Great-circle route ORD → DFW. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Chicago to Dallas is approximately 2h 11m nonstop. The distance is 802 miles (1,291 km). There are about 31 nonstop flights from Chicago to Dallas per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD → DFW Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport |
2h 11m | 802 mi | 156/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| MDW → DAL Chicago Midway International Airport to Dallas Love Field |
2h 10m | 794 mi | 54/wk | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → DFW Chicago Midway International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport |
2h 11m | 797 mi | 7/wk | Frontier Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
4 airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Dallas, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-700, Airbus A320 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Chicago to Dallas is 802 miles, or 1,291 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 802 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,291 km |
| Nautical miles | 697 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 217 departures a week, across 3 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 11m in the air on the ORD–DFW nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 802-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
802 miles (1,291 km) great-circle between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-700, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
ORD to DFW, MDW to DAL, MDW to DFW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
