Dallas (DAL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 2,006 km
- 1,246 mi · 1,083 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 13 min / 2 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 252 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (149 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 414,495
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.6%
- Flights / week
- 56
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 494,369 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
- 279°
- Heading from LAX
- 87°
- Halfway point
- 33.87, -107.56
- Great-circle km
- 2,002 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → LAX
- 2 h 50 min
- In the air LAX → DAL
- 2 h 36 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 2 h behind Dallas
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,221 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,512 |
| Oct 2025 | 32,360 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,936 |
| Dec 2025 | 40,987 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,137 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,750 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,889 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,841 |
| May 2026 | 38,072 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,601 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,189 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 219 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 |
| Oct 2025 | 235 |
| Nov 2025 | 239 |
| Dec 2025 | 270 |
| Jan 2026 | 189 |
| Feb 2026 | 208 |
| Mar 2026 | 260 |
| Apr 2026 | 257 |
| May 2026 | 258 |
| Jun 2026 | 279 |
| Jul 2026 | 291 |
Airlines flying DAL–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 56 | 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 · 1,493 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 985 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 433 flights
Also carried: 1,209 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 66.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 2,941
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 14% · weather 1% · 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
- $229
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $203
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $229
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $229
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $184 · Q3 2025 $186 · Q4 2025 $215 · Q1 2026 $229).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $234, likely $202–$267
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.7%). 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 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: 2,002 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.