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Washington (BWI) – Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,958 km
1,217 mi · 1,057 nm
Flight time
3 h 26 min / 2 h 56 min
Average gate to gate: BWI → DFW / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
246 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (145 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
399,264
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.0%
Flights / week
50
Both directions, average
Seats filled
84%
473,305 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
3
AA, F9, NK

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

Great circle from BWI to DFWBWIDFW
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BWI
255°
Heading from DFW
63°
Halfway point
36.47, -87.26
Great-circle km
1,955 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air BWI → DFW
2 h 53 min
In the air DFW → BWI
2 h 30 min
Clocks
Dallas-Fort Worth 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.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 44,396 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul44.4K
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Month Passengers
Aug 202536,768
Sep 202531,089
Oct 202533,467
Nov 202532,462
Dec 202539,767
Jan 202625,447
Feb 202623,999
Mar 202629,104
Apr 202633,662
May 202635,358
Jun 202633,745
Jul 202644,396
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 293 flights
0100200300AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul293
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Month Flights
Aug 2025229
Sep 2025209
Oct 2025219
Nov 2025210
Dec 2025238
Jan 2026169
Feb 2026162
Mar 2026191
Apr 2026230
May 2026233
Jun 2026216
Jul 2026293

Airlines flying BWI–DFW nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines36
69%
F9Frontier Airlines10
23%
NKSpirit Air Lines3.5
8%

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 737-800 · 1,445 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 399 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 293 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 212 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 158 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 71 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 14 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 6 flights

Also carried: 44 tonnes of freight and 18 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
71.4%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
25 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.8%
Flights counted
2,674
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines70.7%25 min
F9Frontier Airlines69.7%28 min
NKSpirit Air Lines82.4%11 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 13% · weather 5% · 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
$232
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$196
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
63% of passengers · $279
Lowest-fare airline
Frontier Airlines
29% of passengers · $135

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $192 · Q3 2025 $177 · Q4 2025 $197 · Q1 2026 $232).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $237, likely $205–$270

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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.5%). 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 3% 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: 1,955 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.

Every airport pair between Washington and Dallas-Fort Worth

DFW
IAD1,886
DCA1,918
BWI1,958

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Washington airports

More routes from BWI

Route Distance Passengers / year
BWI → ATL928 km 1,538,206
BWI → MCO1,267 km 1,237,056
BWI → FLL1,489 km 804,416
BWI → DEN2,400 km 780,630
BWI → CLT581 km 765,109
BWI → BOS594 km 729,691
BWI → TPA1,356 km 641,829
BWI → MIA1,522 km 600,956
BWI → ORD1,000 km 527,338
BWI → LAS3,389 km 509,280

More routes from DFW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DFW → ATL1,177 km 1,929,257
DFW → ORD1,290 km 1,916,312
DFW → LAX1,987 km 1,914,491
DFW → DEN1,032 km 1,745,260
DFW → LGA2,235 km 1,726,005
DFW → PHX1,396 km 1,648,391
DFW → LAS1,698 km 1,630,211
DFW → MCO1,585 km 1,605,592
DFW → SEA2,671 km 1,577,921
DFW → MIA1,804 km 1,512,657

Questions

Washington (BWI) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) are 1,958 km (1,217 miles, 1,057 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.