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$76 Find cheap flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Sacramento to Reagan-National departing on 7/31. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Sacramento to Reagan-National (SMF-DCA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Reagan-National that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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10:18 am - 9:58 pmSMF-DCA
8h 40m1 stop
7:00 am - 11:03 amDCA-SMF
7h 03m1 stop
$170Frontier
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Sat, Aug 3 - Wed, Aug 7
4:00 pm - 12:09 pmSMF-DCA
17h 09m1 stop
6:59 pm - 3:43 pmDCA-SMF
23h 44m1 stop
$184Frontier
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Sat, Aug 24 - Mon, Aug 26
6:00 am - 7:30 pmSMF-DCA
10h 30m2 stops
5:30 pm - 10:37 pmDCA-SMF
8h 07m1 stop
$283Delta
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Mon, Aug 26 - Sat, Aug 31
6:00 am - 7:30 pmSMF-DCA
10h 30m2 stops
7:00 am - 2:28 pmDCA-SMF
10h 28m2 stops
$288Delta
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Mon, Aug 26 - Sat, Aug 31
11:59 pm - 11:24 amSMF-DCA
8h 25m1 stop
10:59 am - 9:36 pmDCA-SMF
13h 37m1 stop
$312American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 1
11:59 pm - 11:24 amSMF-DCA
8h 25m1 stop
3:15 pm - 8:30 pmDCA-SMF
8h 15m1 stop
$337American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 1
7:00 am - 6:02 pmSMF-DCA
8h 02m1 stop
6:00 pm - 9:32 amDCA-SMF
18h 32m2 stops
$441United Airlines
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Wed, Sep 18 - Sat, Sep 21
7:00 am - 5:57 pmSMF-DCA
7h 57m1 stop
10:30 am - 9:13 pmDCA-SMF
13h 43m2 stops
$455United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 24 - Sat, Aug 31
9:08 pm - 8:59 pmSMF-DCA
20h 51m2 stops
5:50 pm - 12:27 pmDCA-SMF
21h 37m2 stops
$764Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Jul 1 - Thu, Jul 4
9:08 pm - 5:31 pmSMF-DCA
17h 23m2 stops
5:11 pm - 10:00 amDCA-SMF
19h 49m2 stops
$950Alaska Airlines
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Fri, Jul 19 - Sun, Jul 21

Flights from Sacramento to Reagan-National - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Reagan-National to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

The average price of all flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Sacramento, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport is September, where tickets cost $427 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and July, where the average cost of tickets is $557 and $536 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport, you should book around 4 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 75 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Frontier offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $76. KAYAK users also found Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport round-trip flights on Frontier from $170 and on Delta from $283.

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Low season

January

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$76
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 21% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 24% lower on average.
Flight from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport

When to book flights from Sacramento to Reagan-National

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Reagan-National based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport was $76 for a one-way ticket and $170 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Reagan Washington National Airport?

    No

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and Reagan Washington National Airport, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Reagan Washington National Airport from Sacramento?

    Chicago is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C., Delta or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. are Delta and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $420 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $535 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Reagan Washington National Airport from Sacramento is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Reagan Washington National Airport with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and DCA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento to Reagan Washington National Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Reagan Washington National Airport from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to Reagan-National

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Washington, D.C.. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sacramento to Reagan-National? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9267 reviews
7.3Food
7.9Comfort
7.3Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
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Soda cans were mini-size; snacks were teeny. Options for entertainment on trans-continent flights were bad - no seat screens and no way to support device (as seen on other airlines) so had to hold device in position. Just overall, not good (compared to United)

6.0 Goodkaren, Jun 2024LAX - IAD
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Soda cans were mini-size; snacks were teeny. Options for entertainment on trans-continent flights were bad - no seat screens and no way to support device (as seen on other airlines) so had to hold device in position. Just overall, not good (compared to United)

I like the big picture of the Eskimo on the tail of the plane.

Everything was great but there were no entertainment options available.

Flight was delayed 2 hours. It was too cold inside the cabin. My seat mate had no jacket so she was shivering the entire flight. The stewardess says there’s no available blanket.

