$49 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Dallas

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Cheapest round-trip
$212
Overall average: $459
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lun. 11/17jue. 11/20
SNA - DFW • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$325
Typical prices: $449-$601
American Airlines
mié. 12/3mar. 12/9
SNA - DFW • 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

lun., nov. 17 - jue., nov. 20
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1:31 pm - 11:09 amSNA-DFW
19h 38m2 stops
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10:20 pm - 3:59 pmDFW-SNA
19h 39m1 stop
$212Multiple Airlines
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vie., nov. 21 - mié., nov. 26
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10:58 am - 5:48 amSNA-DFW
16h 50m1 stop
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10:22 pm - 3:59 pmDFW-SNA
43h 37m2 stops
$213Frontier
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sáb., nov. 15 - mié., nov. 19
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6:45 am - 9:21 amSNA-DFW
24h 36m3 stops
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11:42 am - 9:01 pmDFW-SNA
11h 19m1 stop
$214Spirit Airlines
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jue., feb. 5 - lun., feb. 9
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5:46 pm - 1:34 pmSNA-DFW
17h 48m1 stop
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4:56 pm - 4:51 pmDFW-SNA
25h 55m1 stop
$216Multiple Airlines
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sáb., feb. 7 - mar., feb. 10
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7:15 am - 2:50 pmSNA-DFW
5h 35m1 stop
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3:56 pm - 8:59 pmDFW-SNA
7h 03m1 stop
$217Multiple Airlines
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vie., nov. 14 - dom., nov. 16
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6:45 am - 12:12 amSNA-DFW
15h 27m1 stop
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9:32 pm - 9:01 pmDFW-SNA
25h 29m2 stops
$220Spirit Airlines
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mié., dic. 3 - mar., dic. 9
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1:10 pm - 6:05 pmSNA-DAL
2h 55mnonstop
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10:50 am - 12:10 pmDAL-SNA
3h 20mnonstop
$325Southwest
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mié., dic. 3 - mar., dic. 9
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8:30 am - 2:55 pmSNA-DAL
4h 25m1 stop
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10:50 am - 12:10 pmDAL-SNA
3h 20mnonstop
$331Southwest
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mar., nov. 11 - sáb., nov. 15
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5:20 pm - 9:26 amSNA-DAL
14h 06m2 stops
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11:24 am - 6:36 pmDAL-SNA
9h 12m1 stop
$404Delta
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mié., nov. 12 - jue., nov. 20
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12:45 pm - 11:52 pmSNA-DAL
9h 07m1 stop
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6:00 am - 11:35 amDAL-SNA
7h 35m1 stop
$426Delta
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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 $276 on the route between Santa Ana (SNA) and Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). Over the past month, flights between Santa Ana (SNA) and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) were, on average, 5% cheaper than other Santa Ana-Dallas routes. This 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 Monday 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 $509 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 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Santa Ana to Dallas

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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American Airlines

Consider Main Cabin Extra for early boarding and complimentary drinks on longer flights.


Download the American Airlines app for in-flight entertainment, as seatback screens are being removed.

Southwest

Southwest's Love Field offers a smaller, easier-to-navigate airport experience compared to DFW.


Use Southwest's app to access free snacks, soft drinks, and Wi-Fi for streaming entertainment.

Read more about Southwestby Blane Bachelor
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SNA

SNA offers quick security lines, rarely exceeding 10 minutes, making it ideal for business travelers needing a swift departure.

Read more about SNAby Esther Carlstone
DFW

For a cost-effective arrival at DFW, use the DART train to downtown Dallas, avoiding high rideshare fees.

Read more about DFWby Ramsey Qubein
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Cheapest flight$49
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.
Estimated round-trip price
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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 $49 for a one-way ticket and $212 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?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Dallas, with SkyTeam 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

 
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11206 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
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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

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025PDX - DFW
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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.

Ok. It was uneventful and drama free. Plane was clean and the crew polite.

