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$287 Find cheap flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks departing on 7/26. 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks (WAS-FAI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks 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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1:53 pm - 12:18 amBWI-FAI
14h 25m2 stops
1:45 am - 7:42 pmFAI-BWI
13h 57m2 stops
$573Delta
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Tue, Jul 30 - Mon, Aug 5
5:38 pm - 12:02 pmIAD-FAI
22h 24m2 stops
7:30 pm - 3:13 pmFAI-IAD
39h 43m2 stops
$596Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Sep 21 - Sat, Sep 28
11:25 am - 8:47 pmDCA-FAI
13h 22m1 stop
10:05 pm - 2:02 pmFAI-DCA
11h 57m1 stop
$622Delta
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Thu, Jul 4 - Thu, Jul 11
5:55 pm - 11:59 pmIAD-FAI
10h 04m1 stop
3:15 pm - 6:01 amFAI-IAD
10h 46m1 stop
$623Delta
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Sat, Sep 21 - Sat, Sep 28
5:38 pm - 12:02 pmIAD-FAI
22h 24m2 stops
12:46 am - 6:07 pmFAI-IAD
13h 21m1 stop
$624Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Sep 21 - Fri, Sep 27
1:53 pm - 12:18 amBWI-FAI
14h 25m2 stops
10:05 pm - 5:31 pmFAI-BWI
15h 26m1 stop
$624Delta
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Tue, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 6
1:10 pm - 7:50 pmIAD-FAI
10h 40m1 stop
8:57 pm - 11:52 amFAI-IAD
10h 55m1 stop
$740United Airlines
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Thu, Jul 4 - Sun, Jul 7
4:08 pm - 10:42 pmDCA-FAI
10h 34m1 stop
8:57 pm - 12:24 pmFAI-DCA
11h 27m1 stop
$740United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 2 - Sun, Jul 7
9:28 am - 1:16 amIAD-FAI
19h 48m2 stops
11:20 am - 8:54 amFAI-IAD
17h 34m2 stops
$750American Airlines
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Tue, Jul 2 - Sun, Jul 7
1:55 pm - 1:16 amDCA-FAI
15h 21m2 stops
11:20 am - 9:21 amFAI-DCA
18h 01m2 stops
$750American Airlines
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Tue, Jul 2 - Sun, Jul 7

Flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

The average price of all flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Fairbanks on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Tuesday. On your return trip to Washington, D.C., you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Thursdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks, 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks is October, where tickets cost $600 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and May, where the average cost of tickets is $911 and $899 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks, 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 66 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Delta offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $287. KAYAK users also found Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks round-trip flights on Delta from $573 and on Alaska Airlines from $596.

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Low season

May

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$287
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 17% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 15% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks 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 flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks was $287 for a one-way ticket and $573 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and Fairbanks?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    Washington, D.C. has 2 major airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National and Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. Fairbanks is the only airport in Fairbanks. You’ll usually find the cheapest deals if you fly from Baltimore/Washington Airport.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Washington, D.C. and Fairbanks, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Fairbanks from Washington, D.C.?

    Seattle is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks are Alaska Airlines and Delta. With an average price for the route of $794 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $710 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Fairbanks from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    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 Fairbanks with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks?

    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 Fairbanks from Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 4 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks. 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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks? 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 9254 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
7.3Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.6Crew
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Seats are more spacious than other airlines that have you packed like sardines.

10.0 ExcellentGary, Jun 2024SEA - EWR
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Seats are more spacious than other airlines that have you packed like sardines.

My baggage did not with me , which upset the item that were inside as gifts . Well over 24 hours .

Very close to on-time takeoff and landing. Attendants were all great - Julia was best! Joined the Alaska Air Rewards and will fly with them again!

Loved the gate agent and flight attendants. All were extremely helpful.

