Dallas (DAL) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,048 km
- 651 mi · 566 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 1 min / 1 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 132 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (78 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 714,827
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.7%
- Flights / week
- 113
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 978,112 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 DAL
- 320°
- Heading from DEN
- 136°
- Halfway point
- 36.42, -100.58
- Great-circle km
- 1,048 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → DEN
- 1 h 40 min
- In the air DEN → DAL
- 1 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 1 h behind Dallas
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 61,978 |
| Sep 2025 | 58,518 |
| Oct 2025 | 64,388 |
| Nov 2025 | 55,595 |
| Dec 2025 | 67,120 |
| Jan 2026 | 52,015 |
| Feb 2026 | 52,184 |
| Mar 2026 | 61,703 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,493 |
| May 2026 | 60,417 |
| Jun 2026 | 63,551 |
| Jul 2026 | 66,865 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 473 |
| Sep 2025 | 447 |
| Oct 2025 | 470 |
| Nov 2025 | 456 |
| Dec 2025 | 511 |
| Jan 2026 | 476 |
| Feb 2026 | 465 |
| Mar 2026 | 536 |
| Apr 2026 | 504 |
| May 2026 | 502 |
| Jun 2026 | 517 |
| Jul 2026 | 536 |
Airlines flying DAL–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 113 | 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 · 2,521 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,884 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,485 flights
- Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 3 flights
Also carried: 515 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 5,968
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 46% · air traffic system 21% · weather 3% · 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
- $185
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $174
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $185
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $185
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $164 · Q3 2025 $167 · Q4 2025 $182 · Q1 2026 $185).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $189, likely $163–$215
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.6%). 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
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: 1,048 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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