The plane had to sit on the tarmac for 45 minutes once it had landed. Not Alaska’s fault.

No prob with entertainment-would have selected n/a if it had been an option. No entertainment-flight was only a short hop. Great flight,

I love having assigned seats and being able to check bags at the gate, if needed. Both are super-helpful when traveling with a toddler!!!

It was really good and that's why we choose AA over other airlines.

Seats are uncomfortable but let room was adequate. The snack is pretty weak and the staff not particularly friendly.

Flight was cancelled just before we boarded. I had to stayed an extra night in SF and arrived one day late. Also I had to flight back JFK and not Newark since they didn't have flight to Newark until very late the following day. A real bad experience on this flight. It took me 2 days to get back home.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

The entertainment wasn’t playing in the app or online.

Flight was delayed in the gate by 5 hours and ultimately cancelled- rebooking service by United agents was terrible

All flights were on time and boarding was issue free

Water service would be great. The way they board is terrible. Slow passengers first😂😂 They need to smart up a bit

It got me where I needed it to; not much more. It had no competition so that was why I chose it.

Plane didn’t even make it off the ground. We all had to get off and walk to a different terminal (lots of confusion) to get on a different plane. Landed fairly late, connections missed.

Crowded flight, but upbeat and kind crew. Pilot greeted us at door, flight attendant thanked a number of “special” passengers for their business, another addressed an eight-year old boy as “young man.” United obviously trying to up their game, but though all of that is nice and notable, flying still feels like moving along a human assembly line, being herded into one small space after another (boarding areas with too few seats, planes with limited personal space, shuttles (IAD) packed too full.

It was ok until we got to DC and I wanted to use my United Club pass and the snobbish receptionist said that they don’t take one pass. It took me everything itch of patience not to tell her off

Food choice was poor and we had to buy on board snacks.

Flight attendant was sincerely mean -- a true disgrace to an otherwise pretty crummy company anyway. Really embarrassing. I actually feel bad for United.

Terrible. I didn’t fly and I had an important meeting the next day.

The Flight attendant had an attitude and didn't allow anyone any time to prepare for landing despite being absent throughout the entire trip

The flight was great until towards the end when the flight attendant read an excessively long commercial for purchasing an american airlines credit card. The worst part is that we are doing a lot of traveling this year so i was actually interested in getting the credit card, but I was so annoyed with the long commercial that I completely dismissed the flight attendant bringing around the information. Next time, keep the sales pitch to 10 seconds and then pass around the brochures!!

Nice aircraft. Plane was PACKED full and distance between seats was tight. Had it been more than a two hour flight it would not have been tolerable. I had much more knee space on the JetBlue flight I went out on.

New ridiculous policy by american destroyed my allegiance to american. As a million miler with american, I expected it would be easy to get on an earlier flight when I got to airport earlier than expected, and save a five hour layover. WRONG. The online app would not let me switch flights, So I called, and was promised a call back in 90 minutes. HAH! The customer service desk at DCA said “we no longer have access to changing a flight on our screens. If the app couldn’t do it, I should send a letter to American, but there’s nothing else possible!”

I am tired of being nickel and dimed for seat location, checked luggage and carry on bags. That is why i rarely fly anymore.

It was right on time and crew were very courteous

Great flight. Boarding was efficient and quick. On time departure and smooth flight. Flight arrived early at destination. Good experience.

Literally the worst experience ever and I had my service dog with me. Flight was supposed to leave at 1:51 PM but the plane arrived late. They boarded us around 3 PM and kept us on the plane for an hour saying that due to weather conditions in Miami, we could not takeoff yet. After waiting for an hour, they deplaned. And then they will not give us our bags back that we could just leave and schedule for another flight. Every hour they kept updating saying we have to wait another hour without any explanation as to what was going on. Eventually, I went to customer service to change my ticket, but by the time I made it to the front of the line, they started boarding my flight again. And then when we got onto the flight, they said there were two flight attendants That were past their shift. They kept us on the plane for about another 40 minutes until they told us they had no other flight attendance and had to deplane again. Then I gave us hotel vouchers and told us we would be on a flight at 6 AM the next day. At this point it is about 9 PM. I get to the hotel with my dog, who hasn’t been able to go potty for about eight hours. When I arrived at the hotel, I got a text alert saying my flight has been canceled at 6 AM and they moved past to 5 AM, however the hotel shuttle doesn’t leave early enough to make it to the airport for 5 AM flight. So me and some other passengers got a cab after about three hours of sleep to get back to the airport. This was the worst experience ever.

