Great-circle route DFW ↔ SFO. 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. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW → SFO Dallas to San Francisco |
97/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| SFO → DFW San Francisco to Dallas |
94/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 1,269,177 passengers on 7,936 flights between DFW and SFO — about 3,479 a day — filling 88% of the 1,446,451 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (78%).
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–SFO nonstop, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and San Francisco International Airport is 1,461 miles, or 2,351 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,461 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,351 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,270 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 191 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 26m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,461-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 97 a week from Dallas to San Francisco and 94 a week from San Francisco to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,269,177 passengers on 7,936 scheduled flights between DFW and SFO — about 3,479 a day — filling 88% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
