Great-circle route DFW ↔ DEN. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW → DEN Dallas to Denver |
125/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| DEN → DFW Denver to Dallas |
125/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United 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 1,758,968 passengers on 11,822 flights between DFW and DEN — about 4,822 a day — filling 84% of the 2,102,102 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (53%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the DFW–DEN nonstop, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Denver International Airport is 641 miles, or 1,032 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 641 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,032 km |
| Nautical miles | 557 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 250 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 53m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 641-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 125 a week from Dallas to Denver and 125 a week from Denver to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,758,968 passengers on 11,822 scheduled flights between DFW and DEN — about 4,822 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
