The flight time from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 49 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves TPA Tampa, FL 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 20 minutes in the air
14 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
77%
Spirit
73%
Frontier
70%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes.

The flight distance from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth is 929 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Tampa
2 hours, 22 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 45m
American
2h 49m
Frontier
2h 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

57

Distance

929 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
46
Spirit
5
Frontier
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Tampa from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 929 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

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

The flight time from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 45 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 57 minutes.

What airlines fly from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth?

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

Does Southwest fly from Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Tampa (TPA) 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 Tampa 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 140 minutes
Taxiing In 14 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 3 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 Tampa to Dallas Fort Worth, Frontier is 70% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 70% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 77% 21% 2%
Spirit 73% 26% 1%
Frontier 70% 29% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Tampa 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 13 140 12 165
American 14 140 14 169
Frontier 15 140 16 177

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 0.83
11am 1.23
8am 0.03
5am 0.87
7am 1.01
3pm 0.31
8pm 0.04
9am 1.04
6am 0.07
4pm 0.01
10pm 0.23
2pm 0.32
11pm 0.06
6pm 0.13
9pm 0.11
7pm 0.78
12pm 0.09
10am 0.19
1pm 0.59

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Tampa 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 246
March 284
April 260
May 259
June 254
July 261
August 236
September 195
October 250
November 250
December 240

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Tampa 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 8.63
Tuesday 7.83
Wednesday 7.94
Thursday 8.37
Friday 8.4
Saturday 7.9
Sunday 8.13

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
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)
5pm 14 143 15 174
11am 13 140 13 167
8am 15 143 16 177
5am 12 138 13 166
7am 15 144 14 175
3pm 14 145 14 174
8pm 16 144 16 176
9am 14 139 14 169
6am 14 140 13 173
4pm 17 144 30 192
10pm 11 141 9 164
2pm 13 133 13 160
11pm 11 145 9 164
6pm 14 128 14 156
9pm 14 139 19 180
7pm 14 140 14 171
12pm 14 144 13 173
10am 14 132 14 164
1pm 13 138 13 166
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.