Great-circle route DFW ↔ LGA. 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 → LGA Dallas to New York |
123/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
| LGA → DFW New York to Dallas |
— | — | 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 1,759,462 passengers on 13,319 flights between DFW and LGA — about 4,823 a day — filling 84% of the 2,083,231 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (67%).
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–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 1,387 miles, or 2,232 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,387 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,232 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,205 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 123 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 18m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,387-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.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,759,462 passengers on 13,319 scheduled flights between DFW and LGA — about 4,823 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
