Northern Virginia's is one of the main airports servicing the greater Washington D.C. area.
Washington Dulles also functions as one of and is also used by airlines with which has codeshare agreements (particularly Star Alliance members). According to information provided by , an aviation analytics company, these are the longest United Airlines international routes from Washington Dulles as of July 2024. At over 10 hours, the flight from Washington to Ghana is United's fifth-longest flight from Dulles with a distance as the crow flies of 5,596 miles.
Miles: 5,596 Operations: 13 Seats: 3,159 United Airlines offers The fifth-longest international flight from Dulles to Accra at 5,596 miles. Accra is the capital of Ghana, a West African nation. Ghana has long been one of the more stable and democratic countries in West Africa (a region with many troubled states).
Accra's Kotoka International Airport is considered one of the best airports in Sub-Saharan Africa and can service the largest aircraft (including the Airbus A380). The flight from Dulles to Kotoka International Airport takes around 10 hours and 15 minutes and is an overnight flight (departing at 18:50 and arriving the next day). As with some of United's other long-distance routes, it uses a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
The airline will launch a new service from London Gatwick in October. The flight from Washington-Dulles to Lagos is almost 11 hours, traveling 5,442 miles Miles: 5,442 Operations: 13 Seats: 3,159 The fourth-longe.
