The flight time from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 35 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PHL Philadelphia, PA 2 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 1 minute in the air
14 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
82%
Spirit
73%
Frontier
61%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 35 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 1 minute.

The flight distance from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth is 1303 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Philadelphia
3 hours, 6 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 17m
American
3h 35m
Frontier
3h 42m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

65

Distance

1303 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
58
Frontier
5
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Philadelphia from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 1303 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

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

The flight time from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 35 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 1 minute. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 17 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 42 minutes.

What airlines fly from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth?

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

Does Southwest fly from Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Philadelphia (PHL) 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 Philadelphia 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 181 minutes
Taxiing In 14 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 8 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 Philadelphia to Dallas Fort Worth, Frontier is 61% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 61% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 82% 17% 1%
Spirit 73% 23% 4%
Frontier 61% 37% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Philadelphia 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 14 170 11 197
American 17 182 14 215
Frontier 17 182 17 222

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
11pm 0
6am 1.05
3pm 0.64
4pm 0.52
10am 0.99
5am 1.09
9am 0.01
8am 0.98
2pm 0.27
11am 0.23
10pm 0
6pm 0.92
8pm 0.63
7am 0.07
12pm 0.43
1pm 0.64
9pm 0.35
7pm 0.2
5pm 0.16

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia 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 240
February 242
March 279
April 270
May 273
June 313
July 329
August 337
September 286
October 300
November 286
December 259

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia 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 9.56
Tuesday 9.37
Wednesday 9.4
Thursday 9.31
Friday 9.52
Saturday 9.17
Sunday 9.33

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
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)
11pm 24 193 11 228
6am 15 187 15 219
3pm 16 185 14 218
4pm 17 178 15 210
10am 20 180 13 215
5am 14 182 15 213
9am 15 180 16 216
8am 21 182 14 217
2pm 17 176 13 207
11am 16 184 14 215
10pm 17 196 33 246
6pm 21 179 15 219
8pm 17 182 12 214
7am 16 192 15 223
12pm 15 188 14 219
1pm 16 178 13 207
9pm 17 171 10 202
7pm 21 170 16 216
5pm 17 173 14 209
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.