$85 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Dallas

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Cheapest round-trip
$268
Overall average: $456
Spirit Airlines
Sat 4/4Sun 4/5
SNA - DFW • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$388
Overall average: $538
Southwest
Sat 5/9Sat 5/30
SNA - DAL • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Dallas (SNA-DFW)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Dallas

Sat, Apr 4 - Sun, Apr 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
10:48 am - 9:14 pm
SNA
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DFW
8h 26m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 9:53 am
DFW
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SNA
4h 38m
1 stop
$268Spirit Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Fri, May 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:23 pm - 10:56 am
SNA
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DFW
17h 33m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:21 pm - 9:09 am
DFW
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SNA
12h 48m
1 stop
$269Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Mon, Apr 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:29 am - 12:12 am
SNA
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DFW
10h 43m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:45 pm - 3:33 pm
DFW
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SNA
18h 48m
1 stop
$270Multiple Airlines
Sat, Apr 4 - Tue, Apr 7
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:53 pm - 9:14 pm
SNA
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DFW
4h 21m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 9:13 pm
DFW
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SNA
11h 28m
2 stops
$271Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jun 5 - Thu, Jun 11
Frontier Logo
8:10 pm - 5:41 am
SNA
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DFW
7h 31m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:33 pm - 10:47 am
DFW
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SNA
18h 14m
1 stop
$272Frontier
Thu, Apr 2 - Sun, Apr 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
10:48 am - 9:14 pm
SNA
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DFW
8h 26m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 9:53 am
DFW
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SNA
4h 38m
1 stop
$273Spirit Airlines
Fri, Mar 27 - Mon, Mar 30
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 9:14 pm
SNA
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DFW
12h 29m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 9:53 am
DFW
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SNA
4h 38m
1 stop
$274Spirit Airlines
Fri, Mar 27 - Mon, Mar 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:25 am - 9:12 pm
SNA
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DFW
35h 47m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 9:53 am
DFW
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SNA
4h 38m
1 stop
$275Multiple Airlines
Tue, Mar 31 - Tue, Apr 7
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11:10 am - 8:45 pm
SNA
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DAL
7h 35m
1 stop
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7:35 pm - 8:55 pm
DAL
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SNA
3h 20mnonstop
$397Southwest
Tue, Mar 31 - Tue, Apr 7
Southwest Logo
8:10 am - 4:05 pm
SNA
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DAL
5h 55m
2 stops
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7:35 pm - 8:55 pm
DAL
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SNA
3h 20mnonstop
$398Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Dallas flights

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

What is the cheapest Santa Ana to Dallas flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Santa Ana to Dallas costs $328 on the route between Santa Ana (SNA) and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 8% cheaper than other Santa Ana-Dallas routes. It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Dallas?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Dallas is July, where tickets cost $396 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $492 and $491 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Dallas, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 5% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Santa Ana to Dallas

 
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Cheapest flight$85
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

When to book flights from Santa Ana to Dallas

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Ana 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas

  • What is the cheapest flight from Santa Ana to Dallas?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Santa Ana to Dallas was $85 for a one-way ticket and $268 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Dallas?

    A passport is required to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

    On your way to Dallas, you’ll fly out from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty. You’ll be landing in one of Dallas’s 2 airports: Dallas Love Field or Dallas/Fort Worth.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Dallas, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Dallas from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Dallas.
Find which airlines fly direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty Airport to Dallas, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Dallas

Monday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Friday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

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Direct returns

Dallas to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty

Monday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Friday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Dallas

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Ana to Dallas. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4318 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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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

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

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

It was a super old plane so the first class experience was just not luxurious

You need categories to denote when food and entertainment are not available.

I’m not sure there is anything that can be improved, even the cost was fantastic.

Website could be better with faster access to specific flight information and boarding pass once reservation is made. Not a fan of no seat selection on line. I had to consult gate agent each time to change seats on flights with lots of open seats. This cannot possibly be cost effective for airline. On plus side, Alaska seat legroom seemed larger than American. ns

I booked a round trip. I ordered a lunch going and a lunch for the return but got both lunches going. Could have been my error. Both lunches were good.

We were singled out, greeted and helped with check-in at the busy airport. They offered to take our bags there and gave no fuss when we said they were carry-on. With United just last week I had to put up a fight just to get onto the flight with my one authorized carry-on.

The flight was jumping between being delayed and closer to schedule about 5 times. Alaska air website showed incorrect times while google had latest info. This panic was horrible to deal with.

More leg room would be nice. Especially for older people

Canceled flight. No communication of this prior. Rescheduled to next day. Our good seats we purchased months ago turned into last row middle. No apology, reason, nor compensation for time and $ spent.

The plane was delayed a bit. It wasn't a huge problem though, as we were heading back home.

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.

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.

See prior comment about how Kayak mishandled my reservation and delayed my arrival by 6 hours.

Generally good. Flight left on time and the seats are comfortable. Plenty of space in front if you in you choose a comfort plus seat, completely worth spending the extra money given the amount of hours the flight lasts. The food tastes good but I would say it’s a the amount is too little. The crew was friendly and efficient. There was a some turbulence at different points into the flight. American Airlines has good deals to NZ if you book with plenty of time before you plan on going.

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.

I cannot effectively rate the food and drink as I had not. Otherwise, the trip was fine. The seats were nice, the crew was fine. They could smile once in a while. They all look like they were mad.

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

Loved that all flights were om time or early. Hated all the additional costs for a seat and luggage.

Boarding and unboarding processes were pretty smooth. I gave a low score for Boarding because of how my flight was missing from all the boards at the airport, and when I checked the flight status on the Spirit website, it said it would be departing from Terminal E, gate D15. There are no "D" gates in terminal E.

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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