Is Washington, DC 20024 under a flight path?
Recorded aircraft traffic near ZIP 20024 (Sep 8 to 21, 2026)
Near its center, recorded aircraft traffic is occasional. On average, 15 aircraft track events per day passed within 1 mile of the center point of ZIP 20024, measured over 14 days (Sep 8 to 21, 2026). The nearest airport we cover is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), 2.0 miles away. Within 2 miles, though, the average rises to 689 a day, so parts of this ZIP code may see far more traffic.
Track events within 1 mile per day. Daily totals often swing with runway direction: airports switch runways when the wind changes, which moves arrival and departure paths. Here the busiest day had 7.2 times as many as the quietest.
A ZIP code spans miles, so a single street can see much more or much less than this. Check an exact address.
How close does the traffic pass?
| Distance from the ZIP's center point | Average track events |
|---|---|
| Within ½ mile | 9.5 a day |
| Within 1 mile | 15 a day |
| Within 2 miles | 689 a day |
Each row counts recorded aircraft tracks that came within that distance of the center point, so the wider circles include the narrower ones.
What time of day?
Show the hour-by-hour numbers
| Hour (local) | Average a day |
|---|---|
| 12 am to 1 am | 0.2 |
| 1 am to 2 am | 0.1 |
| 2 am to 3 am | 0.6 |
| 3 am to 4 am | 0.1 |
| 4 am to 5 am | 0.1 |
| 5 am to 6 am | 0.2 |
| 6 am to 7 am | 0.9 |
| 7 am to 8 am | 0.7 |
| 8 am to 9 am | 0.9 |
| 9 am to 10 am | 1.3 |
| 10 am to 11 am | 0.6 |
| 11 am to 12 pm | 1.5 |
| 12 pm to 1 pm | 0.5 |
| 1 pm to 2 pm | 1.3 |
| 2 pm to 3 pm | 0.9 |
| 3 pm to 4 pm | 0.5 |
| 4 pm to 5 pm | 0.8 |
| 5 pm to 6 pm | 0.7 |
| 6 pm to 7 pm | 1 |
| 7 pm to 8 pm | 0.9 |
| 8 pm to 9 pm | 0.4 |
| 9 pm to 10 pm | 0.4 |
| 10 pm to 11 pm | 0.3 |
| 11 pm to 12 am | 0.1 |
18% of these track events happened at night (10 pm to 7 am Eastern time), about 2.7 a night.
How 20024 compares around DCA
Measured the same way, 20024 is the 13th busiest of 26 nearby ZIP codes around DCA in our data. See all 26 ZIP codes near DCA.
Check the exact address
A ZIP code spans miles, and one street can get far more or far fewer aircraft than the next. The numbers on this page describe the center point of 20024, not any particular home, so check the exact address before you decide.
The iPhone app adds a map of recorded flight paths and day-by-day patterns for any covered address.
Nearby ZIP codes
- 20565 Washington1.2 a day · 1.1 mi away
- 20560 Washington1.3 a day · 1.2 mi away
- 20004 Washington1.3 a day · 1.3 mi away
- 20003 Washington27 a day · 1.5 mi away
- 20230 Washington129 a day · 1.6 mi away
- 20006 Washington380 a day · 2.1 mi away
- 20005 Washington6 a day · 2.3 mi away
- 20020 Washington15 a day · 2.5 mi away
How we measure this
| Level | Average track events within 1 mile |
|---|---|
| Very frequent | 200 or more a day |
| Frequent | 50 to 199 a day |
| Occasionalthis ZIP | 10 to 49 a day |
| Infrequent | 1 to 9.9 a day |
| Rare | fewer than 1 a day |
A track event is one recorded aircraft track that passed within the stated distance of the ZIP code's center point. The tracks are ADS-B positions shared by the adsb.lol community, sampled every few seconds, so the counts are close but not exact, and aircraft that don't broadcast ADS-B or fly out of receiver range are missed.
These are counts, not sound measurements, so this page doesn't estimate loudness. Traffic also changes over time: runway use shifts with the wind, and routes change.
Common questions
How much aircraft traffic is there near ZIP 20024?
Recorded flight tracks show an average of 15 aircraft track events per day within 1 mile of the center point of ZIP 20024 (Washington, DC), measured over 14 days (Sep 8 to 21, 2026). That is in the “occasional” band. Within 2 miles the average was 689 per day.
Do aircraft pass near Washington 20024 at night?
18% of recorded track events within 1 mile happened between 10 pm and 7 am local time, about 2.7 a night on average.
What is the nearest airport to 20024?
The nearest airport we cover is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), about 2.0 miles from the ZIP's center point.
Does this show how loud it is?
No. These are counts of recorded aircraft tracks, not sound measurements. How loud aircraft are at a home depends on their altitude and type, the weather and the building. The FlightPath Home app adds a modeled loudness estimate for an exact address, labeled as a model.
Will the traffic be the same next month?
Not necessarily. Runway use changes with the wind, and routes and procedures change over time. These figures cover 14 days (Sep 8 to 21, 2026).