The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco is 3 hours, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 2 minutes late.
19 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 18 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SFO San Francisco, CA 2 minutes late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
75%
American
66%
Frontier
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco is 3 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 18 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco is 1464 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth
3 hours, 24 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 46m
United
3h 49m
Frontier
3h 57m
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

77

Distance

1464 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
57
United
14
Frontier
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas Fort Worth from San Francisco by plane?

The distance from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco by plane is 1464 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 San Francisco?

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco is 3 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 18 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 3 hours, 46 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 57 minutes.

What airlines fly from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco?

American, Frontier, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco.

Does Southwest fly from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco?

Southwest does not fly from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to San Francisco (SFO). 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 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 198 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives San Francisco 2 minutes late

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 San Francisco, Frontier is 64% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 64% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 75% 24% 1%
American 66% 33% 1%
Frontier 64% 32% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas Fort Worth and San Francisco, 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 19 197 8 226
United 20 200 6 229
Frontier 22 201 12 237

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
11am 0.8
9pm 0.47
10pm 0.78
4pm 0.46
12pm 0.06
7pm 1.18
9am 0.14
5pm 0.59
3pm 0.66
8am 1.06
7am 1.16
1pm 0.54
6pm 0.58
5am 0.07
6am 0.64
10am 0.27
8pm 1.06
2pm 0.32

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco 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 293
February 287
March 331
April 326
May 340
June 356
July 388
August 364
September 323
October 352
November 335
December 330

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco 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 11.29
Tuesday 10.75
Wednesday 10.96
Thursday 11.29
Friday 11.29
Saturday 10.52
Sunday 11.31

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
United 0
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)
11am 19 196 8 226
9pm 19 194 9 226
10pm 18 194 8 222
4pm 19 203 7 229
12pm 26 191 13 235
7pm 23 202 7 234
9am 22 198 8 230
5pm 18 194 8 224
3pm 17 201 8 227
8am 23 197 7 228
7am 17 199 8 226
1pm 15 192 8 217
6pm 20 196 8 227
5am 18 203 6 229
6am 19 202 7 230
10am 22 199 8 229
8pm 21 198 10 234
2pm 18 195 8 223
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.