Dallas (DAL) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 1,903 km
- 1,182 mi · 1,027 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 1 min / 2 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 239 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (141 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 416,507
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.2%
- Flights / week
- 59
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 509,781 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
- 275°
- Heading from SAN
- 84°
- Halfway point
- 33.21, -107.03
- Great-circle km
- 1,899 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → SAN
- 2 h 43 min
- In the air SAN → DAL
- 2 h 30 min
- Clocks
- San Diego is 2 h behind Dallas
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,426 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,107 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,815 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,275 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,096 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,054 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,804 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,841 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,917 |
| May 2026 | 36,249 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,870 |
| Jul 2026 | 40,053 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 238 |
| Sep 2025 | 228 |
| Oct 2025 | 275 |
| Nov 2025 | 253 |
| Dec 2025 | 273 |
| Jan 2026 | 231 |
| Feb 2026 | 242 |
| Mar 2026 | 271 |
| Apr 2026 | 259 |
| May 2026 | 267 |
| Jun 2026 | 267 |
| Jul 2026 | 285 |
Airlines flying DAL–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 59 | 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 · 1,352 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 874 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 863 flights
Also carried: 201 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,148
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 51% · air traffic system 17% · weather 2% · 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
- $223
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $218
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $223
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $223
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $218 · Q3 2025 $211 · Q4 2025 $219 · Q1 2026 $223).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $228, likely $197–$260
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 5.5%). 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
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: 1,899 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.