Atlanta (ATL) – Dallas (DAL)
- Distance
- 1,160 km
- 721 mi · 626 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 8 min / 1 h 58 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → DAL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 146 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (86 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 656,756
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.2%
- Flights / week
- 126
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 880,850 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, DL
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 269°
- Heading from DAL
- 82°
- Halfway point
- 33.40, -90.67
- Great-circle km
- 1,158 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → DAL
- 1 h 48 min
- In the air DAL → ATL
- 1 h 35 min
- Clocks
- Dallas is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 57,909 |
| Sep 2025 | 58,203 |
| Oct 2025 | 63,979 |
| Nov 2025 | 52,679 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,727 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,660 |
| Feb 2026 | 47,463 |
| Mar 2026 | 51,319 |
| Apr 2026 | 49,480 |
| May 2026 | 60,887 |
| Jun 2026 | 58,231 |
| Jul 2026 | 60,219 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 614 |
| Sep 2025 | 608 |
| Oct 2025 | 630 |
| Nov 2025 | 550 |
| Dec 2025 | 537 |
| Jan 2026 | 475 |
| Feb 2026 | 486 |
| Mar 2026 | 526 |
| Apr 2026 | 505 |
| May 2026 | 568 |
| Jun 2026 | 526 |
| Jul 2026 | 530 |
Airlines flying ATL–DAL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 58 | 51% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 68 | 49% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 717-200 · 3,554 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,065 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,013 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 919 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 2 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 315 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.9%
- Flights counted
- 6,700
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.7% | 14 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 16% · weather 6% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $259
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $222
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 54% of passengers · $212
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 54% of passengers · $212
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $204 · Q3 2025 $202 · Q4 2025 $232 · Q1 2026 $259).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $264, likely $229–$301
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,158 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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