There are 9 ways to get from Washington to Alaska by plane, car, subway, or train
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Fairbanks (FAI)DCA - FAI
10h 8m$416–1,564Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Fairbanks
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Fairbanks (FAI)IAD - FAI
12h 39m$224–910Drive 4,249.3 mi
- Drive from Washington to Anchorage4,249.3 mi
3d 4h$776–1,121Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)DCA - ANC
10h 28m$650–2,447Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juneau International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)DCA - JNU
13h 8m$399–1,512Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Anchorage International Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)IAD - ANC
10h 6m$354–1,410Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Fairbanks
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Fairbanks (FAI)BWI - FAI
11h 58m$234–1,447Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Juneau International Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)IAD - JNU
13h 12m$224–860Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Juneau International Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)BWI - JNU
12h 23m$224–1,397
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Fairbanks (FAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Alaska is to subway and fly which costs $220 - $950 and takes 12h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Alaska is to subway and fly which takes 10h 6m and costs $350 - $1,500.
The distance between Washington and Alaska is 3299 miles. The road distance is 4274.1 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Washington to Alaska, including transfers.
Alaska is 4h behind Washington. It is currently 6:21 PM in Washington and 2:21 PM in Alaska.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Alaska is 4274 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 4h to drive from Washington to Alaska.
There are 221+ hotels available in Alaska.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Alaska, USA?
United Airlines, Delta, and Alaska Airlines, Inc. fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Fairbanks (FAI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fairbanks via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Sitka
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Portland, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Sitka
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fairbanks via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Detroit, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Minneapolis, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fairbanks via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fairbanks via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fairbanks via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juneau International Airport via Cleveland, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
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