Great-circle route IAH → 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 Houston to Dallas is approximately 1h 06m nonstop. The distance is 225 miles (362 km). There are about 33 nonstop flights from Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → DFW George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport |
1h 06m | 225 mi | 117/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| HOU → DAL William P Hobby Airport to Dallas Love Field |
1h 07m | 240 mi | 75/wk | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → DFW William P Hobby Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport |
1h 08m | 247 mi | 37/wk | American 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.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Dallas, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Airbus A319, Embraer 175 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Dallas is 225 miles, or 362 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 225 mi |
| Kilometres | 362 km |
| Nautical miles | 196 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 229 departures a week, across 3 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 06m in the air on the IAH–DFW nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 225-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.
225 miles (362 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Airbus A319, Embraer 175. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
IAH to DFW, HOU to DAL, HOU to DFW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
