ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
FRA to ALCSpain
Alicante
$60
usually $235
−74%
Most monthly lows $146–$236. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · FRA → WAS
Frankfurt to Washington
Best fare, round trip
$644
−9%
below its usual $705
you keep $61
Found
- Depart
- Wed 18 Nov
- Return
- Sun 22 Nov
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 10.5h
- Airline
Icelandair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $680 and $705. The drop beats 18% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United StatesWashingtonFree museums by the dozen, and three airports competing hard enough to keep transatlantic fares honest.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsDulles (IAD) · Reagan National (DCA) · Baltimore (BWI)Every route into WashingtonFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares on this route stay within about $84 across the 4 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 10.5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip — ticketed under Icelandair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $644 for 6,526 km each way, that works out to about $49 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 17 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Washington, this fare ranks 3rd — 50% above the $428 from London. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 12 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt, where the middle fare is $644. The best time to be in Washington: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $699 then versus $728 now, across 19 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $410, on 5 Nov.
- Tue 20 Oct$760
- Thu 22 Oct$804
- Sat 31 Oct$728
- Tue 3 Nov$717
- Wed 18 Nov$644lowest
- Mon 7 Dec$703
- Fri 25 Dec$776
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $644
9% below the $705 typical fare
$728Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$644Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$703Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$680Mar ’27, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Washington, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Dulles (IAD) · Reagan National (DCA) · Baltimore (BWI)
- Flight time
- ≈10.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,526 km each way
- Typical price
- $705 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Icelandair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
FRA → WAS, answered.
Is $644 a good price for Frankfurt to Washington?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $705 round-trip and this fare is 9% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Washington?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Washington are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book FRA → Washington?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Frankfurt to Washington?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Icelandair. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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