Great-circle route RDU ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDU → DAL Raleigh-durham to Dallas |
7/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| DAL → RDU Dallas to Raleigh-durham |
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, airlines reported 114,891 passengers on 870 flights between RDU and DAL — about 315 a day — filling 80% of the 142,778 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 RDU–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 Raleigh Durham International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 1,050 miles, or 1,690 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,050 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,690 km |
| Nautical miles | 912 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 14 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 2h 39m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,050-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 7 a week from Raleigh-durham to Dallas and 7 a week from Dallas to Raleigh-durham, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 114,891 passengers on 870 scheduled flights between RDU and DAL — about 315 a day — filling 80% 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.
