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The flight time from San Francisco to Dallas is approximately 3h 26m nonstop. The distance is 1,461 miles (2,351 km). There are about 14 nonstop flights from San Francisco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO → DFW San Francisco International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport |
3h 26m | 1,461 mi | 94/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| SFO → DAL San Francisco International Airport to Dallas Love Field |
3h 27m | 1,473 mi | 6/wk | Southwest 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 San Francisco to Dallas, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A319 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from San Francisco to Dallas is 1,461 miles, or 2,351 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,461 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,351 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,270 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 100 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 26m in the air on the SFO–DFW nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,461-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.
1,461 miles (2,351 km) great-circle between San Francisco International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A319. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
SFO to DFW, SFO to DAL. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
