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 |
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 1 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
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.
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.
