Washington (BWI) – Dallas (DAL)
- Distance
- 1,945 km
- 1,208 mi · 1,050 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 10 min / 2 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → DAL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 244 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (144 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 451,210
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.4%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 598,410 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 BWI
- 255°
- Heading from DAL
- 63°
- Halfway point
- 36.44, -87.17
- Great-circle km
- 1,942 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → DAL
- 2 h 49 min
- In the air DAL → BWI
- 2 h 28 min
- Clocks
- Dallas is 1 h behind Washington
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,519 |
| Sep 2025 | 37,425 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,562 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,641 |
| Dec 2025 | 43,920 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,840 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,020 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,461 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,001 |
| May 2026 | 37,233 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,482 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,106 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 320 |
| Sep 2025 | 316 |
| Oct 2025 | 328 |
| Nov 2025 | 294 |
| Dec 2025 | 328 |
| Jan 2026 | 251 |
| Feb 2026 | 230 |
| Mar 2026 | 294 |
| Apr 2026 | 286 |
| May 2026 | 283 |
| Jun 2026 | 304 |
| Jul 2026 | 322 |
Airlines flying BWI–DAL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68 | 100% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 1,690 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,189 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 677 flights
Also carried: 604 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 3,617
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 19% · weather 5% · security 1%.
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
- $247
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $217
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $247
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $247
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $215 · Q3 2025 $193 · Q4 2025 $223 · Q1 2026 $247).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $252, likely $218–$287
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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). 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 7% 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: 1,942 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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