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[[File:DC Cherry Blossom April 2018 03.jpg|thumb|The [[Washington Monument]] viewed from the [[Tidal Basin]] during the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]] in April 2018]]
[[File:DC Cherry Blossom April 2018 03.jpg|thumb|The [[Washington Monument]] viewed from the [[Tidal Basin]] during the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]] in April 2018]]
[[File:Washington, D.C. locator map.svg|thumb|D.C. is on the north side of the Potomac River, and is surrounded on three side by Maryland. Virginia lies across the river to the south-west]]
[[File:Washington, D.C. locator map.svg|thumb|D.C. is on the north side of the Potomac River, and is surrounded on three side by Maryland. Virginia lies across the river to the south-west]]
Washington, D.C., is located in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic region]] of the [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. East Coast]]. The city has a total area of {{convert|68.34|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}, of which {{convert|61.05|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|7.29|sqmi|km2}} (10.67%) is water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-10.pdf |title=District of Columbia: 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2015 |date=June 2012 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=June 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618075141/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-10.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The district is bordered by [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], to the northwest; [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], to the east; [[Arlington County, Virginia]], to the west; and [[Alexandria, Virginia]], to the south.
Washington, D.C., is located in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic region]] of the [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. East Coast]]. The city has a total area of {{convert|68.34|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}, of which {{convert|61.05|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|7.29|sqmi|km2}} (10.67%) is water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-10.pdf |title=District of Columbia: 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2015 |date=June 2012 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=June 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618075141/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-10.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The district is bordered by [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], to the northwest; [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], to the east; Arlington County, Virginia, to the west; and [[Alexandria, Virginia]], to the south.


The south bank of the [[Potomac River]] forms the district's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries, the [[Anacostia River]] and [[Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)|Rock Creek]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.potomacriver.org/2012/facts-a-faqs/faqs |title=Facts & FAQs |publisher=Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813114925/http://www.potomacriver.org/2012/facts-a-faqs/faqs |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> [[Tiber Creek]], a natural watercourse that once passed through the [[National Mall]], was fully enclosed underground during the 1870s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Grant III |first=Ulysses Simpson |year=1950 |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |volume=50 |title=Planning the Nation's Capital |pages=43–58 |author-link=Ulysses S. Grant III}}</ref> The creek also formed a portion of the now-filled [[Washington City Canal]], which allowed passage through the city to the Anacostia River from 1815 until the 1850s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Heine |first=Cornelius W. |year=1953 |title=The Washington City Canal |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |volume=53 |pages=1–27 |jstor=40067664}}</ref> The [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]] starts in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] and was used during the 19th century to bypass the [[Little Falls (Potomac River)|Little Falls]] of the Potomac River, located at the northwest edge of the city at the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/choh/historyculture/index.htm |title=C&O Canal National Historic Park: History & Culture |access-date=July 3, 2008 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611121022/http://www.nps.gov/choh/historyculture/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
The south bank of the [[Potomac River]] forms the district's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries, the [[Anacostia River]] and [[Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)|Rock Creek]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.potomacriver.org/2012/facts-a-faqs/faqs |title=Facts & FAQs |publisher=Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813114925/http://www.potomacriver.org/2012/facts-a-faqs/faqs |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> [[Tiber Creek]], a natural watercourse that once passed through the [[National Mall]], was fully enclosed underground during the 1870s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Grant III |first=Ulysses Simpson |year=1950 |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |volume=50 |title=Planning the Nation's Capital |pages=43–58 |author-link=Ulysses S. Grant III}}</ref> The creek also formed a portion of the now-filled [[Washington City Canal]], which allowed passage through the city to the Anacostia River from 1815 until the 1850s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Heine |first=Cornelius W. |year=1953 |title=The Washington City Canal |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |volume=53 |pages=1–27 |jstor=40067664}}</ref> The [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]] starts in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] and was used during the 19th century to bypass the [[Little Falls (Potomac River)|Little Falls]] of the Potomac River, located at the northwest edge of the city at the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/choh/historyculture/index.htm |title=C&O Canal National Historic Park: History & Culture |access-date=July 3, 2008 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611121022/http://www.nps.gov/choh/historyculture/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[File:BB DC set election 11.16.jpg|thumb|CNN reporting from D.C. during the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]]]]
[[File:BB DC set election 11.16.jpg|thumb|CNN reporting from D.C. during the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]]]]
