The flight time from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 6 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves AUS Austin, TX 3 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
40 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
77%
Frontier
0%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 40 minutes.

The flight distance from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth is 190 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Austin
1 hour, 2 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 6m
Frontier
1h 21m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

94

Distance

190 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
94
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Austin from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 190 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth?

The flight time from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 6 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 1 hour, 21 minutes.

What airlines fly from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth?

American and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth.

Does Southwest fly from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Austin (AUS) to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Austin 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 40 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth, Frontier is 0% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 0% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 77% 21% 2%
Frontier 0% 100% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Austin and Dallas Fort Worth, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 14 40 11 66
Frontier 19 42 20 81

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
5am 0.86
10am 0.72
6pm 1.04
3pm 0.54
5pm 0.88
1pm 0.85
9am 0.78
8pm 0.77
8am 0.95
2pm 0.9
6am 1.01
11am 0.69
12pm 1.07
7am 0.71
7pm 0.51
9pm 0.05
4pm 0.87

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 379
February 388
March 464
April 407
May 426
June 406
July 410
August 417
September 427
October 418
November 397
December 377

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Austin to Dallas Fort Worth that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 14.21
Tuesday 13.73
Wednesday 13.44
Thursday 13.94
Friday 14.21
Saturday 11
Sunday 14

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 2
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
5am 14 40 10 64
10am 14 40 10 65
6pm 16 41 13 72
3pm 15 41 9 66
5pm 15 39 12 69
1pm 14 40 11 64
9am 13 40 10 65
8pm 14 40 12 68
8am 15 41 11 70
2pm 15 40 11 68
6am 16 40 11 68
11am 13 39 9 62
12pm 14 40 11 65
7am 15 40 10 64
7pm 14 39 10 65
9pm 13 38 7 59
4pm 16 41 10 68
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.