Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 1,987 km
- 1,235 mi · 1,073 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 14 min / 3 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 249 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (147 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,914,491
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −13.4%
- Flights / week
- 235
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 2,278,063 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, F9, DL
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
- 279°
- Heading from LAX
- 87°
- Halfway point
- 33.88, -107.66
- Great-circle km
- 1,983 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → LAX
- 2 h 46 min
- In the air LAX → DFW
- 2 h 34 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth
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 | 182,112 |
| Sep 2025 | 152,719 |
| Oct 2025 | 176,767 |
| Nov 2025 | 156,589 |
| Dec 2025 | 159,986 |
| Jan 2026 | 133,081 |
| Feb 2026 | 133,578 |
| Mar 2026 | 164,462 |
| Apr 2026 | 154,349 |
| May 2026 | 161,325 |
| Jun 2026 | 165,346 |
| Jul 2026 | 174,177 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,086 |
| Sep 2025 | 954 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,111 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,035 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,024 |
| Jan 2026 | 866 |
| Feb 2026 | 881 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,078 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,018 |
| May 2026 | 1,024 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,009 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,110 |
Airlines flying DFW–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 172 | 75% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 18 | 10% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 28 | 8% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 16 | 8% |
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 · 5,647 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,569 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,295 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,140 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 545 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 535 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 223 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 159 flights
Also carried: 3,682 tonnes of freight and 409 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 12,460
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71% | 23 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 86.6% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 75.6% | 21 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 76.7% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $271
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $229
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 54% of passengers · $353
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 19% of passengers · $105
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $203 · Q4 2025 $245 · Q1 2026 $271).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $276, likely $245–$315
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.2%). 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 4% 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: 1,983 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 → 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 |
| DFW → SFO | 2,357 km | 1,313,229 |