The [[Washington metropolitan area]] is the ninth-largest television media market in the nation, with two million homes, representing approximately 2% of the country's television market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/us-tv-households-up-15-asian-hispanic-households-triple-that-5846/nielsen-top-30-local-television-market-universe-estimates-2008-2009jpg/ |title=US TV Households Up 1.5%—Asian, Hispanic Households Triple That |date=September 27, 2008 |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |access-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414201559/http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/us-tv-households-up-15-asian-hispanic-households-triple-that-5846/nielsen-top-30-local-television-market-universe-estimates-2008-2009jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> Several media companies and cable television channels have their headquarters in the area, including [[C-SPAN]], [[Radio One (company)|Radio One]], the [[National Geographic Channel]], [[Smithsonian Networks]], [[National Public Radio]] (NPR), [[Travel Channel]] (in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]]), [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Communications]] (in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]), and [[PBS]] (in [[Arlington County, Virginia]]). The headquarters of [[Voice of America]], the U.S. government's international news service, is near the Capitol in Southwest Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |title=About VOA |url=http://www.insidevoa.com/info/about_us/1673.html |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225143334/http://www.insidevoa.com/info/about_us/1673.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[Washington metropolitan area]] is the ninth-largest television media market in the nation, with two million homes, representing approximately 2% of the country's television market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/us-tv-households-up-15-asian-hispanic-households-triple-that-5846/nielsen-top-30-local-television-market-universe-estimates-2008-2009jpg/ |title=US TV Households Up 1.5%—Asian, Hispanic Households Triple That |date=September 27, 2008 |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |access-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414201559/http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/us-tv-households-up-15-asian-hispanic-households-triple-that-5846/nielsen-top-30-local-television-market-universe-estimates-2008-2009jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> Several media companies and cable television channels have their headquarters in the area, including [[C-SPAN]], [[Radio One (company)|Radio One]], the [[National Geographic Channel]], [[Smithsonian Networks]], [[National Public Radio]] (NPR), [[Travel Channel]] (in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]]), [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Communications]] (in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]), and [[PBS]] (in Arlington County, Virginia). The headquarters of [[Voice of America]], the U.S. government's international news service, is near the Capitol in Southwest Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |title=About VOA |url=http://www.insidevoa.com/info/about_us/1673.html |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225143334/http://www.insidevoa.com/info/about_us/1673.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


The city is served by two local NPR affiliates, [[WAMU]] and [[WETA (FM)|WETA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/charlottes-wfae-is-latest-pubcaster-to-unionize-with-sag-aftra/article_8b46c780-ae0b-11ee-9257-efcc18feeecb.html |title= Charlotte's WFAE Is Latest Pubcaster To Unionize With SAG-AFTRA |date=January 8, 2024 |website=Inside Radio |access-date=February 2, 2024 |quote=public radio station ... others include ... WAMU and WETA Washington DC }}</ref>
The city is served by two local NPR affiliates, [[WAMU]] and [[WETA (FM)|WETA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/charlottes-wfae-is-latest-pubcaster-to-unionize-with-sag-aftra/article_8b46c780-ae0b-11ee-9257-efcc18feeecb.html |title= Charlotte's WFAE Is Latest Pubcaster To Unionize With SAG-AFTRA |date=January 8, 2024 |website=Inside Radio |access-date=February 2, 2024 |quote=public radio station ... others include ... WAMU and WETA Washington DC }}</ref>
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[[File:NewConcourse-RonaldReaganWashingtonNationalAirport.jpg|thumb|[[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Reagan Washington National Airport]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]] is the closest airport to the city among the three major [[Washington metropolitan area]] airports.]]
[[File:NewConcourse-RonaldReaganWashingtonNationalAirport.jpg|thumb|[[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Reagan Washington National Airport]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]] is the closest airport to the city among the three major [[Washington metropolitan area]] airports.]]


Three major airports serve the district, though none are within the city's borders. Two of these major airports are located in suburban [[Northern Virginia]] and one in suburban [[Maryland]]. The closest is [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]], which is located in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], just across the [[Potomac River]] about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} from downtown Washington, D.C. This airport provides primarily domestic flights and has the lowest number of passengers of the three airports in the region. The busiest by number of total passengers is [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport]] (BWI), located in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], Maryland about {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} northeast of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commercial Service Airport Ranking, FAA |url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf |date=December 20, 2019 |website=Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102133933/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The busiest by international flights and the largest by land size and amount of facilities is [[Dulles International Airport|Washington Dulles International Airport]], located in [[Dulles, Virginia]], about {{convert|24|mi|km|0}} west of the city.<ref>{{Citation |title=MWAA Air Traffic Statistics |date=December 1, 2018 |url=https://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/12-18_ats_report_v2.pdf |work=Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority |language=en |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318194548/https://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/12-18_ats_report_v2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Dulles has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]] outside the [[New York metropolitan area]], including approximately 90% of the international passenger traffic in the [[Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area|Washington-Baltimore region]].