Connecting flights – when to change flights in Dallas
In the US you find a number of large hubs – including Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). In this guide we present all routes where DFW is the best connecting airport.
When traveling by connecting flights, the goal is always to make the trip as convenient as possible. A large part of achieving this is to choose the right connecting airport. At Flightroutes.com we have created guides that help you find your way – and in this case we can give you the connecting routes where Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is the best place to change flights.
List of flights where DFW is the fastest connection airport
In the upcoming list of routes you can find all options where Flightroutes.com has determined Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to be the optimal connecting airport. The list contains flights chosen based on the following criteria:
- Dallas International Airport is the fastest flight option by more than 15 minutes compared to a second option.
- It's a connecting flight with one stop.
- Both legs are flown by the same airline.
- There are at least two possible connecting airports for this trip.
This list was updated on June 2025
From Monterrey to Amsterdam
12 hours and 41 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+44 min
13 hours and 25 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+64 min
13 hours and 45 minutes
From Seattle to Sao Paulo
16 hours and 55 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+15 min
17 hours and 10 minutes
Via YYZ with Air Canada
+20 min
17 hours and 15 minutes
From Savannah to San Diego
6 hours and 55 minutes
Via BNA with Southwest Airlines
+30 min
7 hours and 25 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+34 min
7 hours and 29 minutes
From Reno to Toronto
7 hours and 25 minutes
Via SLC with Delta Air Lines
+19 min
7 hours and 44 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+45 min
8 hours and 10 minutes
From Baltimore to El Paso
6 hours and 20 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+43 min
7 hours and 3 minutes
Via SAT with Southwest Airlines
+50 min
7 hours and 10 minutes
From Houston to Santa Ana
5 hours and 42 minutes
Via PHX with Southwest Airlines
+38 min
6 hours and 20 minutes
Via AUS with Southwest Airlines
+53 min
6 hours and 35 minutes
From Phoenix to Middletown
6 hours and 54 minutes
Via IAD with United Airlines
+16 min
7 hours and 10 minutes
Via DTW with Delta Air Lines
+21 min
7 hours and 15 minutes
From Los Angeles to Chattanooga
6 hours and 47 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+19 min
7 hours and 6 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+39 min
7 hours and 26 minutes
From Cancun to Bentonville
7 hours and 23 minutes
Via MIA with American Airlines
+24 min
7 hours and 47 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+29 min
7 hours and 52 minutes
From Punta Cana to Las Vegas
10 hours and 8 minutes
Via CLT with American Airlines
+20 min
10 hours and 28 minutes
Via FLL with JetBlue Airways
+28 min
10 hours and 36 minutes
From Grand Rapids to San Antonio
5 hours and 3 minutes
Via MDW with Southwest Airlines
+15 min
5 hours and 18 minutes
Via CLT with American Airlines
+34 min
5 hours and 37 minutes
From Colorado Springs to Nashville
5 hours and 9 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+18 min
5 hours and 27 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+28 min
5 hours and 37 minutes
From Ontario to Paris
14 hours and 10 minutes
Via SLC with Delta Air Lines
+30 min
14 hours and 40 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+45 min
14 hours and 55 minutes
From Richmond to Mexico City
6 hours and 59 minutes
Via DTW with Delta Air Lines
+26 min
7 hours and 25 minutes
Via CLT with American Airlines
+36 min
7 hours and 35 minutes
From Knoxville to Santa Ana
6 hours and 48 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+29 min
7 hours and 17 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+34 min
7 hours and 22 minutes
From Birmingham to Santa Ana
6 hours and 33 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+17 min
6 hours and 50 minutes
Via LAS with Southwest Airlines
+20 min
6 hours and 53 minutes
From Lexington to Houston
5 hours and 6 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+39 min
5 hours and 45 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+40 min
5 hours and 46 minutes
From Houston to London
12 hours and 32 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+18 min
12 hours and 50 minutes
From Washington to Midland
6 hours and 10 minutes
Via AUS with Southwest Airlines
+15 min
6 hours and 25 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+17 min
6 hours and 27 minutes
From Pensacola to San Francisco
7 hours and 10 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+17 min
7 hours and 27 minutes
Via DEN with Southwest Airlines
+48 min
7 hours and 58 minutes
From Saint Louis to El Paso
5 hours and 1 minutes
Via SAT with Southwest Airlines
