:49Sacramento SMFWashington IAD
Door to door 8h 49mCO2 581.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Sacramento to Washington D.C. flight
Flights from Sacramento to Washington D.C. start at €316.38 and take 8h 49m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Sacramento to Washington D.C. on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Sacramento to Washington D.C. starts at €316.38 and takes 8h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 3,931 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 8h 49mDoor to door
- 5h 39mMoving
- €316.38 to €711.09From
- 06:10 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 581.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€316.38 to €711.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €580.70Tue15
- about €646.78Wed16
- about €628.49Thu17
- about €609.02Fri18
- about €711.09Sat19
- about €568.90Sun20
- about €402.52Mon21
- about €411.96Tue22
- about €447.95Wed23
- about €560.64Thu24
- about €485.71Fri25
- about €541.76Sat26
- about €511.67Sun27
- about €316.38Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | €295.73 | 8h 31m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Sacramento to Washington D.C.
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €358.8690 days
- €317.5660 days
- €389.5445 days
- €289.8330 days
- €295.7321 days
- €316.3814 days
- €402.527 days
- €628.493 days
- €580.701 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €289.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 117 percent. The dearest point is €628.49, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €511.67Sun
- €316.38Mon
- €411.96Tue
- €447.95Wed
- €560.64Thu
- €485.71Fri
- €541.76Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Sacramento
Air
- SMF
Washington
Air
- IAD
- DCA
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,931 km against 3,817 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Chicago, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Denver. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sacramento at 06:10 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sacramento to Washington D.C.
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. take?
The Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. takes 8h 49m door to door, of which 5h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 3,931 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. cost?
The Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. starts at €316.38 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €386.00. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C.?
1 operators run the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C.: United Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. use?
The Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. leaves from Sacramento SMF and arrives at Washington IAD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C.?
Fares for the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €289.83. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 117 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. produce?
The Flight from Sacramento to Washington D.C. produces about 581.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3931 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sacramento to Washington D.C. on 14 September 2026: 3931 km of route against 3817 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €316.38, and 8h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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