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The flight time from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 59 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 31 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
83%
Delta
83%
American
79%
Frontier
46%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 31 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth is 1235 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Los Angeles
3 hours, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 57m
American
2h 59m
Delta
3h 2m
Frontier
3h 5m
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

134

Distance

1235 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun05101520

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
94
Spirit
20
Delta
13
Frontier
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 1235 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 31 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 57 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 5 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth?

American, Delta, Frontier, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) 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 Los Angeles 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 151 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 5 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 Los Angeles to Dallas Fort Worth, Frontier is 46% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 46% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 83% 16% 1%
Delta 83% 17% 0%
American 79% 19% 2%
Frontier 46% 50% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles 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 13 150 11 177
American 16 151 10 179
Delta 19 151 11 182
Frontier 20 150 14 185

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
6pm 1.42
2pm 1.45
9am 1.25
7am 1.03
6am 1.16
10pm 0.32
11am 0.75
4pm 1.11
12pm 0.98
7pm 0.61
3pm 0.57
1am 0.62
8pm 0.01
0am 0.77
5pm 1.3
1pm 0.95
11pm 1.78
8am 1.92
10am 0.84

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 565
February 495
March 549
April 581
May 646
June 600
July 634
August 608
September 549
October 594
November 560
December 613

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 19.92
Tuesday 18.77
Wednesday 18.62
Thursday 19.04
Friday 20.06
Saturday 18.58
Sunday 19.52

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
Spirit 0
Delta 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)
5am 14 160 13 187
6pm 14 151 9 176
2pm 15 152 14 183
9am 20 149 11 181
7am 16 152 10 180
6am 18 152 11 182
10pm 21 150 12 184
11am 16 149 11 177
4pm 15 151 11 179
12pm 15 153 12 181
7pm 13 148 9 172
3pm 14 149 13 176
1am 14 149 9 173
8pm 12 158 6 174
0am 15 149 7 173
5pm 15 149 10 177
1pm 16 152 13 183
11pm 17 147 8 175
8am 18 153 11 183
10am 17 153 11 181
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.