$83 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Dallas

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Cheapest round-trip
$228
Overall average: $363
Frontier
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SFO - DFW • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$228
Typical prices: $241-$397
Frontier
Mon 5/4Sat 5/23
SFO - DFW • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Dallas (SFO-DFW)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Dallas that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to Dallas

Mon, Mar 30 - Sat, Apr 4
Frontier Logo
3:52 pm - 9:30 pm
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DFW
3h 38mnonstop
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2:48 pm - 12:23 am
DFW
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SFO
11h 35m
1 stop
$228Frontier
Wed, May 20 - Sun, May 24
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11:59 pm - 5:48 am
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DFW
3h 49mnonstop
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8:51 pm - 11:04 pm
DFW
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SFO
4h 13mnonstop
$229Frontier
Sat, Apr 4 - Tue, Apr 7
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6:00 am - 6:33 pm
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DFW
10h 33m
1 stop
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5:20 pm - 12:28 am
DFW
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SFO
9h 08m
1 stop
$230Frontier
Wed, May 27 - Sun, May 31
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11:59 pm - 5:48 am
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DFW
3h 49mnonstop
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8:51 pm - 11:04 pm
DFW
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SFO
4h 13mnonstop
$231Frontier
Thu, May 28 - Mon, Jun 1
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5:25 pm - 1:19 am
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DFW
5h 54m
1 stop
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8:51 pm - 11:04 pm
DFW
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SFO
4h 13mnonstop
$232Frontier
Tue, Jun 2 - Tue, Jun 16
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11:59 pm - 5:48 am
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DFW
3h 49mnonstop
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8:57 pm - 11:04 pm
DFW
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SFO
4h 07mnonstop
$233Frontier
Sun, May 24 - Thu, May 28
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11:59 pm - 5:48 am
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3h 49mnonstop
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8:51 pm - 11:04 pm
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4h 13mnonstop
$234Frontier
Sat, May 30 - Wed, Jun 17
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11:59 pm - 5:48 am
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DFW
3h 49mnonstop
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8:57 pm - 11:04 pm
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4h 07mnonstop
$235Frontier
Wed, May 6 - Sun, May 10
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1:20 pm - 6:55 pm
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DAL
3h 35mnonstop
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7:25 am - 9:15 am
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SFO
3h 50mnonstop
$257Southwest
Tue, Apr 21 - Thu, Apr 23
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1:20 pm - 6:55 pm
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DAL
3h 35mnonstop
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9:05 am - 12:35 pm
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5h 30m
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$263Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Dallas flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Dallas to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Dallas flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from San Francisco to Dallas costs $186 on the route between San Francisco (SFO) and Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 14% cheaper than other San Francisco-Dallas routes. The most popular route is between San Francisco (SFO) and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW).

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Dallas?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Dallas clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Dallas, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Dallas, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Dallas?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Dallas, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Dallas is September, where tickets cost $272 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $405 and $392 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Dallas?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Dallas, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Dallas, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 22% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$83
Flight from San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

When to book flights from San Francisco to Dallas

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Dallas based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Dallas

  • Can I upgrade my seat when flying from San Francisco to Dallas?

    Some airlines operating between San Francisco and Dallas allow passengers to upgrade their seats. Alaska Airlines provides seat upgrade options for passengers. They offer various upgrade options, including upgrading to Premium Class or First Class for a more comfortable experience. Upgrades can be requested during the booking process, at the airport check-in, or through the KAYAK Alaska Airlines website or mobile app. Upgrade availability is subject to seat availability and fare rules.

  • Are there kid policies on flights from San Francisco to Dallas?

    Delta Airlines has specific policies for traveling with children. Infants under the age of 2 can travel on an adult's lap or in an FAA-approved child restraint system. Children aged 2 and above must have their own seats. The airline has a comprehensive policy for unaccompanied minors (UMs). Children aged 5 to 14 years traveling alone are considered UMs and must use Delta's unaccompanied minor service. This service ensures the child is supervised and assisted throughout their journey.

  • What is the carry-on baggage policy on flights from San Francisco to Dallas?

    Each passenger is allowed one free personal item, such as a purse or small backpack, that must fit under the seat. Carry-on bags that go in the overhead bin are subject to a fee, which varies depending on the fare type and booking method. Size and weight restrictions apply. Carry-On Bags may not exceed 24 inches tall, 10 inches broad, and 16 inches long, including straps, wheels, and handles, or 35 lbs in weight.

  • Are there any lounges at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)?

    San Francisco International Airport (SFO) offers several lounges for travelers. Some of the lounges available at SFO include the United Club, American Airlines Admirals Club, Delta Sky Club, Air France-KLM Lounge, and the Cathay Pacific Lounge. These lounges provide amenities such as comfortable seating, complimentary food and beverages, Wi-Fi access, and other services for eligible passengers flying through the airport.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Dallas?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Dallas was $83 for a one-way ticket and $228 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Dallas?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Dallas from San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Dallas?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Dallas?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Dallas, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Dallas from San Francisco?

