The flight time from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SFO San Francisco, CA 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 55 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
81%
United
77%
Frontier
60%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 55 minutes.

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

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to San Francisco
3 hours, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 23m
United
3h 27m
Frontier
3h 28m
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

75

Distance

1464 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
54
United
13
Frontier
6

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The distance from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth 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 San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth?

The flight time from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth is 3 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 55 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 3 hours, 23 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 28 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth?

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

Does Southwest fly from San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from San Francisco (SFO) 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 San Francisco 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 175 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 6 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 San Francisco to Dallas Fort Worth, Frontier is 60% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 60% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 81% 17% 2%
United 77% 22% 1%
Frontier 60% 37% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco 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)
American 16 175 11 203
United 20 176 10 207
Frontier 17 175 13 208

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
2pm 0.19
10pm 0
10am 1.67
6am 0.73
1pm 0.94
7am 0.59
7pm 0.23
0am 0.01
9am 0.34
5pm 0.44
8am 0.97
11pm 1.12
4pm 0.32
6pm 0.9
3pm 0.29
12pm 0.97
5am 0.24
11am 0.64

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 291
February 296
March 320
April 320
May 317
June 330
July 361
August 362
September 322
October 352
November 335
December 330

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 11.27
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 10.52
Thursday 11.17
Friday 11.15
Saturday 10.35
Sunday 11.23

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)
2pm 15 175 15 209
10pm 39 163 7 209
10am 19 175 11 207
6am 18 175 12 206
1pm 18 176 12 206
7am 14 174 11 201
7pm 16 174 12 204
0am 15 173 9 195
9am 18 173 11 203
5pm 15 176 11 204
8am 17 176 10 204
11pm 19 175 7 201
4pm 15 176 11 204
6pm 16 175 8 200
3pm 16 178 13 209
12pm 15 175 12 204
5am 13 175 12 203
11am 18 176 12 206
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.