The total distance from New York, NY to Washington, DC is 204 miles. This is equivalent to 329 kilometers or 178 nautical miles. Your trip begins in New York, New York. It ends in Washington, District of Columbia. Your flight direction from New York, NY to Washington, DC is Southwest (-127 degrees from North). The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to fly from New York, NY to Washington, DC. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance (as the crow flies). It uses the great circle formula to compute the total travel mileage.