Flights St. Louis → Dallas-Fort Worth
STL → DFW
How long is the flight from St. Louis to Dallas-Fort Worth?
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 27m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 527 flights, featuring aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Boeing 737-800. With an on-time performance rate of 77%, these flights average a delay of approximately 17.8 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 87,817,864 passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The St. Louis (STL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1455 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 30 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-west for about 885 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of STL-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,455 tracked STL-DFW flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 30 min and a 2.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-DFW
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 27m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 30 minutes, based on 1455 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Dallas-Fort Worth is 2.68% across 1455 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