+34 min
5 hours and 35 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+37 min
5 hours and 38 minutes
From Houston to Sioux Falls
4 hours and 56 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+43 min
5 hours and 39 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+58 min
5 hours and 54 minutes
From London to Houston
14 hours and 1 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+34 min
14 hours and 35 minutes
From Charleston to Seoul
19 hours and 24 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+26 min
19 hours and 50 minutes
Via DTW with Delta Air Lines
+51 min
20 hours and 15 minutes
From London to Midland
13 hours and 58 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+17 min
14 hours and 15 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+60 min
14 hours and 58 minutes
From Chattanooga to Los Angeles
7 hours and 20 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+22 min
7 hours and 42 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+27 min
7 hours and 47 minutes
From Albuquerque to Madrid
13 hours and 37 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+32 min
14 hours and 9 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+143 min
16 hours
From Toronto to Santa Barbara
7 hours and 33 minutes
Via SLC with Delta Air Lines
+27 min
8 hours
Via DEN with United Airlines
+30 min
8 hours and 3 minutes
From Saint Louis to Midland
4 hours and 39 minutes
Via AUS with Southwest Airlines
+31 min
5 hours and 10 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+39 min
5 hours and 18 minutes
From Orlando to Amarillo
5 hours and 26 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+24 min
5 hours and 50 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+36 min
6 hours and 2 minutes
From Sioux Falls to Houston
4 hours and 58 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+22 min
5 hours and 20 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+32 min
5 hours and 30 minutes
From Tulsa to Corpus Christi
3 hours and 56 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+20 min
4 hours and 16 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+69 min
5 hours and 5 minutes
From Phoenix to Lexington
6 hours and 1 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+20 min
6 hours and 21 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+56 min
6 hours and 57 minutes
From Denver to Fort Walton Beach
5 hours and 19 minutes
Via STL with Southwest Airlines
+21 min
5 hours and 40 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+29 min
5 hours and 48 minutes
From Nashville to Lubbock
4 hours and 51 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+34 min
5 hours and 25 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+54 min
5 hours and 45 minutes
From Huntsville to San Diego
6 hours and 36 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+25 min
7 hours and 1 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+28 min
7 hours and 4 minutes
From San Diego to Corpus Christi
6 hours and 10 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+55 min
7 hours and 5 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+68 min
7 hours and 18 minutes
From Houston to Reno
5 hours and 57 minutes
Via LGB with Southwest Airlines
+26 min
6 hours and 23 minutes
Via OAK with Southwest Airlines
+28 min
6 hours and 25 minutes
From Austin to Cedar Rapids
4 hours and 50 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+15 min
5 hours and 5 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+30 min
5 hours and 20 minutes
From Pittsburgh to El Paso
5 hours and 58 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+22 min
6 hours and 20 minutes
Via DEN with Southwest Airlines
+27 min
6 hours and 25 minutes
From Oklahoma City to Pensacola
4 hours and 15 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+19 min
4 hours and 34 minutes
Via STL with Southwest Airlines
+25 min
4 hours and 40 minutes
From Savannah to Seoul
19 hours and 12 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+18 min
19 hours and 30 minutes
Via SFO with United Airlines
+203 min
22 hours and 35 minutes
From Greenville to Santa Ana
7 hours and 1 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+25 min
7 hours and 26 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+38 min
7 hours and 39 minutes
From Colorado Springs to Montreal
6 hours and 49 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+38 min
7 hours and 27 minutes
From Fort Walton Beach to Denver
5 hours and 27 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+33 min
6 hours
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+51 min
6 hours and 18 minutes
From Denver to Corpus Christi
4 hours and 40 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+25 min
5 hours and 5 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+38 min
5 hours and 18 minutes
From Amsterdam to Baton Rouge
14 hours and 1 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+66 min
15 hours and 7 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+85 min
