Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl Airport
DCA · KDCA · Washington, District of Columbia · Arlington County · map
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl Airport is a public-use airport owned by Metro Wash Arpt Authority, 3 miles south of Washington, District of Columbia, 14 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 7,169 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A).
Weather right now KDCA · observed 3:52 pm EDT (19:52 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:23 pm EDT (17:23 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDCA 061952Z 34006KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01890022
TAF KDCA 061723Z 0618/0724 35005KT P6SM SKC FM062300 00000KT P6SM SKC FM071500 19007KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DCA · ICAO KDCA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Metro Wash Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 4
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 7,169 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,204 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 19X |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), 6,869 ft available for landing, tower 180 ft high 7,700 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, 6,869 ft available for landing, tree 27 ft high 990 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 49 ft high 380 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 253 ft high 9,600 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, 4,800 ft available for landing, road 10 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 4,400 ft available for landing, gnd 2 ft high 220 ft from the end
- Runway 19X: LDA with DME
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Dca and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.65 | Washington |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 128.25 | Washington |
| Ground | 121.7 | Washington |
| Tower | 119.1 | Washington |
| Tower Helicopters | 121.275 | Washington |
| Approach · Capss and star · Class B airspace West/south; Dca only | 119.85 | Washington |
| Approach · Class B airspace East | 124.2 | Washington |
| Departure procedure (CLTCH) · Departure · Departure procedure (HORTO) West | 118.95 | Washington |
| Departure procedure (BOOCK) · Departure · Departure procedure (DOCTR) East | 125.65 | Washington · (agard, boock, colin, daily, doctr, paleo, swann, wooly, emi) |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Washington |
| Frdmm and star · Nummy and star · Trups and star | 118.675 | Washington |
| Tikee and star | 120.45 | Washington |
| Washington and rco | 122.2 | Washington |
| Deale and star | 124.55 | Washington |
| Final approach and approach | 124.7 | Washington |
| Clipr and star · Skils and star | 128.7 | Washington |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 276-200-0159.
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Aircraft registered in Washington from the FAA register
362 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, District of Columbia: 132 helicopters, 116 piston singles, 59 turboprops, 20 drones, 12 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in District of Columbia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 23 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 336 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 04.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 142 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 15.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 332 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 33.
- This runway exists to support the dca lda associated with the ILS.
- Runway 15 +8 feet blast fence 120 feet from aer 250 feet right.
- +10 feet building (L/M) +120 feet from aer 300 feet left.
- Runway 19 PAPI-4L consists of two PAPI-4L systems. Runway 19 PAPI-4L is rotated 21 degreess to right of centerline. The rotated PAPI-4L system supports visual and instr approaches to runway 19. Adzy, aircraft on taxiway create tmpry obstruction to PAPI-4L.
- Three obstruction lights POLES--ONE 600 feet left, one on centerline, one 600 feet right.
- Light from vehicle parking lot located 1000 feet southwest of runway 01 could give false indications of being part of runway 01 approach light sys drg periods of reduced visibility and low ceilings.
- Form 150R credit card for all required services. No military facilities.
- Taxiway K ends at gate 5.
- Flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport; fqt gull and geese and duck populations AB over adjacent river areas.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.