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LAX Los Angeles ⇄ DFW Dallas–Fort Worth

Los Angeles 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.

Distance1,983 km1,232 mi1,071 nautical miles
LAX → DFW3 h 05 minestimated block time
DFW → LAX3 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hDallas–Fort Worth vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW)LAXLos AngelesDFWDallas–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

LAX → DFW

3 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 87° (E).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 15:05 local.

DFW → LAX

3 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 279° (W).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

LAX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance1,983 km · 1,232 mi · 1,071 nmi
Initial heading87° (E) from LAX; 279° (W) from DFW
Farthest from the equator34.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAXAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DFWAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDallas–Fort Worth is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → DFW. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward 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

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m

More routes from LAX and DFW

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXSEA Los Angeles – Seattle 1,537 km955 mi · 2 h 50 min JFKLAX New York – Los Angeles 3,974 km2,469 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min 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 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

SYDNOU Sydney – Nouméa 1,981 km1,231 mi · 3 h 10 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min BOSFLL Boston – Fort Lauderdale 1,994 km1,239 mi · 3 h 25 min AUHBOM Abu Dhabi – Mumbai 1,971 km1,225 mi · 3 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).