Nonstop flights from Detroit to Washington

5 airlines fly from Detroit (DTW) to 3 Washington airports (DCA, BWI and IAD), with up to 22 flights a day.

DTWDCA

Routes

3 airport pairs

DTW to DCADetroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Ronald Reagan Washington National5 to 8 a day
DTW to BWIDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall6 to 7 a day
DTW to IADDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Dulles6 to 7 a day

When they leave

Detroit time

5:30a9:50pFirst departure 5:30 AM, last 9:50 PM

11 in the morning, 5:30 AM to 11:00 AM, then nine in the afternoon, 12:50 PM to 3:50 PM, then six in the evening, 5:06 PM to 9:50 PM.

Every flight

Earliest first

5:30 AM→7:00 AMDTW to BWISouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
6:00 AM→7:40 AMDTW to DCAAmerican AirlinesCRJ 700Daily
6:00 AM→7:31 AMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer 175Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat
6:00 AM→7:31 AMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer 175Sun
7:05 AM→8:36 AMDTW to DCADelta Air LinesAirbus A319Daily
7:20 AM→8:54 AMDTW to BWIDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
8:50 AM→10:23 AMDTW to IADDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
9:39 AM→11:18 AMDTW to DCAAmerican AirlinesCRJ 700Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
10:00 AM→11:28 AMDTW to DCADelta Air LinesAirbus A319Daily
10:10 AM→11:42 AMDTW to BWIDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Daily
10:15 AM→11:48 AMDTW to IADDelta Air LinesCRJ 900Sat
10:20 AM→11:51 AMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer 175Daily
11:00 AM→12:30 PMDTW to BWISouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Sun
12:50 PM→2:26 PMDTW to BWIFrontier AirlinesUntil Nov 29Airbus A321neoMon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
2:05 PM→3:49 PMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer 175Daily
2:45 PM→4:15 PMDTW to BWISouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Tue, Wed
2:50 PM→4:20 PMDTW to BWISouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Sat
2:55 PM→4:34 PMDTW to DCADelta Air LinesAirbus A319Daily
3:00 PM→4:36 PMDTW to IADDelta Air LinesCRJ 900Sat
3:05 PM→4:38 PMDTW to IADDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
3:13 PM→4:49 PMDTW to BWIDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Daily
3:50 PM→5:25 PMDTW to BWISouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Mon, Thu, Fri
5:06 PM→6:59 PMDTW to DCAAmerican AirlinesCRJ 700Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
5:10 PM→6:45 PMDTW to DCADelta Air LinesAirbus A319Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
7:48 PM→9:25 PMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer ERJMon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
7:48 PM→9:25 PMDTW to IADUnited AirlinesEmbraer 175Sat, Sun
9:30 PM→10:59 PMDTW to DCADelta Air LinesAirbus A319Daily
9:40 PM→11:13 PMDTW to BWIDelta Air LinesBoeing 717Daily
9:50 PM→11:26 PMDTW to IADDelta Air LinesCRJ 900Daily

Schedules last checked Sep 19, 2026. Times are local.

Flying from Detroit to Washington

Delta Air Lines flies most often, 10 to 12 times a day on the Boeing 717, Airbus A319 and CRJ 900. United Airlines flies 3 to 4 times a day on the Embraer 175 and Embraer ERJ. American Airlines flies 1 to 3 times a day on the CRJ 700. Southwest Airlines flies twice a day on the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737 MAX 8. Frontier Airlines flies 6 times a week on the Airbus A321neo.

Flights run every day of the week, from 18 on Saturdays to 22 on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. The first arrival in Washington is at 7:00 AM and the last at 11:26 PM.

DTW to DCA is the busiest airport pair, with 52 flights a week, then DTW to BWI with 47 and DTW to IAD with 47.

On DTW to BWI, Frontier Airlines flies it until Nov 29.

Flying back, Washington to Detroit has 148 nonstop flights a week.

Return flights

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Schedules as of Oct 9, 2026.