Cheap Flights from San Francisco, CA to Washington D.C., DC from $120

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 25 direct and 276 connecting flights from San Francisco to Washington D.C.. You can compare airfare deals from 7 airlines and multiple travel sites from $120, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SFO-WAS flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from San Francisco to Washington D.C. Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Washington D.C. with the lowest price of $120. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 58m and the fastest connecting – 6h 47m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $181 Find flight	09:45 San Francisco San Francisco	17:58 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	5h 13m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6708
from $186 Find flight	09:45 San Francisco San Francisco	17:58 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	5h 13m	Alaska Airlines	AS8
from $210 Find flight	13:10 San Francisco San Francisco	21:13 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	5h 3m	United Airlines	UA2386
from $242 Find flight	08:25 San Francisco San Francisco	16:23 Washington D.C. Dulles International	4h 58m	United Airlines	UA1849
from $307 Find flight	21:00 San Francisco San Francisco	05:08+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	5h 8m	United Airlines	UA2110
from $548 Find flight	22:30 San Francisco San Francisco	06:40+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	5h 10m	United Airlines	UA1748
from $120 Find flight	06:37 San Francisco San Francisco	21:57 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	12h 20m layover 6h 11m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91230 F9690
from $129 Find flight	18:48 San Francisco San Francisco	05:55+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	8h 7m layover 1h 54m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F91850 F94278
from $129 Find flight	20:45 San Francisco San Francisco	10:17+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	10h 32m layover 2h 40m - Orlando	Frontier Airlines	F91646 F92860
from $130 Find flight	23:30 San Francisco San Francisco	10:07+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	7h 37m layover 0h 50m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F94000 F93208
from $132 Find flight	19:02 San Francisco San Francisco	12:00+1 день Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	13h 58m layover 7h 55m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93440 F9686
from $132 Find flight	19:02 San Francisco San Francisco	16:57+1 день Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	18h 55m layover 12h 47m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93440 F9688
from $136 Find flight	16:31 San Francisco San Francisco	06:30+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	10h 59m layover 4h 46m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92486 F94278
from $136 Find flight	08:00 San Francisco San Francisco	06:30+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	19h 30m layover 13h 9m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F94158 F94278
from $140 Find flight	09:42 San Francisco San Francisco	16:59+1 день Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	28h 17m layover 22h 6m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91094 F9688
from $147 Find flight	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	11:31+1 день Washington D.C. Dulles International	8h 32m layover 2h 37m - Minneapolis	Sun Country Airlines	SY398 SY223

