Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa flight

Flights from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa start at €984.26 and take 19h 14m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa starts at €984.26 and takes 19h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 11,870 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 19h 14mDoor to door
  • 16h 4mMoving
  • €1,094.59 to €2,639.21From
  • 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 3477.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€1,094.59 to €2,639.21 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. 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

  1. about €2,424.45Wed23
  2. about €2,639.21Thu24
  3. about €2,486.40Fri25
  4. about €1,884.60Sat26
  5. about €1,639.75Sun27
  6. about €1,511.72Mon28
  7. about €1,583.11Tue29
  8. about €1,295.78Wed30
  9. about €1,569.54Thu1
  10. about €1,629.72Fri2
  11. about €1,557.74Sat3
  12. about €1,382.51Sun4
  13. about €1,127.63Mon5
  14. about €1,094.59Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Fastest€1,183.09
  1. Ethiopian Airlines EA239506:1216h 4m05:16Washington Dulles International Airport IADAddis Ababa Bole International Airport ADD

Door to door 19h 14mCO2 3477.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Ethiopian Airlines€1,004.9118h 28m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Ethiopian Airlines

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A room in Addis Ababa for the night the flight gets in

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When to book Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €881.6090 days
  2. €957.3460 days
  3. €844.5945 days
  4. €991.9330 days
  5. €844.5921 days
  6. €1,082.7414 days
  7. €1,583.117 days
  8. €2,192.643 days
  9. €2,287.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €844.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €2,287.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €1,188.34Sun
  2. €1,073.94Mon
  3. €1,082.74Tue
  4. €1,236.19Wed
  5. €1,569.54Thu
  6. €1,629.72Fri
  7. €1,557.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Washington

Air
  • IAD
  • DCA

Addis Ababa

Air
  • ADD
The journey

What the journey 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 11,870 km against 11,524 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 Rome, Geneva, New York City, Paris. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Washington D.C. at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa

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 Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa take?

The Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa takes 19h 14m door to door, of which 16h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 11,870 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 Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa cost?

The Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa starts at €984.26 for one passenger, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €990.46. 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 Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa?

1 operators run the Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Airlines. Between them they file around 4 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 Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa use?

The Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa leaves from Washington Dulles International Airport IAD and arrives at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport ADD. 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 Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa?

Fares for the Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €844.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa produce?

The Flight from Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa produces about 3477.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 11870 km, which works out at roughly 293 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Washington D.C. to Addis Ababa on 22 September 2026: 11870 km of route against 11524 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €984.26, and 19h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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