Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 1,708 km
- 1,061 mi · 922 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 38 min / 3 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → RDU / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 214 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (127 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 659,132
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.1%
- Flights / week
- 85
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 786,437 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, F9, NK
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
- 74°
- Heading from RDU
- 264°
- Halfway point
- 34.73, -88.08
- Great-circle km
- 1,705 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → RDU
- 2 h 14 min
- In the air RDU → DFW
- 2 h 38 min
- Clocks
- Raleigh is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 57,391 |
| Sep 2025 | 52,753 |
| Oct 2025 | 65,791 |
| Nov 2025 | 56,304 |
| Dec 2025 | 60,324 |
| Jan 2026 | 45,629 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,610 |
| Mar 2026 | 49,225 |
| Apr 2026 | 53,589 |
| May 2026 | 57,874 |
| Jun 2026 | 58,490 |
| Jul 2026 | 57,152 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 362 |
| Sep 2025 | 348 |
| Oct 2025 | 425 |
| Nov 2025 | 399 |
| Dec 2025 | 418 |
| Jan 2026 | 316 |
| Feb 2026 | 290 |
| Mar 2026 | 323 |
| Apr 2026 | 372 |
| May 2026 | 392 |
| Jun 2026 | 379 |
| Jul 2026 | 379 |
Airlines flying DFW–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 75 | 89% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 8.0 | 10% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.0 | 1% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.5 | 0% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 0.3 | 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 · 2,444 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,148 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 249 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 199 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 197 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 103 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 26 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 22 flights
Also carried: 80 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,528
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.7% | 22 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.9% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 75.5% | 11 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 73.1% | 32 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $271
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $242
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 80% of passengers · $295
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $135
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $251 · Q3 2025 $214 · Q4 2025 $237 · Q1 2026 $271).
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: 1,705 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 |