I had never flown Alaska before but I definitely will again . Their app is great and the staff was nice , the plane was clean and comfortable . I've been trying to think of something to complain about but I honestly cannot think of anything . And Alaska itself - wow! Such beauty everywhere out there

It was really nice as always and i enjoyed the flight this time around wasn't as much turbulence.

There were no gluten free snacks and it wasn’t clear how to access entertainment.

watching out the window as the loaders bounced the luggage onto the carts as it was deplaned made me understand why some of my bags have been destroyed on the airline.

entertainment (use your own hardware) was difficult and I don't like tiny tiny screens for movies. "we're locking the bathrooms" messge came as they locked them. how about a warning, e.g. we will lock bathrooms in 15 on our final approach...

First time having to use a wheelchair after a surgery. It was great and they were so very helpful and accommodating.

3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

Among the poorest flights I’ve had with Delta in a while. Entertainment system failed completely on a 7.5 hr flight. Crew seemed distracted and not the normal friendly crew. Flight overbooked it seemed… very crowded.

If I can, I always fly Delta. I’ve found their service to always be reliable and pleasant.

You could have not cancelled the flight (AA, which I will be flying from now on) left for BOS despite the fictitious weather issues (that no one in my Boston family could see). You could have rebooked my direct flight to another direct flight instead of sending me though JFK, the worst US airport after O’Hara You could have rebooked me on a Main Cabin seat (like the one I paid for in my original ticket instead of putting me a the last row on JFK->BOS leg, pocketing the difference in ticket price But I do not really care whether you will ever do that in a future because in a future neither I nor anyone from my company (unless they pay out of pocket) nor an of my clients and partners (if they heed my advice) will ever be caught dead on any of Delta flights

Really bad baggage handling. Had my Rimowa bag badly damaged at the latches.

It was pretty good I was worried with the short Layover that I might not catch my connection but the gate was there

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

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.

Friendly flight attendants. Comfort plus seats were very comfortable and had lots of leg room. 10A and 10 B.

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!

We ended up with seats in the very back. So they did not recline. Have no idea why, we reserved and checked in very early. The isles were very narrow and the seats had very little leg room. But they did give us water, and a snack.

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

they made me check my carryon. There was space in the overhead bins.

The plane was delayed 2 hours. The wifi did not work. The seat in first class was not comfortable because the bottom felt like it lost all of its padding. And I did not like when the flight attendant made me wait at my seat to use the bathroom and didn't tell me why. If there were too many people using the 1st Class bathroom, she should have told me to go in the back, coach bathrooms. I guess I have to feel fortunate that they found 2 local pilots to still fly the plane tonight after the original pilots ended up at an airport 60 miles away due to high winds.

The crew were really great, but the 4 hour delay in small chunks was the worst.

Just a crappy airline. The same every time. You feel you are a cow on a farm. You are being being whipped and pulled.

Wasn’t very crowded. Seamless processes. No issues traveling with two little kids.

My interaction with the flight attendent Eve was horrible. I was seated in 3F and was blown away watching her repeatedly skip me as she took other customer orders for lunch...she took the customer next to me but skipped me, then took everyone's order around me (in front of and behind me) . After she had taken every customer's orders to include those behind me, she came to me and said we are out of everything except one last item. I was mortified, in that, I am a 1k flyer, had pre-ordered AND as an African American could only assume why she repeatedly skipped me...mortified. no words

The Flight was good, pilot seemed very skillful. My wheel chair sister who could barely walk was allotted the second last seat in the aircraft, with great difficulty she managed to reach on her seat, as she required attendance we were given separate seat, even on request no one cared, so much so there were single passengers who were given twin seats. May not be taken as complaint but a reminder to the checkin staff to keep in mind in future the allottment of wheel chair passengers seats.

Almost 2 hour delay in boarding with all standing ready to board at original time. No explanation given.

