Great-circle route DFW ↔ LAX. 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 → LAX Dallas to Los Angeles |
124/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
| LAX → DFW Los Angeles to Dallas |
124/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier 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 2,083,614 passengers on 12,964 flights between DFW and LAX — about 5,712 a day — filling 84% of the 2,473,679 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (73%).
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–LAX nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Airbus A320 NEO and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport is 1,232 miles, or 1,983 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,232 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,983 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,071 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 248 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 00m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,232-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 124 a week from Dallas to Los Angeles and 124 a week from Los Angeles to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 2,083,614 passengers on 12,964 scheduled flights between DFW and LAX — about 5,712 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, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, Airbus A320 NEO. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
