WASHINGTON, DC · 48 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026
11 published instrument approaches: 3 ILS approaches including CAT II/III minima, 5 RNAV (GPS), serving 4 runway ends.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — | |
 | ALTERNATE MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | HOT SPOT | — |
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Tower | 119.1121.275Helicopters | Washington |
| Ground | 121.7 | Washington |
| Clearance delivery | 128.25 | Washington |
| ATIS | 132.65 | Washington |
| Approach | 119.85West/South124.2East | Washington |
| Departure | 118.95West125.65East | Washington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Washington |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 7,169 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 01 356°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · ALSF-2 approach lighting | |||
| 19 175°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSF approach lighting · right-hand circuit | |||
| 15/33 | 5,204 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt Excellent | Medium intensity |
| 15 143°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° · right-hand circuit | |||
| 33 323°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° | |||
| 04/22 | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt Good | Medium intensity |
| 04 26°T | PAPI (4-box) 3.25° · displaced threshold 200 ft | |||
| 22 206°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° · right-hand circuit | |||
| 19X | — | — | ||
| 19X | LDA/DME | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
38.8514400, -77.0377210
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Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
Ronald Reagan Washington National’s procedures serve four runway ends across three runway alignments, so instrument approach coverage is not uniform. The mix includes ILS, RNAV (GPS) and localiser procedures, with one ILS carrying CAT II/III minima. The chart set is weighted towards departures and standard arrivals rather than approaches, reflecting extensive published routing around the field.
Runway 01/19 provides substantially more length than either crossing runway, making available runway length notably dependent on alignment. Among nearby fields, Joint Base Andrews has the closest comparable breadth of procedure coverage, while Davison AAF has a smaller but still substantial set; Potomac Airfield, College Park and Freeway have much thinner coverage. The Washington Sectional adds broader VFR context, while the Baltimore-Washington Terminal Area Chart supplies more focused terminal-area detail.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KVKX | Potomac Airfield | FRIENDLY, MD | 7 nm SE | 3 |
| KADW | Joint Base Andrews | CAMP SPRINGS, MD | 8 nm E | 36 |
| KCGS | College Park | COLLEGE PARK, MD | 9 nm NE | 4 |
| KDAA | Davison AAF | FORT BELVOIR, VA | 11 nm SW | 16 |
| W00 | Freeway | BOWIE, MD | 14 nm NE | 4 |
| 2W5 | Maryland | INDIAN HEAD, MD | 15 nm S | 3 |
| KFME | Fort Meade Exec | FORT MEADE (ODENTON), MD | 19 nm NE | 4 |
| KGAI | Montgomery County Airpark | GAITHERSBURG, MD | 20 nm N | 11 |
48 current FAA charts for Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, including 11 instrument approachs, 20 departure procedures, 13 arrival procedures, 1 airport diagram. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.
Tower 119.1, 121.275; Ground 121.7; ATIS 132.65; UNICOM 122.95; Clearance delivery 128.25. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl has 4 runways. The longest is 01/19 at 7,169 ft by 150 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
Yes — 3 ILS procedures are published, including CAT II/III minima. In total KDCA has 11 published instrument approaches, of which 5 are RNAV (GPS).
The official FAA airport diagram for Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl is free to download at the top of this page. It shows runways, taxiways, ramp layout and hold-short positions, and is reissued every 28 days.
Yes. 1 of the published ILS procedures carry CAT II/III minima, which allow approaches in lower visibility than a standard CAT I ILS. Those plates are listed separately in the approach table above, marked CAT II or CAT III in the chart name.
Yes. Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl has an operating control tower, within Washington Center's airspace. Tower, ground and clearance frequencies are listed on this page.
4, which is why the chart set is as large as it is — each runway end that supports an instrument approach needs its own plates. The runway diagram on this page shows the layout to scale.
They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.
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