Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – London (LHR)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
7,645 km
4,750 mi · 4,128 nm
Flight time
9 h 5 min / 10 h 1 min
Average gate to gate: DFW → LHR / back
Time difference
6 h
CO2 per passenger
893 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (528 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
856,971
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.3%
Flights / week
67
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
1,026,865 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
AA, BA

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

The way there

Heading from DFW
42°
Heading from LHR
296°
Halfway point
53.38, -58.16
Great-circle km
7,627 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → LHR
8 h 34 min
In the air LHR → DFW
9 h 21 min
Clocks
London is 6 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth

The estimate for a route without real times is 9 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: June 2026: 84,427 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun84.4KJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202570,758
Sep 202568,759
Oct 202575,763
Nov 202566,277
Dec 202578,448
Jan 202664,612
Feb 202647,547
Mar 202674,979
Apr 202665,886
May 202675,569
Jun 202684,427
Jul 202683,946
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 311 flights
0200400AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar311AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025299
Sep 2025292
Oct 2025308
Nov 2025280
Dec 2025310
Jan 2026273
Feb 2026219
Mar 2026311
Apr 2026298
May 2026302
Jun 2026289
Jul 2026307

Airlines flying DFW–LHR nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines57
82%
BABritish Airways10
18%

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 777-300/300ER/333ER · 1,885 flights
  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 812 flights
  • Airbus 350-1000 · 296 flights
  • Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 254 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A380-800 · 120 flights
  • Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 116 flights
  • B787-800 Dreamliner · 5 flights

Also carried: 40,336 tonnes of freight and 13 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 7,627 km.

DFW Dallas-Fort Worth → LHR London

UK261£520 for arriving 3 hours or more late (£260 if 3–4 hours).

Covers UK or EU airlines only.

LHR London → DFW Dallas-Fort Worth

UK261£520 for arriving 3 hours or more late (£260 if 3–4 hours).

Covers any airline.

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 Dallas-Fort Worth and London

LHRLGWSTNLTNLCYSEN
DFW7,6457,6787,6677,6317,6757,711

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

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 → DEN1,032 km 1,745,260
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

More routes from LHR

Route Distance Passengers / year
LHR → JFK5,555 km 2,984,474
LHR → DUB450 km 1,903,141
LHR → MAD1,243 km 1,550,044
LHR → AMS371 km 1,460,366
LHR → FRA656 km 1,410,787
LHR → LAX8,781 km 1,410,748
LHR → MUC944 km 1,304,262
LHR → IST2,493 km 1,281,925
LHR → ZRH790 km 1,147,298
LHR → CDG348 km 1,121,802

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and London (LHR) are 7,645 km (4,750 miles, 4,128 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.