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Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – San Jose (SJC)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,315 km
1,438 mi · 1,250 nm
Flight time
3 h 37 min / 3 h 28 min
Average gate to gate: DFW → SJC / back
Time difference
2 h
CO2 per passenger
291 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (172 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
320,982
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −21.4%
Flights / week
41
Both directions, average
Seats filled
85%
376,192 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
AA, 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

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

The way there

Heading from DFW
289°
Heading from SJC
95°
Halfway point
35.78, -109.14
Great-circle km
2,310 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → SJC
3 h 14 min
In the air SJC → DFW
2 h 58 min
Clocks
San Jose is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 32,771 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202532,771
Sep 202527,458
Oct 202527,608
Nov 202523,887
Dec 202526,781
Jan 202621,654
Feb 202625,469
Mar 202626,180
Apr 202626,430
May 202626,743
Jun 202627,217
Jul 202628,784
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 199 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025199
Sep 2025177
Oct 2025183
Nov 2025169
Dec 2025182
Jan 2026152
Feb 2026191
Mar 2026178
Apr 2026176
May 2026179
Jun 2026177
Jul 2026185

Airlines flying DFW–SJC nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines41
99%
NKSpirit Air Lines0.3
1%

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 · 1,142 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 654 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 325 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 25 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 2 flights

Also carried: 27 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
76.5%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
20 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2%
Flights counted
2,202
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Delay minutes by cause: airline 39% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 8% · weather 8% · 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
$385
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$282
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
93% of passengers · $386
Lowest-fare airline
Alaska Airlines
4% of passengers · $372

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $222 · Q3 2025 $242 · Q4 2025 $346 · Q1 2026 $385).

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: 2,310 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 SJC

Route Distance Passengers / year
SJC → SAN671 km 1,086,373
SJC → SEA1,121 km 925,052
SJC → LAS622 km 874,887
SJC → LAX496 km 767,258
SJC → DEN1,526 km 641,392
SJC → PHX1,000 km 626,230
SJC → SNA550 km 474,447
SJC → PDX915 km 445,241
SJC → BUR477 km 370,490
SJC → SLC940 km 286,267

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and San Jose (SJC) are 2,315 km (1,438 miles, 1,250 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.