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ATL Atlanta ⇄ DFW Dallas–Fort Worth

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,175 km730 mi634 nautical miles
ATL → DFW2 h 30 minestimated block time
DFW → ATL2 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hDallas–Fort Worth vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW)ATLAtlantaDFWDallas–Fort Worth
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ATL → DFW

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 269° (W).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

DFW → ATL

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 83° (E).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 13:15 local.

DFW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,175 km · 730 mi · 634 nmi
Initial heading269° (W) from ATL; 83° (E) from DFW
Farthest from the equator33.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DFWAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDallas–Fort Worth is 1 hour behind Atlanta today.

Jet lag, flying ATL → DFW. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m

More routes from ATL and DFW

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLBOS Atlanta – Boston 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 40 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth – Houston 362 km225 mi · 1 h 25 min DFWCUN Dallas–Fort Worth – Cancún 1,657 km1,030 mi · 2 h 50 min DFWMIA Dallas–Fort Worth – Miami 1,802 km1,120 mi · 2 h 55 min DFWLHR Dallas–Fort Worth – London 7,627 km4,739 mi · 9 h 05 min DFWHND Dallas–Fort Worth – Tokyo 10,378 km6,448 mi · 13 h 50 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

LGAORD New York – Chicago 1,177 km731 mi · 2 h 35 min GMPHND Seoul – Tokyo 1,181 km734 mi · 2 h 15 min SYDADL Sydney – Adelaide 1,164 km723 mi · 2 h 30 min NBOADD Nairobi – Addis Ababa 1,164 km723 mi · 2 h 20 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).