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on August 24, 2025

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco to Washington D.C.. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
00:20 — 08:32	00:20 — 08:32 UA2162 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 12m	Find flight from$219
06:30 — 14:48	06:30 — 14:48 UA1322 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 18m	Find flight from$307
06:35 — 14:49	06:35 — 14:49 UA2241 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 14m	Find flight from$210
08:25 — 16:23	08:25 — 16:23 UA1849 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	4h 58m	Find flight from$242
08:35 — 16:54	08:35 — 16:54 UA1678 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 19m	Find flight from$213
09:45 — 17:58	09:45 — 17:58 HA6708 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 13m	Find flight from$181
09:45 — 17:58	09:45 — 17:58 AS8 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 13m	Find flight from$186
10:35 — 18:52	10:35 — 18:52 UA488 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 17m	Find flight from$210
10:35 — 18:52	10:35 — 18:52 UA1355 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 17m	Find flight from$212
11:10 — 19:19	11:10 — 19:19 HA6980 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 9m	Find flight from$192
11:10 — 19:19	11:10 — 19:19 AS434 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 9m	Find flight from$195
13:02 — 21:10	13:02 — 21:10 UA1997 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 8m	Find flight from$210
13:10 — 21:13	13:10 — 21:13 UA2386 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 3m	Find flight from$210
13:10 — 21:17	13:10 — 21:17 UA562 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 7m	Find flight from$212
13:12 — 21:21	13:12 — 21:21 UA1385 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 9m	Find flight from$242
16:30 — 00:45 +1 day	16:30 — 00:45 UA1453 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 15m	Find flight from$210
16:31 — 00:45 +1 day	16:31 — 00:45 UA208 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 14m	Find flight from$243
21:00 — 05:08 +1 day	21:00 — 05:08 UA2110 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 8m	Find flight from$307
21:10 — 05:24 +1 day	21:10 — 05:24 UA2351 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 14m	Find flight from$212
21:10 — 05:18 +1 day	21:10 — 05:18 UA2409 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 8m	Find flight from$219
22:30 — 06:40 +1 day	22:30 — 06:40 UA1748 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 10m	Find flight from$548
22:43 — 06:50 +1 day	22:43 — 06:50 AS455 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 7m	Find flight from$190
22:43 — 06:50 +1 day	22:43 — 06:50 HA6981 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 7m	Find flight from$191
23:05 — 07:19 +1 day	23:05 — 07:19 UA1870 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 14m	Find flight from$242
23:57 — 08:14 +1 day	23:57 — 08:14 UA1288 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C.	5h 17m	Find flight from$212
06:37 — 21:57	06:15 — 09:54 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 6h 11m stop 16:25 — 21:59 F9690 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	12h 20m including layover	Find flight from$120
06:37 — 12:00 +1 day	06:15 — 09:54 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 20h 26m stop 06:40 — 12:07 F9686 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	26h 23m including layover	Find flight from$120
08:00 — 06:30 +1 day	05:45 — 07:24 F94158 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 13h 9m stop 22:24 — 05:55 F94278 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Washington D.C.	19h 30m including layover	Find flight from$136
08:23 — 21:59	08:00 — 10:16 HA7028 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 3h 13m stop 13:35 — 21:44 HA6702 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — Washington D.C.	10h 36m including layover	Find flight from$162
09:04 — 21:59	07:20 — 09:02 HA7020 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — San Diego 2h 53m stop 12:42 — 20:59 HA7210 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — Washington D.C.	9h 55m including layover	Find flight from$165
09:42 — 16:59 +1 day	09:42 — 13:24 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 22h 6m stop 11:30 — 16:59 F9688 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	28h 17m including layover	Find flight from$140
10:30 — 21:29	10:30 — 12:16 HA6676 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — San Diego 56m stop 13:12 — 21:29 HA7210 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — Washington D.C.	7h 59m including layover	Find flight from$162
10:49 — 21:59	09:42 — 13:24 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 2h stop 16:25 — 21:59 F9690 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	8h 10m including layover	Find flight from$134
11:27 — 21:59	11:27 — 13:10 HA7018 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — San Diego 31m stop 13:41 — 21:59 HA7210 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — Washington D.C.	7h 32m including layover	Find flight from$165
11:27 — 21:59	11:27 — 13:10 AS3473 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — San Diego 31m stop 13:41 — 21:59 AS14 Alaska Airlines San Diego — Washington D.C.	7h 32m including layover	Find flight from$174
13:05 — 11:47 +1 day	13:05 — 18:46 SY394 Sun Country Airlines San Francisco — Minneapolis 13h 38m stop 08:24 — 11:47 SY223 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — Washington D.C.	19h 42m including layover	Find flight from$175
15:00 — 12:11 +1 day	09:42 — 13:24 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 12h 2m stop 06:40 — 12:07 F9686 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	18h 11m including layover	Find flight from$133
16:31 — 06:30 +1 day	13:09 — 14:50 F92486 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 4h 46m stop 22:24 — 05:55 F94278 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Washington D.C.	10h 59m including layover	Find flight from$136
18:48 — 05:55 +1 day	18:48 — 20:30 F91850 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 1h 54m stop 22:24 — 05:55 F94278 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Washington D.C.	8h 7m including layover	Find flight from$129
19:02 — 12:00 +1 day	18:39 — 22:23 F93440 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 7h 55m stop 06:40 — 12:07 F9686 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	13h 58m including layover	Find flight from$132
19:02 — 16:57 +1 day	18:19 — 22:03 F93440 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 12h 47m stop 11:30 — 16:59 F9688 Frontier Airlines Denver — Washington D.C.	18h 55m including layover	Find flight from$132
20:45 — 10:17 +1 day	20:45 — 05:20 F91646 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Orlando 2h 40m stop 10:15 — 12:32 F92860 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Washington D.C.	10h 32m including layover	Find flight from$129
20:53 — 12:44 +1 day	20:53 — 05:22 F91646 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Orlando 5h 4m stop 10:26 — 12:44 F94812 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Washington D.C.	12h 51m including layover	Find flight from$150
22:29 — 13:49 +1 day	22:19 — 06:13 F91448 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Atlanta 5h 34m stop 14:12 — 15:59 F94708 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Washington D.C.	12h 20m including layover	Find flight from$138
23:30 — 10:07 +1 day	23:38 — 05:20 F94000 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Dallas 50m stop 09:15 — 13:17 F93208 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Washington D.C.	7h 37m including layover	Find flight from$130
23:59 — 11:31 +1 day	23:59 — 05:35 SY398 Sun Country Airlines San Francisco — Minneapolis 2h 37m stop 08:12 — 11:31 SY223 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — Washington D.C.	8h 32m including layover	Find flight from$147

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on August 24, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from San Francisco to Washington D.C. depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between San Francisco and Washington D.C. is 3920 miles. Time difference between the cities is 3h. Airplanes depart 00:20 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:20 to 23:59 to 2 Washington D.C. airports. Average flight time is 5h 12m.

The fastest flight 4h 58m
Average flight time 5h 12m
The earliest flight 00:20
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 2436 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Washington D.C. are may (from 120 $), june (from 123 $), july (from 130 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 361 $), october (from 162 $), september (from 134 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Washington D.C.?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $120. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F91230 flight by Frontier Airlines for July 5, 2025 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 06:37 am and arrives at Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan at 21:57.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Washington D.C. is served by 7 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 42 departures per week at the price of from $ 171 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Turkish Airlines airline - from $ 1479.

Direct flights

There are 25 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA1849 by United Airlines takes 4h 58m and the cheapest is F91230 by Frontier Airlines for $181.

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Connecting Flights

There are 276 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1374 by United Airlines takes 6h 47m and the cheapest is F91230 by Frontier Airlines for $120.

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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MX - Mexicana

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UA - United Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Washington D.C. from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

San Francisco airports

San Francisco-SFO

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Washington D.C. airports

Dulles International-IAD

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Airplanes

There are flights to Washington D.C. from San Francisco by 7 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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