Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → WAS
New York to Washington
Best fare, round trip
$230
−27%
below its usual $315
you keep $85
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Tue 1 Dec
- Stay
- 1 night
- Flight
- Nonstop · 1.5h
- Airline
American
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $265 and $327. The drop beats 72% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 bottom out in December around $230 and peak in July near $330, 43% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies American nonstop and takes about 1.5 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip. The best time to be in Washington: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
The 5 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 30% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $207 then versus $270 now, across 23 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 $144, on 28 Sep.
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 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $230
27% below the $315 typical fare
$265Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$230Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$307Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$315Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$327Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$330Jul, around the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Washington, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Dulles (IAD) · Reagan National (DCA) · Baltimore (BWI)
- Flight time
- ≈1.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈328 km each way
- Typical price
- $315 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- American
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
NYC → WAS, answered.
Is $230 a good price for New York to Washington?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $315 round-trip. At $230 you're 27% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Washington?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 NYC → 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 6 months of cached fares, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Washington?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (American). The outbound leg runs around 1.5 hours.
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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