Frankfurt to Ashburn Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
Frankfurt to Ashburn ping and RTT: 81.2 ms, 0.66 ms jitter, 64.3 ms fiber floor, and 79.2% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇩🇪 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Frankfurt (FRA) to 🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 81.2 ms |
| Jitter | 0.66 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 64.3 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 79.2% |
| Latency Tier | Good |
| Source Region | Europe |
| Destination Region | North America |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Frankfurt am Main (50.11552, 8.68417) and Ashburn (39.04372, -77.48749). It does not disclose either facility address.
| Physical Reference | Value |
|---|---|
| WGS-84 geodesic distance | 6,566 km |
| Vacuum RTT floor | 43.8 ms |
| Standard fiber RTT floor () | 64.3 ms |
| Low-latency fiber material floor | 64.04 ms |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance) | 67.52 ms |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference | 85.52 ms |
| Estimated unamplified path loss | 1378.9 dB |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | 87 / 86 |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor | 1.26× |
Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology.
Stability & Trend
The following estimated indicators summarize route stability for the current publication period and are intended for comparative planning rather than SLA evaluation.
| Stability Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum RTT | 80.6 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 81.1 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 82.3 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 82.4 ms |
| Jitter | 0.66 ms |
| Packet loss | 0% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 81.1 ms
- Minimum
- 80.4 ms
- Maximum
- 82.0 ms
- Average loss
- 0.02%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: Frankfurt (FRA)
- Destination PoP: Ashburn (IAD)
- Region overview: Europe → North America
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: Ashburn to Frankfurt latency and RTT — 80.6 ms
- Frankfurt to Amsterdam latency and RTT — 5.9 ms
- Frankfurt to Berlin latency and RTT — 6.1 ms
- Frankfurt to Paris latency and RTT — 7.6 ms
- Frankfurt to London latency and RTT — 12.8 ms
- Frankfurt to Marseille latency and RTT — 17.3 ms
About This Measurement
Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. Stability indicators are comparative estimates, and none of these values is an SLA.
Data auto-generated on July 19, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.