Great-circle route DFW ↔ MSP. 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 → MSP Dallas to Minneapolis |
78/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines |
| MSP → DFW Minneapolis to Dallas |
78/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country 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 910,880 passengers on 6,828 flights between DFW and MSP — about 2,497 a day — filling 82% of the 1,108,301 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (52%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
4 airlines fly the DFW–MSP nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A220-100, Airbus A321 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport is 853 miles, or 1,373 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 853 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,373 km |
| Nautical miles | 741 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 156 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 17m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 853-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 78 a week from Dallas to Minneapolis and 78 a week from Minneapolis to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 910,880 passengers on 6,828 scheduled flights between DFW and MSP — about 2,497 a day — filling 82% 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 A220-100, Airbus A321. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
