Great-circle route LGA ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGA → DAL New York to Dallas |
32/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| DAL → LGA Dallas to New York |
32/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 371,878 passengers on 2,762 flights between LGA and DAL — about 1,019 a day — filling 81% of the 458,678 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 LGA–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 La Guardia Airport and Dallas Love Field is 1,379 miles, or 2,219 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,379 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,219 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,198 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 64 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 3h 17m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,379-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 32 a week from New York to Dallas and 32 a week from Dallas to New York, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 371,878 passengers on 2,762 scheduled flights between LGA and DAL — about 1,019 a day — filling 81% 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.
