Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – San Antonio (SAT)
- Distance
- 397 km
- 247 mi · 214 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 7 min / 1 h 16 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → SAT / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 91 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (54 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,062,008
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.2%
- Flights / week
- 166
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,278,439 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- 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
The way there
- Heading from DFW
- 200°
- Heading from SAT
- 20°
- Halfway point
- 31.22, -97.77
- Great-circle km
- 398 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → SAT
- 45 min
- In the air SAT → DFW
- 48 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 90,963 |
| Sep 2025 | 84,706 |
| Oct 2025 | 92,617 |
| Nov 2025 | 83,167 |
| Dec 2025 | 92,147 |
| Jan 2026 | 80,362 |
| Feb 2026 | 87,654 |
| Mar 2026 | 95,432 |
| Apr 2026 | 89,789 |
| May 2026 | 95,499 |
| Jun 2026 | 84,238 |
| Jul 2026 | 85,434 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 767 |
| Sep 2025 | 719 |
| Oct 2025 | 769 |
| Nov 2025 | 673 |
| Dec 2025 | 713 |
| Jan 2026 | 642 |
| Feb 2026 | 636 |
| Mar 2026 | 722 |
| Apr 2026 | 709 |
| May 2026 | 781 |
| Jun 2026 | 742 |
| Jul 2026 | 779 |
Airlines flying DFW–SAT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 134 | 90% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 18 | 6% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 13 | 4% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 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 · 1,942 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,930 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,504 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,273 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 948 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 501 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 224 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 185 flights
Also carried: 26 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 26 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Flights counted
- 8,751
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71% | 28 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 75.3% | 19 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 82.7% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 8% · weather 15% · 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
- $265
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $255
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $265
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 2% of passengers · $246
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $253 · Q3 2025 $252 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $265).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $271, likely $234–$308
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 6.8%). 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
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: 398 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 |