15 hours and 26 minutes
From Oklahoma City to Jackson
4 hours and 6 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+28 min
4 hours and 34 minutes
Via BNA with Southwest Airlines
+34 min
4 hours and 40 minutes
From Oklahoma City to Barcelona
12 hours and 29 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+51 min
13 hours and 20 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+68 min
13 hours and 37 minutes
From Corpus Christi to San Diego
5 hours and 46 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+15 min
6 hours and 1 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+24 min
6 hours and 10 minutes
From El Paso to Amsterdam
12 hours and 25 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+40 min
13 hours and 5 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+184 min
15 hours and 29 minutes
From Chattanooga to San Diego
6 hours and 50 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+38 min
7 hours and 28 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+59 min
7 hours and 49 minutes
From Albuquerque to Knoxville
5 hours and 22 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+25 min
5 hours and 47 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+40 min
6 hours and 2 minutes
From Nashville to Amarillo
4 hours and 56 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+24 min
5 hours and 20 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+54 min
5 hours and 50 minutes
From Dulles to El Paso
6 hours and 23 minutes
Via DEN with Southwest Airlines
+17 min
6 hours and 40 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+30 min
6 hours and 53 minutes
From London to Lubbock
13 hours and 49 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+28 min
14 hours and 17 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+38 min
14 hours and 27 minutes
From McAllen to Toronto
6 hours and 1 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+90 min
7 hours and 31 minutes
Via LGA with United Airlines
+321 min
11 hours and 22 minutes
From McAllen to Vancouver
7 hours and 45 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+95 min
9 hours and 20 minutes
From Sarasota to Las Vegas
6 hours and 53 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+32 min
7 hours and 25 minutes
Via MIA with American Airlines
+36 min
7 hours and 29 minutes
From Seoul to Sao Paulo
25 hours and 50 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+20 min
26 hours and 10 minutes
Via YYZ with Air Canada
+50 min
26 hours and 40 minutes
From Tucson to Madrid
14 hours and 35 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+90 min
16 hours and 5 minutes
Via EWR with United Airlines
+205 min
18 hours
From Wichita to Rome
13 hours and 13 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+16 min
13 hours and 29 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+42 min
13 hours and 55 minutes
From Seoul to New Orleans
17 hours and 8 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+69 min
18 hours and 17 minutes
Via SFO with United Airlines
+185 min
20 hours and 13 minutes
From Panama City to Santa Ana
6 hours and 35 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+18 min
6 hours and 53 minutes
Via BNA with Southwest Airlines
+30 min
7 hours and 5 minutes
From Phoenix to Chattanooga
5 hours and 58 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+28 min
6 hours and 26 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+39 min
6 hours and 37 minutes
From Corpus Christi to Denver
4 hours and 41 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+49 min
5 hours and 30 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+64 min
5 hours and 45 minutes
From Seattle to Amarillo
6 hours and 21 minutes
Via LAS with Southwest Airlines
+24 min
6 hours and 45 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+37 min
6 hours and 58 minutes
From Little Rock to El Paso
4 hours and 28 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+27 min
4 hours and 55 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+48 min
5 hours and 16 minutes
From Chattanooga to Phoenix
6 hours and 20 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+17 min
6 hours and 37 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+38 min
6 hours and 58 minutes
From Springfield to Mexico City
7 hours and 6 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+39 min
7 hours and 45 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+64 min
8 hours and 10 minutes
From Sioux Falls to Austin
4 hours and 47 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+68 min
5 hours and 55 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+78 min
6 hours and 5 minutes
From Albuquerque to Huntsville
5 hours and 9 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+21 min
5 hours and 30 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+56 min
6 hours and 5 minutes
From Jackson to Seattle
7 hours and 31 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+15 min
7 hours and 46 minutes
