Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – St. Louis (STL)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
885 km
550 mi · 478 nm
Flight time
1 h 43 min / 1 h 55 min
Average gate to gate: DFW → STL / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
111 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (66 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
533,563
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.6%
Flights / week
89
Both directions, average
Seats filled
79%
672,254 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
5
AA, MQ, F9

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

The way there

Heading from DFW
41°
Heading from STL
225°
Halfway point
35.87, -93.83
Great-circle km
885 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → STL
1 h 19 min
In the air STL → DFW
1 h 25 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: June 2026: 49,425 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun49.4KJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202543,957
Sep 202542,632
Oct 202547,046
Nov 202543,948
Dec 202543,026
Jan 202636,515
Feb 202640,620
Mar 202647,321
Apr 202642,938
May 202647,471
Jun 202649,425
Jul 202648,664
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: June 2026: 457 flights
0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun457Jul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025396
Sep 2025383
Oct 2025415
Nov 2025402
Dec 2025394
Jan 2026305
Feb 2026318
Mar 2026366
Apr 2026354
May 2026402
Jun 2026457
Jul 2026440

Airlines flying DFW–STL nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines70
85%
MQEnvoy Air10.0
7%
F9Frontier Airlines3.6
4%
OHPSA Airlines3.1
2%
OOSkyWest Airlines2.7
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 · 1,530 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 831 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 745 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 506 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 331 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 186 flights
  • Canadair CRJ 900 · 153 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 148 flights

Also carried: 89 tonnes of freight and 8 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
71.8%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
28 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
3.2%
Flights counted
4,763
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines69.8%31 min
MQEnvoy Air85.9%10 min
F9Frontier Airlines78.1%26 min
OHPSA Airlines66.5%30 min
OOSkyWest Airlines67.2%26 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 53% · air traffic system 13% · weather 6% · 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
$278
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$247
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
96% of passengers · $280
Lowest-fare airline
Frontier Airlines
1% of passengers · $149

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $253 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $229 · Q1 2026 $278).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $284, likely $245–$324

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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). 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 3% 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: 885 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 STL

Route Distance Passengers / year
STL → DEN1,239 km 936,788
STL → ATL779 km 897,901
STL → MCO1,419 km 639,112
STL → ORD415 km 614,584
STL → PHX2,030 km 600,778
STL → LGA1,429 km 574,253
STL → LAS2,207 km 558,829
STL → CLT926 km 449,277
STL → DAL878 km 431,963
STL → MSP721 km 406,193

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and St. Louis (STL) are 885 km (550 miles, 478 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.