Great-circle route DAL ↔ HOU. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAL → HOU Dallas to Houston |
75/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → DAL Houston to Dallas |
75/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 852,875 passengers on 8,055 flights between DAL and HOU — about 2,338 a day — filling 67% of the 1,271,736 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the DAL–HOU nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Love Field and William P Hobby Airport is 240 miles, or 386 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 240 mi |
| Kilometres | 386 km |
| Nautical miles | 209 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 150 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 1h 07m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 240-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.
About 75 a week from Dallas to Houston and 75 a week from Houston to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 852,875 passengers on 8,055 scheduled flights between DAL and HOU — about 2,338 a day — filling 67% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
