Reagan National · Dulles · BWI

Black car service in Washington DC

Motorcades, closures and secure perimeters appear with no notice.

The US Capitol at dusk, framed by cherry blossoms

Example all‑in fares Weekday afternoon · Oct 2026

Route	Off-peak	Peak	Sedan	SUV
Reagan National → Downtown	15–20 min	30–40 min	$109.00	$144.00
Dulles → Downtown	40–55 min	70–90 min	Quoted	Quoted
BWI → Downtown	50–65 min	80–105 min	Quoted	Quoted
By the hour	3-hour minimum		from $104/hr	Quoted

Weekday afternoon examples from our quote engine, Oct 2026, including the 20% chauffeur gratuity, tolls, parking, airport fees, surcharges and taxes. Your quote is confirmed in writing and held for 72 hours.

The airport access fee is shown on its own line and already in the total.

Sedan: up to 3 passengers and 3 bags. SUV: up to 6 passengers and 6 bags.

Booking in Washington DC

Motorcades, closures and secure perimeters appear with no notice. A chauffeur who works here plans a second route as a matter of course. Chauffeured sedans and SUVs across Washington and the surrounding region — three commercial airports at three very different distances, a downtown where the road network changes without notice, and a corporate belt that runs well into Virginia and Maryland. Booked and managed by Executive Black Car, driven by vetted local operators who work these roads every day.

Gratuity and airport fees included
Rate agreed in writing, no surge pricing
Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup
Free waiting: 60 minutes at airports, 15 minutes elsewhere

Booking for someone else

With a corporate account, confirmation and chauffeur details go to you and, if you want, the traveller
Cost centre or PO on the invoice, with a corporate account
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Travelling yourself

Meet-and-greet at arrivals; your flight is tracked, so early and late landings are handled
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Every operator must hold

Licensed and permitted for the city and its airports
$1M combined single limit, certificate on file naming Karfis Enterprises LLC
Background and driving-record checks, attested
Two vehicle classes, the same in every city

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Airport transfers

DCA, Dulles and BWI — and which one actually suits you

Corporate & roadshows

Hill days, association work and the Virginia corridor

Private aviation

Dulles, National, Manassas and the Maryland fields

Hotel transfers

Downtown, Georgetown, the Wharf and Pennsylvania Avenue

Events & venues

The Kennedy Center, Capital One Arena and the reception circuit

Universities & campuses

Georgetown, GWU, Howard, SAIS and the NIH corridor

Airport guide

Reagan vs Dulles vs BWI: downtown, Capitol Hill, Tysons and Baltimore: which airport fits which meeting.

Washington DC airports

Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA)

Closer to downtown than most cities’ suburbs, which makes it the default for anything on a tight schedule. The National Hall terminal and the older Terminal 1 have separate access, and the airport’s short-haul, high-frequency traffic means arrivals bunch hard — a flight landing on time into a full arrivals road still takes twenty minutes to clear. We meet inside by default rather than circling a kerb that is rarely available.

National Hall · Terminal 1 · Meet & greet

Airport transfers in Washington DC Live flight tracking

Washington Dulles International (IAD)

The long-haul and international gateway, and far enough out that the return journey has to be planned rather than assumed. International arrivals clear through the main terminal, and the walk from the gates is substantial before anyone reaches you. For departures out of Dulles from downtown we build in the Toll Road and the fact that the last few miles have no alternative routing if something goes wrong.

International arrivals · Dulles Toll Road · Customs hold

Baltimore/Washington International (BWI)

Often the cheaper flight and almost always the longer drive. BWI makes sense from the Maryland side of the region and rarely makes sense from Virginia. We quote it as a genuine long transfer rather than pretending it behaves like the other two, and for early departures we will usually suggest a pickup time that looks excessive right up until the Baltimore–Washington Parkway proves otherwise.

Maryland side · Long-transfer pricing · BW Parkway timing

Private aviation

The region’s private traffic is spread across several fields rather than concentrated at one, with Dulles handling the larger aircraft and Manassas and Leesburg carrying a good share of the lighter movements. For private arrivals we work from the tail number and coordinate with the FBO directly rather than a published schedule. Tell us the field and the FBO when you book and we will confirm coverage before you travel.

FBO ramp pickups · Crew coordination

Private aviation in Washington DC Tail-number tracking

Where we work in Washington DC

Downtown, K Street & the East End

Closures come without warning; the alternate approach matters. Downtown’s difficulty is not congestion so much as unpredictability — street closures for motorcades, demonstrations and events happen with little warning and can shut a block instantly.

Capitol Hill & the federal campus

We tell you the accessible point at booking. We route to the nearest reliably accessible point and tell you where that is at booking rather than discovering it on the day.

Georgetown, Foggy Bottom & the West End

In Georgetown, pick up from a named cross street. Georgetown has no Metro station, which is precisely why car service demand there is disproportionate, and its streets were not designed for anything modern. Pickups work best from a named cross street rather than a storefront.

Northern Virginia: Tysons, Reston & Arlington

Tysons and Reston are far closer to Dulles than to Reagan. Tysons and Reston generate constant executive travel along the Dulles corridor, and both are far closer to Dulles than to Reagan National — a distinction worth getting right when booking flights, not after.

Maryland: Bethesda & the I-270 corridor

We say plainly which airport serves you best. Bethesda, Chevy Chase and the biotech corridor running north-west along I-270 generate steady corporate and medical travel. We quote the Maryland suburbs on the same per-route basis and will say plainly which airport actually serves you best.

Typical journey times across the DC region

Washington is the one market where choosing the airport matters more than choosing the route. Reagan National is close enough to walk out of; Dulles is a committed drive; BWI is effectively a different city.

Approximate driving times between Washington DC districts and the Washington area airports
From	Approx. distance	Off-peak	Allow in peak
Downtown to Reagan National	5 miles	15–20 min	30–40 min
Downtown to Dulles	27 miles	40–55 min	70–90 min
Downtown to BWI	33 miles	50–65 min	80–105 min
Tysons to Dulles	15 miles	25–30 min	40–55 min
Capitol Hill to Reagan National	6 miles	15–25 min	35–45 min
Bethesda to Reagan National	13 miles	30–40 min	55–70 min

Hotels, venues and campuses we run to

Hotel transfers in Washington DC

The properties closest to the White House sit inside a security perimeter that changes with the day’s schedule, and the approach that worked last week may not work this morning. We confirm the accessible entrance on the day rather than assuming it.

Events & venues in Washington DC

Capital One Arena sits in the middle of the downtown grid, so an event there affects every approach to Penn Quarter at once. The Kennedy Center has one practical access road and it backs up hard before a performance — we build that in rather than discovering it.

The Mall has almost no legal stopping, so monument and museum work is dropped and collected at agreed points on the surrounding streets rather than at the door. Middleburg, Annapolis and Baltimore are quoted per trip and suit a day hire.

Culture, dining and the region

Universities & campuses in Washington DC

Georgetown has no Metro station, which is exactly why car demand there is disproportionate, and its streets are narrow and frequently one-way. NIH in Bethesda is a credentialed federal campus — visitors need clearance at the gate, so we route to the designated visitor entrance and allow for the check.

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