San Francisco Airport (SFO) Flights to Washington Airport (IAD)

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Returns from £213.97

One-way from £106.60

Airliners including NetJets, Qantas, EgyptAir, Austrian Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Lufthansa, Air China, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, Fiji Airways, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and United Airlines all offer direct flights between San Francisco International to Washington Dulles International. When travelling from San Francisco International you will cover about 2,413 miles before you reach Washington Dulles International. This journey will take 5 Hours 23 Minutes.

The cost of flights varies on the time and day you fly. If you are on a tight budget then you should avoid flying at peak hours as the prices are more expensive. The cheapest flights are in the evenings and in mid week. The ticket prices for most airliners will increase the closer you get the departure date, so as soon as you know the date you will travel you should book your flights.

On arriving at Washington Dulles International please note the time difference, the time zone at Washington Dulles International is 5.0 GMT compared to 8.0 GMT at San Francisco International.

For a full summary of all the airliners that fly from San Francisco International to Washington Dulles International, please see the table below.

Flights Chart
AirlinerMoTuWeThFrSaSuFirst FlightLast FlightFlights
United Airlines767777906:3023:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand777787301:0123:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Australia777776201:0123:43VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines221222205:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Singapore Airlines221222005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Qatar Airways221222005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Hawaiian Airlines221222005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways221222005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines221222005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China003203201:0521:15VIEW FLIGHTS
Lufthansa112212008:2513:08VIEW FLIGHTS
Ethiopian Airlines111111106:5022:45VIEW FLIGHTS
Asiana Airlines111111101:0516:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Brussels Airlines111111008:2508:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Cathay Pacific110111005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
EgyptAir001111023:4323:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Austrian Airlines010111008:2508:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas100110005:4021:35VIEW FLIGHTS
NetJets000010016:0016:00VIEW FLIGHTS

United Airlines is the most popular airliners who operate this route. They have around 50 a week with times that vary between 06:30 and 23:59.

To book your flight you can visit United Airlines on their website united.com. You will find up to date information on availability and the latest discounts.

Flight times for the route are summarised in the table below. These time were correct at the time of writing, but please be aware that times may vary from time to time so please check their website for exact times and the dates you wish to fly.

Flights Time In WeekDays
DayFlight TimesFlights
Monday
07:53
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2370
Air New ZealandNZ9165
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9164
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9171
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9162
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
21:35
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5848
Singapore AirlinesSQ1305
Alaska AirlinesAS726
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6981
American AirlinesAA7436
Cathay PacificCX7918
Qatar AirwaysQR2111
QantasQF3759
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9168
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8383
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Tuesday
05:40
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5848
Singapore AirlinesSQ1305
Alaska AirlinesAS726
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6981
American AirlinesAA7436
Cathay PacificCX7918
Qatar AirwaysQR2111
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9164
Austrian AirlinesOS7884
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9171
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9170
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Air New ZealandNZ9168
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
Virgin AustraliaVA8383
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Wednesday
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9162
LufthansaLH7489
Virgin AustraliaVA8383
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9171
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7313
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9170
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7312
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7314
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
23:43
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2370
Air New ZealandNZ9168
EgyptAirMS9323
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
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Thursday
05:21
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7314
06:50
AirlineFlight  No
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9162
Austrian AirlinesOS7884
LufthansaLH7489
Virgin AustraliaVA8383
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9171
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9170
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7312
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
21:35
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5848
Singapore AirlinesSQ1305
Alaska AirlinesAS726
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6981
American AirlinesAA7436
Cathay PacificCX7918
Qatar AirwaysQR2111
QantasQF3759
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
23:59
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2370
Air New ZealandNZ9168
EgyptAirMS9323
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Friday
01:01
AirlineFlight  No
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
05:40
AirlineFlight  No
QantasQF3759
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9162
Austrian AirlinesOS7884
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8383
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9171
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9170
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
16:00
AirlineFlight  No
NetJetsEJA774
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9163
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
21:35
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5848
Singapore AirlinesSQ1305
Alaska AirlinesAS726
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6981
American AirlinesAA7436
Cathay PacificCX7918
Qatar AirwaysQR2111
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
23:59
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2370
Air New ZealandNZ9168
EgyptAirMS9323
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Saturday
05:40
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5848
Singapore AirlinesSQ1305
Alaska AirlinesAS726
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6981
American AirlinesAA7436
Cathay PacificCX7918
Qatar AirwaysQR2111
08:09
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2370
Air New ZealandNZ9168
EgyptAirMS9323
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Fiji AirwaysFJ5850
Singapore AirlinesSQ1307
Alaska AirlinesAS434
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6980
American AirlinesAA7411
Qatar AirwaysQR3383
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
Air New ZealandNZ9162
Austrian AirlinesOS7884
LufthansaLH7489
Virgin AustraliaVA8382
Brussels AirlinesSN8949
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2312
Air New ZealandNZ9167
Virgin AustraliaVA8384
13:08
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7313
United AirlinesUA755
Air New ZealandNZ9170
LufthansaLH7531
Virgin AustraliaVA8379
16:59
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7312
United AirlinesUA1849
Air New ZealandNZ9163
Virgin AustraliaVA8378
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
21:15
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7314
United AirlinesUA2110
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
22:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
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Sunday
01:05
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7312
Air New ZealandNZ9163
Asiana AirlinesOZ6315
05:21
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7314
Air New ZealandNZ9161
Virgin AustraliaVA8381
06:30
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1322
06:50
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1870
Air New ZealandNZ9166
Ethiopian AirlinesET1359
Virgin AustraliaVA8380
08:20
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS434
08:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA717
11:13
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2650
12:55
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2706
13:03
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1449
16:55
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2626
21:01
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2110
21:35
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS726
22:44
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1849
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If you are flexible on the airport you depart from, then there are other airports that offer direct flights to Washington Dulles International. You can see full details of these below.

Alternative Direct Routes
RouteStopsDistanceFlying Time
Napa to Dulles05 Hours 20 Minutes
Hayward Air Terminal to Dulles05 Hours 21 Minutes
Oakland to Dulles05 Hours 21 Minutes
Mineta San Jose to Dulles05 Hours 20 Minutes
Sacramento to Dulles05 Hours 16 Minutes

Over the past 10 years flight regulations have become very strict so we advise you to leave plenty of time to check in and get through customs.

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Flight Price FAQ - San Francisco (SFO) to Washington (IAD)

DIRECT United
What is the cheapest direct flight one way from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD?
The cheapest direct flight one way from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD is £106.60 ($138 €126.77)
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What is the cheapest direct return flight from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD?
The cheapest direct return flight from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD is £213.97 ($277 €254.47)
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What is the cheapest flight one way from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD?
The cheapest flight one way from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD is £69.52 ($90 €82.68)
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What is the cheapest return flight from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD?
The cheapest return flight from San Francisco SFO to Washington IAD is £115.87 ($150 €137.80)
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Flight Info FAQ - San Francisco (SFO) to Washington (IAD)

Who flies from San Francisco to Washington?
The following airlines fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Washington (IAD): Air China, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Fiji Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, Lufthansa, NetJets, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Australia.
How far is the flight from San Francisco to Washington?
The flight from San Francisco to Washington is 3,883KM or 2,413 miles.
How long does the flight from San Francisco to Washington to take?
The flight from San Francisco to Washington takes 5 Hours 23 Minutes.

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