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Cleveland (CLE) – Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,643 km
1,021 mi · 887 nm
Flight time
2 h 59 min / 2 h 37 min
Average gate to gate: CLE → DFW / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
206 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (122 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
434,083
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.8%
Flights / week
61
Both directions, average
Seats filled
79%
551,830 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
3
AA, F9, MQ

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 CLE to DFWCLEDFW
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CLE
240°
Heading from DFW
51°
Halfway point
37.40, -89.87
Great-circle km
1,642 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air CLE → DFW
2 h 27 min
In the air DFW → CLE
2 h 9 min
Clocks
Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Cleveland

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: June 2026: 42,766 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun42.8KJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202541,712
Sep 202536,812
Oct 202537,979
Nov 202532,852
Dec 202538,464
Jan 202625,858
Feb 202627,342
Mar 202636,230
Apr 202634,123
May 202638,886
Jun 202642,766
Jul 202641,059
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 288 flights
0100200300AugSepOctNovDec288JanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025282
Sep 2025282
Oct 2025267
Nov 2025251
Dec 2025288
Jan 2026191
Feb 2026206
Mar 2026280
Apr 2026265
May 2026282
Jun 2026282
Jul 2026276

Airlines flying CLE–DFW nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines53
88%
F9Frontier Airlines6.3
11%
MQEnvoy Air0.9
1%

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 · 2,539 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 165 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 142 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 94 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 83 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 58 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 35 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 24 flights

Also carried: 90 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
70.8%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
24 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.4%
Flights counted
3,240
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines69.5%25 min
F9Frontier Airlines78.7%17 min
MQEnvoy Air93.2%3 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 14% · 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
$322
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$276
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
81% of passengers · $343
Lowest-fare airline
Frontier Airlines
9% of passengers · $134

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $257 · Q3 2025 $258 · Q4 2025 $282 · Q1 2026 $322).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $329, likely $284–$375

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 6.7%). 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: Q3, typically 10% 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: 1,642 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.

More routes from CLE

Route Distance Passengers / year
CLE → ATL892 km 899,612
CLE → ORD508 km 828,106
CLE → MCO1,441 km 652,337
CLE → DEN1,933 km 545,848
CLE → EWR650 km 406,926
CLE → CLT693 km 399,100
CLE → FLL1,709 km 361,016
CLE → TPA1,492 km 328,309
CLE → LGA674 km 325,096
CLE → LAS2,936 km 319,245

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

Cleveland (CLE) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) are 1,643 km (1,021 miles, 887 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.