Great-circle route LAX ↔ DAL. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAX → DAL Los Angeles to Dallas |
30/wk | Daily | Southwest 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 394,825 passengers on 3,008 flights between LAX and DAL — about 1,082 a day — filling 79% of the 497,408 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the LAX–DAL nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 1,244 miles, or 2,002 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,244 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,002 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,081 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 30 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 01m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,244-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.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 394,825 passengers on 3,008 scheduled flights between LAX and DAL — about 1,082 a day — filling 79% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