I got the last seat on the plane, in the back in the corner against the window, and I paid a competitive price for my ticket several weeks before the flight.

Flight attendant took my carefully folded coat and flung it across the aisle to the bin across the way. Where one of the passengers rescued it for me, because that just wasn’t right!!

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.

Tried watching free movie and it kept freezing so I couldn’t finish.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight delayed and missed connection. Rescheduled flight cancelled after 6 hrs wait. Rerouted thru ORD, flight cancelled, overnight stay in ORD. Still in the air on new flight!

Delayed delayed delayed and no offer for food or vouchers

A couple ladies from the crew were so rude and nasty. Thought they were mad at having to be there especially if you asked a question. This will make me think twice next time if I book a flight with you.

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Flight attendants on this flight were very attentive and friendly

You can plug your phone in & use their wifi to watch movies, etc, but the plane’s wifi was disconnected for most of the flight.

Very below average , plane from Dallas to Toyko was very poor designed plane. I had to sit for 13 hours next to fat man. Really bad seat and entertainment screen sucked

Full flight so overhead bin space ran out & bags had to be checked. When you’re in the last boarding group, you might as well expect that. Don’t pay to check bags though because when they run out of space for carry-ons, they check your bag to your destination for free. When traveling with children, no need to pay extra for seats, they will assign seats & have to sit your children with you.

American almost always Delays flights from Austin to Dallas and back. I cannot believe they have such poor service on this route. I was about to switch to American from Delta, but they gave me enough reasons not to.

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

Waited at the airport for over 4 hours to board this flight. Terrible airline

Flight was good and on time. Everyone was nice. Seats aren't very comfortable

The seats are too small the plane makes weird noise when landing 🛬

For the minimalist experience, it is really a great ride-- feels a little like public transport i guess

I didn't order food. I requested a Tomato juice and was given a boody mary mix. The serve needs to warn the customer what their given. It wasn't a huge deal, but I wasted $4.50.

EVERYTHING! It was so bad that I will be filing a claim for reimbursement for my seat as I could not fully sit in it due to an obese person being next to me and spilling over into my "space." And my personal item in the overhead been got crushed between two suitcases, so now my business laptop has been damaged beyond repair. Also, it was expensive! Since you pay for EVERYTHING, the cost of the trip was probably more than if you I used an airline that was not discounted. I will NEVER fly Spirit Airlines again!

One of worst experienc my family have every had with this airline. I was informed my Kayak that my flight was delayed and that my family will not make it to houston for our connecting flight. I contacted Spirit customer service to get my family on a later flight due to the delay in Vagas and them not making their connecting flight. The customer rep keep telling me that the flight from vagas is on time and not delayed. She even make to go to the spirit app on my phone and show me how to look up weather or not the flight was delayed. The app showed "on time" 20 minutes later when my family arrived at the airport for their flight, they were told that the flight was delayed and she will not make her connecting flight. I call spirit airline customer support again that night and spoke to another rep who apologize for his collegue and he told me that my family will receive a credit for this, this was on Saturday I still have not received the credit or an email letting me know when I will be credited for this inconvenience. This is not good business and it need to be fixed.

It was very bad it got delayed by 2 hours.Never going to travel with spirit airlines in future.

Flight delayed over 3 or 4 hours because no captain to fly plane. I couldn’t make a connection and had to wait 9 hours for another flight. Had to fly red eye flight. Sucks

I wanted to upgrade my seat because I’m 6’2 and never have enough leg room for my comfort. They upgraded my seat for free putting me in an emergency exit seat. I was very comfortable

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.

Worst airline experience. They were rude and kept changing our seats and/or giving our seats away so our family didn’t get to sit with each other. Almost everyone we dealt with at both airports with this airline was rude. The app kept giving us wrong information making things take longer. Dealing with them before TSA can take close to an hour…longer than I’ve ever had to deal with before. Never using this airline again.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

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