Cincinnati to Washington D.C. flight

Flights from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. start at €68.58 and take 4h 26m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. starts at €68.58 and takes 4h 26m door to door, run by 5 operators over 666 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 26mDoor to door
  • 1h 16mMoving
  • €68.58From
  • 163.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€58.55
  1. Mesa Airlines MA567118:441h 19m20:03Cincinnati CVGWashington DCA

Door to door 4h 29mCO2 163.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€76.25
  1. PSA Airlines PS797214:261h 16m15:42Cincinnati CVGWashington IAD

Door to door 4h 26mCO2 163.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Endeavor Air€60.32
GoJet Airlines€60.91
PSA Airlines€60.91
United Airlines€59.14
Mesa Airlines€58.55

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Booking window

When to book Cincinnati to Washington D.C.

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

  1. €59.7390 days
  2. €47.9360 days
  3. €56.7845 days
  4. €59.7330 days
  5. €72.1221 days
  6. €78.0214 days
  7. €91.007 days
  8. €98.673 days
  9. €124.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €124.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €83.33Sun
  2. €70.94Mon
  3. €68.58Tue
  4. €73.89Wed
  5. €78.02Thu
  6. €83.92Fri
  7. €87.46Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cincinnati

Air
  • CVG

Washington

Air
  • IAD
  • DCA
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 666 km against 646 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Cincinnati at 06:02 and the last at 20:53, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cincinnati to Washington D.C.

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Cincinnati to Washington D.C. take?

The Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 666 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 Cincinnati to Washington D.C. cost?

The Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. starts at €68.58 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €71.53. 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 Cincinnati to Washington D.C.?

5 operators run the Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C.: Endeavor Air, GoJet Airlines, PSA Airlines, United Airlines, Mesa Airlines. Between them they file around 40 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 Cincinnati to Washington D.C. use?

The Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. leaves from Cincinnati CVG 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 Cincinnati to Washington D.C.?

Fares for the Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Cincinnati to Washington D.C. produces about 163.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 666 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cincinnati to Washington D.C. on September 10, 2026: 666 km of route against 646 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €68.58, and 4h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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