Via BNA with Southwest Airlines
+19 min
7 hours and 50 minutes
From Houston to Paris
12 hours and 31 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+43 min
13 hours and 14 minutes
From Cleveland to El Paso
5 hours and 51 minutes
Via MDW with Southwest Airlines
+19 min
6 hours and 10 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+52 min
6 hours and 43 minutes
From Houston to Norfolk
5 hours and 8 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+18 min
5 hours and 26 minutes
Via STL with Southwest Airlines
+22 min
5 hours and 30 minutes
From Corpus Christi to Seattle
6 hours and 53 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+32 min
7 hours and 25 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+43 min
7 hours and 36 minutes
From Cedar Rapids to Austin
5 hours and 5 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+27 min
5 hours and 32 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+37 min
5 hours and 42 minutes
From Lafayette to Chicago
5 hours and 21 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+15 min
5 hours and 36 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+50 min
6 hours and 11 minutes
From San Jose Cabo to Madrid
14 hours and 30 minutes
Via MEX with Aeromexico
+37 min
15 hours and 7 minutes
Via ORD with American Airlines
+75 min
15 hours and 45 minutes
From Chattanooga to Seoul
19 hours and 21 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+19 min
19 hours and 40 minutes
Via DTW with Delta Air Lines
+29 min
19 hours and 50 minutes
From Lubbock to Nashville
4 hours and 50 minutes
Via AUS with Southwest Airlines
+15 min
5 hours and 5 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+17 min
5 hours and 7 minutes
From El Paso to Paris
14 hours and 7 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+117 min
16 hours and 4 minutes
From New York to Amarillo
6 hours and 50 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+25 min
7 hours and 15 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+35 min
7 hours and 25 minutes
From Phoenix to Fort Walton Beach
5 hours and 49 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+21 min
6 hours and 10 minutes
Via BNA with Southwest Airlines
+39 min
6 hours and 28 minutes
From Bentonville to Tucson
4 hours and 49 minutes
Via PHX with American Airlines
+16 min
5 hours and 5 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+24 min
5 hours and 13 minutes
From Sarasota to Seattle
8 hours and 15 minutes
Via MDW with Southwest Airlines
+18 min
8 hours and 33 minutes
8 hours and 35 minutes
From Washington to Amarillo
5 hours and 51 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+42 min
6 hours and 33 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+49 min
6 hours and 40 minutes
From Saint Louis to Lubbock
4 hours and 32 minutes
Via DEN with United Airlines
+37 min
5 hours and 9 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+43 min
5 hours and 15 minutes
From Amsterdam to Mobile
13 hours and 30 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+26 min
13 hours and 56 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+43 min
14 hours and 13 minutes
From Phoenix to Appleton
6 hours and 8 minutes
Via MSP with Delta Air Lines
+19 min
6 hours and 27 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+30 min
6 hours and 38 minutes
From San Diego to Asheville
7 hours and 1 minutes
Via CLT with American Airlines
+26 min
7 hours and 27 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+30 min
7 hours and 31 minutes
From Pensacola to Seoul
18 hours and 25 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+85 min
19 hours and 50 minutes
Via SFO with United Airlines
+342 min
24 hours and 7 minutes
From Baltimore to Lubbock
5 hours and 47 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+40 min
6 hours and 27 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+56 min
6 hours and 43 minutes
From Raleigh/Durham to Amarillo
5 hours and 38 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+17 min
5 hours and 55 minutes
Via HOU with Southwest Airlines
+22 min
6 hours
From Paris to Monterrey
14 hours and 25 minutes
Via YYZ with Air Canada
+70 min
15 hours and 35 minutes
Via MEX with Aeromexico
+144 min
16 hours and 49 minutes
From Madison to San Antonio
5 hours and 19 minutes
Via DTW with Delta Air Lines
+37 min
5 hours and 56 minutes
Via ORD with United Airlines
+43 min
6 hours and 2 minutes
From Midland to Little Rock
3 hours and 50 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+20 min
4 hours and 10 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+35 min
4 hours and 25 minutes
From Amarillo to Nashville
4 hours and 41 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+39 min
5 hours and 20 minutes
Via DAL with Southwest Airlines
+39 min
5 hours and 20 minutes
From Monterrey to Pittsburgh
7 hours and 43 minutes
Via ATL with Delta Air Lines
+25 min
8 hours and 8 minutes
Via IAH with United Airlines
+28 min
8 hours and 11 minutes
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