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DFW Dallas–Fort Worth ⇄ CUN Cancún

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

Distance1,657 km1,030 mi895 nautical miles
DFW → CUN2 h 50 minestimated block time
CUN → DFW3 hestimated block time
Clock change±0 hCancún vs Dallas–Fort Worth, today
Great-circle route from Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Cancún (CUN)DFWDallas–Fort WorthCUNCancún
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

DFW → CUN

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 140° (SE).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

CUN → DFW

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 325° (NW).

Leave Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 10 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,657 km · 1,030 mi · 895 nmi
Initial heading140° (SE) from DFW; 325° (NW) from CUN
Farthest from the equator32.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DFWAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
CUNAmerica/Cancun — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceCancún is on the same clock as Dallas–Fort Worth today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DFW → CUN. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m CUN Cancún International AirportCancún, Mexico · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from DFW and CUN

DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth – Houston 362 km225 mi · 1 h 25 min DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 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 MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min IAHCUN Houston – Cancún 1,307 km812 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKCUN New York – Cancún 2,506 km1,557 mi · 4 h YULCUN Montreal – Cancún 2,969 km1,845 mi · 4 h 35 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h FRACUN Frankfurt – Cancún 8,605 km5,347 mi · 11 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

BOMMLE Mumbai – Malé 1,658 km1,030 mi · 2 h 55 min BOMCCU Mumbai – Kolkata 1,666 km1,035 mi · 2 h 50 min SEADEN Seattle – Denver 1,645 km1,022 mi · 2 h 45 min SINDPS Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) 1,672 km1,039 mi · 2 h 55 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).