Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 1,884 km
- 1,171 mi · 1,017 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 4 min / 3 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 236 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (140 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,169,665
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.7%
- Flights / week
- 137
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,355,089 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, F9, AS
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
- 275°
- Heading from SAN
- 84°
- Halfway point
- 33.22, -107.12
- Great-circle km
- 1,880 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → SAN
- 2 h 38 min
- In the air SAN → DFW
- 2 h 29 min
- Clocks
- San Diego is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 96,787 |
| Sep 2025 | 88,468 |
| Oct 2025 | 97,197 |
| Nov 2025 | 82,408 |
| Dec 2025 | 92,531 |
| Jan 2026 | 78,775 |
| Feb 2026 | 82,140 |
| Mar 2026 | 95,671 |
| Apr 2026 | 98,749 |
| May 2026 | 112,064 |
| Jun 2026 | 119,482 |
| Jul 2026 | 125,393 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 566 |
| Sep 2025 | 511 |
| Oct 2025 | 573 |
| Nov 2025 | 501 |
| Dec 2025 | 566 |
| Jan 2026 | 491 |
| Feb 2026 | 489 |
| Mar 2026 | 580 |
| Apr 2026 | 595 |
| May 2026 | 723 |
| Jun 2026 | 729 |
| Jul 2026 | 790 |
Airlines flying DFW–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 120 | 88% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.6 | 7% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 7.7 | 4% |
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 · 5,266 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,082 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 287 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 163 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 139 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 129 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 31 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 17 flights
Also carried: 154 tonnes of freight and 78 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.6%
- Flights counted
- 7,337
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70.4% | 23 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72.5% | 23 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 67.6% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 14% · weather 9% · 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
- $252
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 83% of passengers · $286
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $137
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $242 · Q3 2025 $240 · Q4 2025 $259 · 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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.4%). 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 5% 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: 1,880 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 |