The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario is 3 hours, 7 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 1 minute late.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 40 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ONT Ontario, CA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
72%
Frontier
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 40 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario is 1188 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Ontario to Dallas Fort Worth
2 hours, 52 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 6m
Frontier
3h 10m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

46

Distance

1188 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
36
Frontier
9

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas Fort Worth from Ontario by plane?

The distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario by plane is 1188 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

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

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 3 hours, 6 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 10 minutes.

What airlines fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario?

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

Does Southwest fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario?

Southwest does not fly from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Ontario (ONT). 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 Dallas Fort Worth 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 160 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Ontario 2 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 Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario, Frontier is 72% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Frontier 72% 26% 2%
American 72% 26% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas Fort Worth and Ontario, 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 19 160 6 186
Frontier 20 162 6 190

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
1pm 0.07
7pm 0.26
8am 1.03
2pm 0.14
7am 0.05
5am 0.14
8pm 0.04
9pm 0.34
6pm 0.08
4pm 0.38
3pm 0.04
10am 0.87
11am 0.16
6am 0.03
9am 0.01
5pm 0.6
11pm 0.14
12pm 1.03
10pm 1.06

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario 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 176
February 163
March 204
April 209
May 218
June 209
July 212
August 232
September 226
October 199
November 181
December 175

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Ontario 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 6.71
Tuesday 6.42
Wednesday 6.6
Thursday 6.79
Friday 6.67
Saturday 6.23
Sunday 6.81

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 1
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)
1pm 19 159 7 188
7pm 19 165 6 191
8am 24 161 6 192
2pm 19 167 6 191
7am 21 157 5 189
5am 18 168 6 193
8pm 22 160 7 197
9pm 18 152 7 179
6pm 17 149 7 174
4pm 16 167 6 190
3pm 19 168 6 195
10am 22 159 6 188
11am 19 162 7 189
6am 24 169 6 202
9am 35 164 6 202
5pm 17 157 6 180
11pm 19 163 7 189
12pm 17 161 6 185
10pm 18 158 7 184
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.