Dallas (DAL) – Houston (HOU)
- Distance
- 385 km
- 239 mi · 208 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 7 min / 1 h 3 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → HOU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 88 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (52 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 802,444
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.2%
- Flights / week
- 154
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 64%
- 1,245,503 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
- 157°
- Heading from HOU
- 338°
- Halfway point
- 31.25, -96.05
- Great-circle km
- 386 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → HOU
- 46 min
- In the air HOU → DAL
- 44 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 70,393 |
| Sep 2025 | 68,917 |
| Oct 2025 | 77,753 |
| Nov 2025 | 61,719 |
| Dec 2025 | 64,718 |
| Jan 2026 | 54,050 |
| Feb 2026 | 62,850 |
| Mar 2026 | 72,795 |
| Apr 2026 | 59,337 |
| May 2026 | 69,334 |
| Jun 2026 | 72,412 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,166 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 691 |
| Sep 2025 | 666 |
| Oct 2025 | 710 |
| Nov 2025 | 612 |
| Dec 2025 | 625 |
| Jan 2026 | 640 |
| Feb 2026 | 641 |
| Mar 2026 | 728 |
| Apr 2026 | 692 |
| May 2026 | 694 |
| Jun 2026 | 650 |
| Jul 2026 | 656 |
Airlines flying DAL–HOU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 154 | 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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 4,411 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,145 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,449 flights
Also carried: 665 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 8,100
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 28% · weather 4% · 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
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $232
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $232
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $203 · Q3 2025 $215 · Q4 2025 $216 · 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 6.1%). 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: 386 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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