    Las Vegas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Dallas.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Dallas?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Dallas.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Dallas?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Dallas from San Francisco is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Dallas?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Dallas with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Dallas?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Dallas from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Dallas

  • Alaska Airlines from San Francisco to Dallas allows passengers to book their seats in advance. During the booking process, you can select your preferred seat based on availability and any applicable seating preferences or restrictions.
  • Do you intend on flying with your pet from San Francisco to Dallas? United Airlines has a pet policy that allows dogs, and cats with a maximum weight of 20 lbs to travel in the cabin. Larger pets can travel in the cargo but shouldn't weigh more than 150 lbs including the kennel.
  • Would you like to get distracted during your flight from San Francisco to Dallas? Frontier Airlines provides various inflight entertainment options. They offer a selection of movies, TV shows, and games accessible through their inflight entertainment system. Passengers can use their personal electronic devices to access the content via the Frontier Airlines app or website.
  • If you want to pick up your rental car at Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), rental car facilities are located at the Rental Car Center. You can find the Rental Car Center by following the signs for "Rental Car" or by taking the shuttle bus to the center from the terminals.
  • American Airlines from San Francisco to Dallas offers various accessibility services to passengers with reduced mobility, including wheelchair assistance, priority boarding, and accessible seating options. They also assist with stowing and retrieving mobility aids and have specific policies for passengers with disabilities.

Prefer to fly direct from San Francisco to Dallas?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Francisco to Dallas.
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Direct departures

San Francisco to Dallas

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

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Direct returns

Dallas to San Francisco

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

American Airlines,Southwest, +2 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

American Airlines,Frontier, +2 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Dallas

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4318 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

6.0 GoodChris, Mar 2026
DAL - SAT
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

Staff were good. My seat was in need of repair, but for a short flight was not problematic. Usual basic snack and drink setup that you'll find on any US carrier. Over, a decent, basic flight.

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

it was a very short flight so my expectations were low.

Very disappointing given gate agent behavior. Filed a formal complaint with United.

Terrible. No customer service, no food, no drinks on a 6 hour premier economy booking.

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

Where do I start!! I was delayed with my flight from Dallas to Tampa. On the way back from Tampa to Dallas the flight was delayed over 4 hours+. I was put on another flight that was also delayed but not as long. Traveling on American Airlines is becoming exhausing.

Dloght delayed by 2.5 hrs . Common theme in my last four american floghts

The flight attendants and the service is getting worse by the day.

They are rarely on time! Very hard to plan your travels when flights or connections keep getting delayed.

Forced to check bags. Crew uninterested in collecting trash. Unclean seats.

The worst Airline ever. They centered my second flight and leave me in NY. They don’t have any representatives at the airport and they don’t respond to calls. Basically I got stuck. I will never purchase through there again.

The chicken wrap was tiny ($13 for what looked like a 1/3 of a normal wrap?) and disgusting.

Mediocre would be best description. Food bland. Seat biz class uncomfortable to sleep. Crew never dimmed lights completely in an overnight flight to Europe. Would avoid AA if possible.

I am an AA flyer for a very long time... AA has yet to disappoint.

Arriving plane went to wrong gate. Flight Attendant was late. Was in no Hurry when he arrived. Flight was fine. Plane had to wait 20 minutes to get assigned a gate due to designated gate tied up. barely connected.. Boarded extremely late on final leg of trip.

flight delayed because of poor staffing and organization - confusion from gate agents and flight attendant supervisors scheduling a missing flight attendant. flight delay 1 hr 30 min

My flight was delayed by over an hour and the turbulance was horrible.

This flight cancelled. I am in the airport right now and my kids sleep on the floor. We are waiting for information in the line 4 hours and rude woman from spirit airline offers us flight to Austin on 23 February. No water no food offer. The offer to book hotel and they will refund 150$. The nearest hotel 450$ per night. So I got flight to San Antonio 02/22 at 7am. I hate this company, they are rude and no empathy. So many people with kids were there. And I don’t sleep and it is cold here. I don’t have warm clothes for me and my kids. And I don’t have money for transport from San Antonio to my Austin.

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

They cancelled the flight due to crew unavailability. The next day they cancelled the flight again.

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

For the cost you can't e too critical, but the inablitiy to recline the seat and minimal cushioning in the seats made for a less than comfortable flight. Other than that we had an ealry departure and arrival, boarding was smooth.

Horrible experience. First and last time using this airline. Made an announcement that boarding will start in 15 minutes, canceled the flight 5 minutes later due to no airline staff. Had to book another flight on Delta since Spirit had no other flights arriving to my original destination the same day. I wouldn't recommend anyone to fly with Spirit. No wonder why it consistently ranks high among worst airlines.

The plane was supposed to leave at 12:59 Amma and another plane took us around 9:30 am. There were 7 delay announcements. We were to receive a voucher of $12 back to pay for food at any place in the airport. One passenger tried to use the voucher was denied. I did not receive the voucher for me, my son, and grandson. I went to the desk and informed them and they took my phone # and email and they told me to wait. I did and was never sent. The plane was uncomfortable, the crew was dismissive of anyone beyond the last two seats. I will NEVER fly or recommend Spirit Airlines again.

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

My flight was canceled I was promised a reginf still not received.

The confirmation # CK8GNW and my name was not recognized/in Frontier system. I was able to check in on Frintier app so i went to the Frontier ticket agent, at time they told me that my name/ confirmation did not show up as a purchased ticket. I had to purchase a new ticket that cost $289.00 one way.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

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