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LGA New York ⇄ DFW Dallas–Fort Worth

LaGuardia 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.

Distance2,231 km1,387 mi1,205 nautical miles
LGA → DFW3 h 50 minestimated block time
DFW → LGA3 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hDallas–Fort Worth vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (LGA) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW)LGANew YorkDFWDallas–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

LGA → DFW

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 254° (WSW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 12:50 local.

DFW → LGA

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 60° (ENE).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 14:20 local.

DFW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 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 distance2,231 km · 1,387 mi · 1,205 nmi
Initial heading254° (WSW) from LGA; 60° (ENE) from DFW
Farthest from the equator40.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LGAAmerica/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 New York today.

Jet lag, flying LGA → 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

LGA LaGuardia AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 7,002 ft2,134 m DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m

More routes from LGA and DFW

LGABOS New York – Boston 296 km184 mi · 1 h 20 min LGADCA New York – Washington 345 km214 mi · 1 h 30 min YYZLGA Toronto – New York 573 km356 mi · 1 h 40 min LGAORD New York – Chicago 1,177 km731 mi · 2 h 35 min LGAATL New York – Atlanta 1,225 km761 mi · 2 h 35 min LGAMIA New York – Miami 1,768 km1,099 mi · 3 h 10 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

CDGIST Paris – Istanbul 2,212 km1,374 mi · 3 h 20 min DXBDEL Dubai – Delhi 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 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).