The proposal seeks to amend the DCA perimeter rule set by Congress in 1966. The rule placed restrictions on the number of long-distance flights over a 1,250-mile radius allowed from the airport.

Today, the rules (or exceptions to those rules, more precisely) allow airlines up to 20 round trips beyond the perimeter to specific airports, as shown on the below map from aviation analytics ...

At issue is the perimeter rule, which limits the number of flights that travel more than 1,250 from DCA. Both Reagan and Dulles are owned by the federal government, which means Congress has the ...

Through the years, exemptions to the DCA perimeter rules have allowed a handful of airlines to establish transcontinental routes from Reagan to the West Coast by way of cities like Los Angeles ...

The perimeter rule bans flights to and from Reagan National that are more than 1250 miles. There are only 20 round-trip exceptions a day, which is why Reagan National has a few flights to places ...

Imagine 28 more daily round-trip flights out of Reagan National Airport, already one of the nation’s busiest and most delay-prone. That’s the future Delta Air Lines wants Congress to permit ...

The perimeter rule limits the distance of nonstop flights to and from Reagan National to 1,250 miles — roughly the distance westward to Kansas and Nebraska and as far north as Quebec and ...

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The rule permits only 20 roundtrip flights out of DCA each day by seven airlines — less than 6 percent of its daily flights — to be flown to just 10 markets beyond a 1,250-mile perimeter. This ...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is speaking out against changes to the perimeter and slot rules at Reagan National Airport (DCA) that currently limit how many flights go in and out of the airport as wel… ...

H.R. 3185, the bipartisan Direct Capital Access Act (The DCA Act), will bring the perimeter rule into the 21st century and help meet current air travel demand.

"A critical part of our regional transportation network remains stuck in the past, and risks stifling the competitiveness of our region." Why this transportation exec is calling for changes to DCA.