Great-circle route PHL ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL → DAL Philadelphia to Dallas |
7/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 (first 10 months), airlines reported 76,733 passengers on 487 flights between PHL and DAL — about 252 a day — filling 92% of the 83,625 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 PHL–DAL nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Philadelphia International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 1,293 miles, or 2,081 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,293 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,081 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,124 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 7 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 07m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,293-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 10 months), airlines reported 76,733 passengers on 487 scheduled flights between PHL and DAL — about 252 a day — filling 92% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
