Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Detroit (DTW)
- Distance
- 1,587 km
- 986 mi · 857 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 34 min / 2 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → DTW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 200 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (118 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 908,215
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.9%
- Flights / week
- 131
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,128,618 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, DL, 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
The way there
- Heading from DFW
- 45°
- Heading from DTW
- 234°
- Halfway point
- 37.76, -90.62
- Great-circle km
- 1,586 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → DTW
- 2 h 7 min
- In the air DTW → DFW
- 2 h 22 min
- Clocks
- Detroit is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 86,767 |
| Sep 2025 | 74,224 |
| Oct 2025 | 85,378 |
| Nov 2025 | 77,647 |
| Dec 2025 | 83,296 |
| Jan 2026 | 59,196 |
| Feb 2026 | 58,238 |
| Mar 2026 | 69,873 |
| Apr 2026 | 74,588 |
| May 2026 | 77,706 |
| Jun 2026 | 76,989 |
| Jul 2026 | 84,313 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 616 |
| Sep 2025 | 566 |
| Oct 2025 | 616 |
| Nov 2025 | 590 |
| Dec 2025 | 601 |
| Jan 2026 | 474 |
| Feb 2026 | 447 |
| Mar 2026 | 552 |
| Apr 2026 | 594 |
| May 2026 | 583 |
| Jun 2026 | 551 |
| Jul 2026 | 618 |
Airlines flying DFW–DTW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 61 | 48% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 53 | 35% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.7 | 10% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 7.2 | 7% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 0.6 | 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
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,548 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,565 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,259 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 630 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 282 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 236 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 236 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 30 flights
Also carried: 119 tonnes of freight and 297 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 6,983
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71.3% | 23 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.6% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.7% | 26 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 79.1% | 15 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 93.3% | 8 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 16% · weather 5% · 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
- $313
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $257
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 45% of passengers · $368
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $154
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $236 · Q3 2025 $236 · Q4 2025 $258 · Q1 2026 $313).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $319, likely $283–$364
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%). 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: Q3, 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: 1,586 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |