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DFW Dallas–Fort Worth ⇄ FRA Frankfurt

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

Distance8,258 km5,131 mi4,459 nautical miles
DFW → FRA9 h 50 minestimated block time
FRA → DFW11 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hFrankfurt vs Dallas–Fort Worth, today
Great-circle route from Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Frankfurt (FRA)DFWDallas–Fort WorthFRAFrankfurt
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 → FRA

9 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 40° (NE).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Frankfurt Sun 8 Nov, 02:50 local +1 day.

FRA → DFW

11 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 303° (WNW).

Leave Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 14:10 local.

DFW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 85 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 distance8,258 km · 5,131 mi · 4,459 nmi
Initial heading40° (NE) from DFW; 303° (WNW) from FRA
Farthest from the equator57.3°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip41% 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
FRAEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceFrankfurt is 6 hours ahead of Dallas–Fort Worth today.

Jet lag, flying DFW → FRA. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. 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 FRA Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from DFW and FRA

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 DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min LGADFW New York – Dallas–Fort Worth 2,231 km1,387 mi · 3 h 50 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 FRABER Frankfurt – Berlin 431 km268 mi · 1 h 30 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min ORDFRA Chicago – Frankfurt 6,971 km4,331 mi · 8 h 25 min IAHFRA Houston – Frankfurt 8,402 km5,221 mi · 9 h 55 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 h 35 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

SFOHND San Francisco – Tokyo 8,286 km5,148 mi · 11 h 30 min SFONRT San Francisco – Tokyo 8,227 km5,112 mi · 11 h 25 min JFKACC New York – Accra 8,222 km5,109 mi · 9 h 50 min JNBPER Johannesburg – Perth 8,310 km5,163 mi · 9 h 40 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).