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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

This article is about the airport. For the metro station, see Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station. For the baseball team, see Washington Nationals. For other uses, see Washington Nationals (disambiguation).
"Reagan National" redirects here. For other uses, see Reagan National (disambiguation).

Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport
A satellite image of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in April 2002
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerUnited States federal government
OperatorMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority
ServesWashington, D.C. metropolitan area
LocationCrystal City, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
OpenedJune 16, 1941 (1941-06-16)[1]
Hub forAmerican Airlines
OccupantsCoast Guard Air Station Washington
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL5 m / 15 ft
Coordinates38°51′8″N 77°2′16″W / 38.85222°N 77.03778°W / 38.85222; -77.03778
Websiteflyreagan.com
Maps
A map showing the terminals runways and other structures of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 7,169 2,185 Asphalt
15/33 5,204 1,586 Asphalt
4/22 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Aircraft operations296,249
Total passengers26,290,722
Source: Federal Aviation Administration,[2] Passenger traffic[3]
Washington National Airport Terminal
and South Hangar Line
Area861 acres (348 ha)[5][6]
Built1941 (1941), 84 years ago
Architectural styleModern
NRHP reference No.97001111[4]
VLR No.000-0045
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1997
Designated VLRJune 27, 1995[7]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA) is a public airport in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, five miles (eight kilometers; four nautical miles) from Washington, D.C. The closest airport to the nation's capital, it is owned by the federal government and is one of two operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) that serve the Washington metropolitan area; the other is Dulles International Airport, located about 25 miles (40 km; 22 nmi) to the west in Fairfax and Loudoun counties.[2][8]

The airport opened in 1941 and was originally named Washington National Airport. Part of the original terminal is still in use as Terminal 1. A larger second terminal, now known as Terminal 2, opened in 1997. In 1998, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed a bill renaming the airport in honor of the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, who was in office from 1981 to 1989.[9]

Reagan National serves 98 nonstop destinations as of October 2023.[10] It is a hub for American Airlines. It hosts international flights, but the airport has no immigration and customs facilities, restricting routes to those with U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance facilities, including major airports in Canada and the Caribbean. Reagan National is also home to Coast Guard Air Station Washington.[11]

One of the 25 busiest airports in the U.S., the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and the second busiest in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, the airport served 26.29 million passengers in 2024, an increase of 3.3% over a record set in 2023.[12][13] The airport's main runway is the busiest in the nation.[14]

In recent times, the airport has gained controversy over safety risk concern.[15][16][17]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mwaa.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for DCA PDF
  3. ^ "Reagan Air Traffic Statistics". Mwaa.com. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. January 2024. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System – (#97001111)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for DCA PDF, effective November 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "DCA airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "Airport Data and Information Portal". adip.faa.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  9. ^ Kellman, Laurie (February 5, 1998). "Clinton to sign bill renaming National Airport for Reagan". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. p. A3. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  10. ^ "Air Traffic Statistics" (PDF). Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. October 2023.
  11. ^ "Air Station Washington, D.C." United States Coast Guard. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  12. ^ "Reagan National Airport Sets New Passenger Record In 2023, Dulles Airport Rebounds From 2022". gazetteleader.com. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  13. ^ "DCA Airport Sets All-Time Record For Passengers Served". flyreagan.com. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  14. ^ "mwaa.com - Reagan National's Runway is Busiest in America". www.mwaa.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  15. ^ Breen, Kerry (March 11, 2025). "Ban extended on helicopter route involved in deadly D.C. midair collision after NTSB warns of "serious safety risk"". CBS News. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  16. ^ Van Cleave, Kris; Sprouse, Ryan; Rinaldi, Olivia (April 1, 2025). "Reported fight in control tower at Reagan National Airport under investigation by FAA, man arrested". CBS News. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  17. ^ Muntean, Pete; Skores, Alexandra (March 31, 2025). "Air traffic controller arrested after 'incident' at Washington DC area control tower". CNN. Retrieved April 1, 2025.

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