Great-circle route TPA ↔ 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. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPA → DAL Tampa to Dallas |
26/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| DAL → TPA Dallas to Tampa |
23/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 318,410 passengers on 2,569 flights between TPA and DAL — about 873 a day — filling 75% of the 424,487 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 TPA–DAL nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Tampa International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 916 miles, or 1,474 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 916 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,474 km |
| Nautical miles | 796 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 49 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 2h 24m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 916-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 26 a week from Tampa to Dallas and 23 a week from Dallas to Tampa, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 318,410 passengers on 2,569 scheduled flights between TPA and DAL — about 873 a day — filling 75% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
