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Denver (DEN) – Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,032 km
641 mi · 557 nm
Flight time
2 h 1 min / 2 h 10 min
Average gate to gate: DEN → DFW / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
130 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (77 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,745,260
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.0%
Flights / week
228
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
2,104,513 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
5
AA, UA, F9

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

The way there

Heading from DEN
136°
Heading from DFW
321°
Halfway point
36.44, -100.69
Great-circle km
1,032 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DEN → DFW
1 h 28 min
In the air DFW → DEN
1 h 38 min
Clocks
Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h ahead of Denver

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

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 165,630 passengers
0100K200KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul165.6K
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Month Passengers
Aug 2025150,727
Sep 2025142,180
Oct 2025161,699
Nov 2025135,083
Dec 2025147,090
Jan 2026126,229
Feb 2026132,716
Mar 2026152,281
Apr 2026126,034
May 2026148,686
Jun 2026156,905
Jul 2026165,630
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 1,090 flights
05001K1.5KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul1.1K
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Month Flights
Aug 20251,001
Sep 2025909
Oct 20251,033
Nov 2025915
Dec 2025965
Jan 2026883
Feb 2026918
Mar 20261,072
Apr 2026964
May 20261,041
Jun 20261,040
Jul 20261,090

Airlines flying DEN–DFW nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines109
50%
UAUnited Air Lines72
27%
F9Frontier Airlines44
22%
OOSkyWest Airlines1.2
0%
MQEnvoy Air0.9
0%

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

  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 4,258 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 1,913 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 1,276 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,183 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,169 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,037 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 510 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 335 flights

Also carried: 333 tonnes of freight and 448 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
72.8%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
23 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2%
Flights counted
12,068
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines68%27 min
UAUnited Air Lines77.4%18 min
F9Frontier Airlines76.4%19 min
MQEnvoy Air81.3%14 min
OOSkyWest Airlines91.3%14 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 20% · 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
$205
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$193
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
45% of passengers · $227
Lowest-fare airline
Frontier Airlines
27% of passengers · $120

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $189 · Q3 2025 $186 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $205).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $209, likely $185–$238

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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 2.7%). 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

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: 1,032 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.

Every airport pair between Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth

DFW
DEN1,032
BJC1,062

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Denver airports

More routes from DEN

Route Distance Passengers / year
DEN → PHX968 km 2,417,314
DEN → LAX1,387 km 2,043,500
DEN → LAS1,011 km 2,041,165
DEN → ORD1,430 km 1,974,190
DEN → SEA1,648 km 1,819,437
DEN → SLC629 km 1,802,673
DEN → SFO1,556 km 1,743,354
DEN → MSP1,094 km 1,715,510
DEN → ATL1,930 km 1,697,204
DEN → SAN1,372 km 1,660,071

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 → 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
DFW → SFO2,357 km 1,313,229

Questions

Denver (DEN) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) are 1,032 km (641 miles, 557 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.