This is by far the worst experience I have had with American Airlines. The start of this trip was a complete disaster. I purposely planned my trip so that I would weather any delays so that I could make very important meeting at the Pentagon. My flight was cancelled because of maintenance and I was put on the first flight the next day but I was late to the meeting. After a long week at the Pentagon I just wanted to go home and my flight home which was early in the day was delayed. Eventually the flight was delayed until the next day. I was not authorized a hotel room because DCA was my point of origin. So I paid for a hotel out of pocket. The flight this morning was boarded then deplaned because the aircraft was hot. The flow of information was not happening in DCA and made it worse when the news was bad. I am going to take a break from American for my next few military flights. Hopefully whatever has been going on with American Airlines will be resolved.

AA1537 the AC was not working properly. It was very hot and uncomfortable.

Overall the flights pretty good. The snacks we’re good and they were plenty of them. Both boarding and deplaning went quickly.

Delayed abs delayed Gate crew giving poor info - we are definitely leaving at —- Ultimately to cancel flight after 4+ hours of delays Just cancel it earlier

The flight was scheduled to depart DCA at 12:30 pm but was delayed twice on the ground so that we were finally scheduled to depart at around 4:00 pm. Once we boarded, it was announced that takeoff would be delayed again to fix a hydraulic problem which delayed our eventual takeoff until around 5:00 pm. Once we departed, it was a smooth flight back to ORD. We did not get any explanation about what caused the original significant delay. In my experience, this happens frequently with AA.

Lots of weather delays that were poorly communicated and managed. I get there are weather delays but they didn’t make it clear what was happening or comfortable on the plane

Everything was on time; the flight attendants and the gate personnel were very pleasant and helpful.

Our second leg to Jackson WY was unable to land due to weather. We were flown back to Dallas after stopping in SLC. We were given hotel rooms and vouchers. We were told that we would be back on the same plane in the morning. Instead we were given a different flight with different seats. Not a good experience. No one knew what was going on.

Perfect flight. On time departure and early arrival. Smooth flight.

Awful! The flight was delayed and we sat on the plane in DCA for an hour because fuel was out in the wrong part of the plane and would not be accessible during flight. So the plane had to be refueled in correct tank. They also allowed someone to get off of the plane. This delayed my six hour flight by an hour and made me miss my connecting flight. I ran to new gate and American Airlines agents new about the delay and even knew that I was trying to make the connection. They knew thru communication with my friend while in flight that I was in the airport and running to the new gate and they still closed the gate and refused to let me on the new flight despite plane still being at the gate. It was horrible and I had to be rebooked on a flight for 24 hours later. This has been a nightmare and if American Airlines can cause customers to be delayed and then have zero empathy as having an on time flight was more important to them than helping a customer who was delayed by no fault of her own, then it's seems that it's not a company that I want to continue to give my loyalty to. I'm so disgusted.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/26Fri
2 stopsDelta
14h 25mBWI-FAI
$287
9/5Thu
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
21h 11mIAD-FAI
$302
7/24Wed
2 stopsDelta
14h 25mBWI-FAI
$308
9/5Thu
1 stopAlaska Airlines
20h 26mIAD-FAI
$316
7/8Mon
1 stopDelta
10h 42mIAD-FAI
$318
7/25Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 20mDCA-FAI
$320
7/25Thu
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
22h 04mIAD-FAI
$325
7/8Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 50mDCA-FAI
$370
7/8Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
14h 01mIAD-FAI
$375
7/8Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
14h 59mDCA-FAI
$375

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Last minute flights from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks

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 Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/11Tue
multi-stopDelta
14h 30mBWI-FAI
6/17Mon
multi-stopDelta
13h 51mFAI-BWI
$946
6/11Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
10h 19mBWI-FAI
6/18Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
12h 28mFAI-BWI
$1,042
6/11Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
10h 19mBWI-FAI
6/18Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
12h 48mFAI-BWI
$1,046
6/11Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
16h 02mBWI-FAI
6/18Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
12h 48mFAI-BWI
$1,051
6/11Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
10h 19mBWI-FAI
6/17Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
11h 33mFAI-BWI
$1,124

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