Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – McAllen (MFE)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
754 km
468 mi · 407 nm
Flight time
1 h 32 min / 1 h 40 min
Average gate to gate: DFW → MFE / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
95 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
490,978
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.6%
Flights / week
90
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
588,728 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
3
AA, MQ, OO

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

The way there

Heading from DFW
189°
Heading from MFE
9°
Halfway point
29.54, -97.66
Great-circle km
756 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → MFE
1 h 10 min
In the air MFE → DFW
1 h 15 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 46,317 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar46.3KAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202534,952
Sep 202539,269
Oct 202544,427
Nov 202540,504
Dec 202543,796
Jan 202639,027
Feb 202639,542
Mar 202646,317
Apr 202643,378
May 202643,587
Jun 202636,428
Jul 202639,751
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 420 flights
0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul420
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Month Flights
Aug 2025379
Sep 2025367
Oct 2025393
Nov 2025378
Dec 2025398
Jan 2026371
Feb 2026355
Mar 2026408
Apr 2026405
May 2026412
Jun 2026399
Jul 2026420

Airlines flying DFW–MFE nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines61
79%
MQEnvoy Air25
18%
OOSkyWest Airlines3.8
2%

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

  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,295 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,256 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 845 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 745 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 250 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 198 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 70 flights
  • Embraer-Emb-170 · 16 flights

Also carried: 61 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
74.6%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
25 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
3%
Flights counted
4,835
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines70.8%31 min
MQEnvoy Air81.9%15 min
OOSkyWest Airlines88.4%7 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 6% · weather 11% · security 0%.

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 756 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 → 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 MFE

Route Distance Passengers / year
MFE → IAH509 km 279,246
MFE → AUS449 km 127,649
MFE → LAS1,947 km 117,783
MFE → SFB1,703 km 35,905
MFE → NLU717 km 10,473
MFE → PHX1,553 km 7,573
MFE → CUN1,291 km 3,875
MFE → LAX2,122 km 1,526
MFE → SAT373 km 310
MFE → MEX751 km 249

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and McAllen (MFE) are 754 km (468 miles, 407 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.