<ref name=ACI>{{cite web |url=https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-freight-statistics-2011-2015-passengers |title=U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report |publisher=Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=December 25, 2016 |archive-date=December 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225215408/https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-freight-statistics-2011-2015-passengers |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each of these three airports also serves as a hub for a major American airline: Reagan National Airport is a hub for [[American Airlines]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/12/06/fleet-and-hubs-american-airlines-numbers/95014004/ |title=The fleet and hubs of American Airlines, by the numbers |date=December 6, 2016 |work=USA Today |first=Ben |last=Mutzabaugh |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225031122/http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/12/06/fleet-and-hubs-american-airlines-numbers/95014004/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dulles is a major hub for [[United Airlines]] and [[Star Alliance]] partners,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/ |title=The fleet and hubs of United Airlines, by the numbers |date=January 26, 2017 |work=USA Today |first=Ben |last=Mutzabaugh |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212041159/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and BWI is an operating base for [[Southwest Airlines]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/southwest-opens-ft-lauderdale-international-gateway-focus-city/ |title=Southwest Opens Ft Lauderdale International Gateway Focus City |date=August 8, 2016 |magazine=Airways Magazine |first=Chris |last=Sloan |access-date=November 8, 2021 |quote=Ft. Lauderdale is destined to join Houston Hobby, Baltimore, and Los Angeles as a key focus gateway city |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001085639/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/southwest-opens-ft-lauderdale-international-gateway-focus-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the Washington, D.C. area was the [[List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic|18th-busiest airport system in the world]] by passenger traffic, accumulating over 74 million passengers between its three main commercial airports; by 2022 it had climbed to 13th-busiest for passenger traffic, even though passenger numbers decreased to less than 69 million.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Three major airports serve the district, though none are within the city's borders. Two of these major airports are located in suburban [[Northern Virginia]] and one in suburban [[Maryland]]. The closest is [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]], which is located in Arlington County, Virginia, just across the [[Potomac River]] about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} from downtown Washington, D.C. This airport provides primarily domestic flights and has the lowest number of passengers of the three airports in the region. The busiest by number of total passengers is [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport]] (BWI), located in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], Maryland about {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} northeast of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commercial Service Airport Ranking, FAA |url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf |date=December 20, 2019 |website=Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102133933/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The busiest by international flights and the largest by land size and amount of facilities is [[Dulles International Airport|Washington Dulles International Airport]], located in [[Dulles, Virginia]], about {{convert|24|mi|km|0}} west of the city.<ref>{{Citation |title=MWAA Air Traffic Statistics |date=December 1, 2018 |url=https://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/12-18_ats_report_v2.pdf |work=Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority |language=en |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318194548/https://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/12-18_ats_report_v2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Dulles has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]] outside the [[New York metropolitan area]], including approximately 90% of the international passenger traffic in the [[Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area|Washington-Baltimore region]].<ref name=ACI>{{cite web |url=https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-freight-statistics-2011-2015-passengers |title=U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report |publisher=Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=December 25, 2016 |archive-date=December 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225215408/https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-freight-statistics-2011-2015-passengers |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each of these three airports also serves as a hub for a major American airline: Reagan National Airport is a hub for [[American Airlines]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/12/06/fleet-and-hubs-american-airlines-numbers/95014004/ |title=The fleet and hubs of American Airlines, by the numbers |date=December 6, 2016 |work=USA Today |first=Ben |last=Mutzabaugh |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225031122/http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/12/06/fleet-and-hubs-american-airlines-numbers/95014004/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dulles is a major hub for [[United Airlines]] and [[Star Alliance]] partners,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/ |title=The fleet and hubs of United Airlines, by the numbers |date=January 26, 2017 |work=USA Today |first=Ben |last=Mutzabaugh |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212041159/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and BWI is an operating base for [[Southwest Airlines]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/southwest-opens-ft-lauderdale-international-gateway-focus-city/ |title=Southwest Opens Ft Lauderdale International Gateway Focus City |date=August 8, 2016 |magazine=Airways Magazine |first=Chris |last=Sloan |access-date=November 8, 2021 |quote=Ft. Lauderdale is destined to join Houston Hobby, Baltimore, and Los Angeles as a key focus gateway city |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001085639/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/southwest-opens-ft-lauderdale-international-gateway-focus-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the Washington, D.C. area was the [[List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic|18th-busiest airport system in the world]] by passenger traffic, accumulating over 74 million passengers between its three main commercial airports; by 2022 it had climbed to 13th-busiest for passenger traffic, even though passenger numbers decreased to less than 69 million.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}


The [[President of the United States]] does not use any of these airports for travel. Instead, the U.S. president typically travels by [[Marine One]] from the [[South Lawn]] of the [[White House]] to [[Joint Base Andrews]] in suburban Maryland. From there, he takes [[Air Force One]] to his destination.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/336384/joint-base-andrews-history/ |title=Factsheet: Joint Base Andrews History |date=September 21, 2012 |website=Joint Base Andrews |access-date=January 31, 2024 }}</ref>
The [[President of the United States]] does not use any of these airports for travel. Instead, the U.S. president typically travels by [[Marine One]] from the [[South Lawn]] of the [[White House]] to [[Joint Base Andrews]] in suburban Maryland. From there, he takes [[Air Force One]] to his destination.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/336384/joint-base-andrews-history/ |title=Factsheet: Joint Base Andrews History |date=September 21, 2012 |website=Joint Base Andrews |access-date=January 31, 2024 }}</ref>
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