Great-circle route SFO ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO → DAL San Francisco to Dallas |
6/wk | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat | 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.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the SFO–DAL nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between San Francisco International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 1,473 miles, or 2,371 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,473 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,371 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,280 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 6 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 27m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,473-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.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
