Great-circle route DFW ↔ RDU. 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 → RDU Dallas to Raleigh-durham |
43/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines |
| RDU → DFW Raleigh-durham to Dallas |
43/wk | Daily | American Airlines, 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 672,830 passengers on 4,454 flights between DFW and RDU — about 1,844 a day — filling 85% of the 794,445 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (90%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the DFW–RDU nonstop, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A321.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Raleigh Durham International Airport is 1,059 miles, or 1,704 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,059 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,704 km |
| Nautical miles | 920 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 86 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 2h 40m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,059-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 43 a week from Dallas to Raleigh-durham and 43 a week from Raleigh-durham to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 672,830 passengers on 4,454 scheduled flights between DFW and RDU — about 1,844 a day — filling 85% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A321. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
