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DFW Dallas–Fort Worth ⇄ DEN Denver

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

Distance1,032 km641 mi557 nautical miles
DFW → DEN2 h 20 minestimated block time
DEN → DFW2 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hDenver vs Dallas–Fort Worth, today
Great-circle route from Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Denver (DEN)DFWDallas–Fort WorthDENDenver
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 → DEN

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 321° (NW).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

DEN → DFW

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 136° (SE).

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 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 distance1,032 km · 641 mi · 557 nmi
Initial heading321° (NW) from DFW; 136° (SE) from DEN
Farthest from the equator39.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% 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
DENAmerica/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDenver is 1 hour behind Dallas–Fort Worth today.

Jet lag, flying DFW → DEN. 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

DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m

More routes from DFW and DEN

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 DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min LAXDEN Los Angeles – Denver 1,385 km861 mi · 2 h 30 min SFODEN San Francisco – Denver 1,553 km965 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRNCE London – Nice 1,041 km647 mi · 2 h 10 min LHRPRG London – Prague 1,044 km649 mi · 2 h 10 min CDGMAD Paris – Madrid 1,062 km660 mi · 2 h 20 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 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).