Their computers were down upon arrival to the airport. They were unable to figure out how to board us. We were delayed over an hour and a half.

I strongly dislike Frontier. I find them barebones, the seats not particularly comfortable, the nickel and diming is maddening, the app is TERRIBLE - super confusing to navigate, and the last 4 frontier flights I have flown have been on AVERAGE 2 hours late, one ruining a fancy night out in Vegas with reservations made well in advance, which was nodded to with a measly 5000 miles, which translates to almost nothing. At least credit a free checked bag or something.

8 hr delay. had to buy another ticket with another airline

I appreciated the upgrade to free cary-on bag and seat selection at no charge

Flight was delay 9hrs and nothing was provided at airport, had to go and get a room to sleep in, paid for Uber back and fort with no offers until we landed back home a 1hr later for a $75 voucher for a future flight.

Our flight was delayed an hour, then when we got to board our flight finally, we were waiting in our seats for take off for 45 minutes before it was communicated that there was a maintenance issue therefore we waited on the plane for over an hour while that was resolved. We did not get to Phoenix until almost 3 hours after we were originally supposed to. This was the first and last time I will be flying Frontier.

There were 3 leg for the trip and each leg was delayed by 90 minutes or more. The boarding process takes forever with people waiting on the jetway even though most folks do not have carry-on. The whole process is poorly managed.

They cancelled the flight then did nothing to help us rebook. It was awful - I won’t fly with them again

The process of buying the ticket and navigating all the hidden charges that Frontier throws at you was a terrible experience. The actual airport experience and flying was fine.

The truck that was refueling the plane drove away with the hose still connected to the plane and ripped part of the plane off with it

Terrible. Seats are bad and the baggage policy is inconsistent

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/31Wed
1 stopFrontier
6h 52mSMF-DCA
$76
7/31Wed
1 stopFrontier
6h 52mSMF-DCA
$79
7/15Mon
1 stopDelta
9h 27mSMF-DCA
$139
7/18Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 39mSMF-DCA
$169
9/3Tue
2 stopsDelta
11h 10mSMF-DCA
$174
10/4Fri
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
13h 35mSMF-DCA
$194
7/14Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 33mSMF-DCA
$198
7/8Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
18h 14mSMF-DCA
$292
11/28Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 30mSMF-DCA
$316
7/9Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
21h 51mSMF-DCA
$369

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Last minute flights from Sacramento to Reagan-National

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/15Sat
multi-stopFrontier
10h 51mSMF-DCA
6/17Mon
multi-stopFrontier
10h 00mDCA-SMF
$346
6/15Sat
multi-stopFrontier
10h 51mSMF-DCA
6/17Mon
multi-stopFrontier
15h 59mDCA-SMF
$352
6/14Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 20mSMF-DCA
6/30Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 30mDCA-SMF
$443
6/14Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 52mSMF-DCA
6/30Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 30mDCA-SMF
$448
6/12Wed
multi-stopDelta
8h 53mSMF-DCA
6/19Wed
multi-stopDelta
7h 27mDCA-SMF
$474
6/12Wed
multi-stopDelta
9h 27mSMF-DCA
6/19Wed
multi-stopDelta
8h 44mDCA-SMF
$479
6/12Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 38mSMF-DCA
6/19Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 28mDCA-SMF
$668
6/14Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 52mSMF-DCA
6/17Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 28mDCA-SMF
$678
6/12Wed
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
10h 21mSMF-DCA
6/19Wed
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
9h 06mDCA-SMF
$797
6/12Wed
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
10h 21mSMF-DCA
6/24Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
29h 38mDCA-SMF
$989

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Sacramento - Reagan Washington National Airport Flights

Departure:

Sacramento (SMF)United States

Destination:

Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)United States

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Reagan Washington National Airport - Sacramento

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