The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 10 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL on time.
15 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 40 minutes in the air
13 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
79%
Spirit
62%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 10 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 40 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth is 1119 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Fort Lauderdale
2 hours, 42 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 8m
American
3h 11m
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

53

Distance

1119 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200250

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
34
Spirit
18

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 1119 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

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

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 10 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 8 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 11 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth?

American and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 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 Fort Lauderdale on time
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 160 minutes
Taxiing In 13 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 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 Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Fort Worth, Spirit is 62% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 62% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 79% 19% 2%
Spirit 62% 37% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale 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)
Spirit 14 160 12 188
American 16 161 13 191

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
5pm 0.55
7pm 0.85
11pm 0.01
5am 0.35
1pm 0.66
6am 0.58
4pm 0.09
7am 1.38
6pm 0.33
9pm 0.11
3pm 0.52
10pm 0.05
2pm 0.32
9am 0.28
12pm 0.12
8pm 0.65
8am 0.17
11am 0.49

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 200
February 190
March 234
April 233
May 248
June 242
July 250
August 252
September 220
October 239
November 232
December 236

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 8.35
Tuesday 7.21
Wednesday 7.35
Thursday 7.77
Friday 7.71
Saturday 7.4
Sunday 7.6

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
Spirit 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)
5pm 16 159 13 192
7pm 16 157 13 189
11pm 16 164 15 196
5am 14 161 14 191
1pm 16 164 12 193
6am 15 162 14 192
4pm 15 157 12 186
7am 14 161 13 190
6pm 17 160 13 192
9pm 14 154 10 181
3pm 16 164 13 198
10pm 14 146 12 174
2pm 16 152 13 183
9am 15 165 13 193
12pm 17 159 12 185
8pm 14 160 9 185
8am 14 160 14 191
11am 15 158 13 186
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.