Great-circle route MSP ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSP → DAL Minneapolis to Dallas |
1/wk | Mon | Southwest Airlines |
| DAL → MSP Dallas to Minneapolis |
1/wk | Mon | 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 (first 11 months), airlines reported 15,210 passengers on 120 flights between MSP and DAL — about 45 a day — filling 80% of the 19,080 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 MSP–DAL nonstop.
The distance between Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport and Dallas Love Field is 854 miles, or 1,374 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 854 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,374 km |
| Nautical miles | 742 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 2 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 2h 17m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 854-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 1 a week from Minneapolis to Dallas and 1 a week from Dallas to Minneapolis, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025 (first 11 months), airlines reported 15,210 passengers on 120 scheduled flights between MSP and DAL — about 45 a day — filling 80% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
