$155 Find Cheap Flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas

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Cheapest round-trip
$226
Typical prices: $271-$423
Frontier
Mon 8/24Mon 8/31
SNA - DFW • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$155
Typical prices: $139-$351
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Sun 8/23
SNA - DFW • 1 stop
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American Main Cabin Extra adds early boarding; use the AA app for entertainment.
Southwest via Love Field is easier than DFW; the Southwest app unlocks free streaming.
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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

Mon, Aug 24 - Mon, Aug 31
Frontier Logo
6:39 pm - 11:53 pm
SNA
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$226Frontier
Fri, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 24
Frontier Logo
6:39 pm - 11:53 pm
SNA
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$228Frontier
Fri, Aug 21 - Sun, Aug 23
Frontier Logo
6:39 pm - 11:53 pm
SNA
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$230Frontier
Fri, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 24
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6:39 pm - 11:53 pm
SNA
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
Frontier Logo
4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$231Frontier
Mon, Aug 24 - Thu, Aug 27
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6:39 pm - 11:53 pm
SNA
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$232Frontier
Thu, Aug 27 - Sun, Aug 30
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6:40 pm - 10:47 am
SNA
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DFW
14h 07m
1 stop
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4:40 pm - 5:54 pm
DFW
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SNA
3h 14mnonstop
$233Multiple Airlines
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
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7:45 am - 12:50 pm
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DAL
3h 05mnonstop
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8:00 am - 9:20 am
DAL
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SNA
3h 20mnonstop
$293Southwest
Wed, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 23
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4:55 pm - 11:10 pm
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DAL
4h 15m
1 stop
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12:35 pm - 1:40 pm
DAL
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SNA
3h 05mnonstop
$299Southwest
Tue, Sep 1 - Thu, Sep 10
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7:30 am - 12:25 pm
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DAL
2h 55mnonstop
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6:25 pm - 9:10 pm
DAL
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SNA
4h 45m
1 stop
$302Southwest
Tue, Jul 21 - Tue, Jul 28
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11:10 am - 7:55 pm
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DAL
6h 45m
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1:50 pm - 2:55 pm
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SNA
3h 05mnonstop
$303Southwest
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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.

How much is a round-trip flight from Santa Ana, California to Dallas?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Santa Ana, California to Dallas departing in August.

What is the cheapest John Wayne (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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas costs $270 on the route between John Wayne (Santa Ana) (SNA) and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 19% cheaper than other John Wayne (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 Saturdays 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 John Wayne (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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas is October, where tickets cost $40 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $221 and $185 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from John Wayne (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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 3% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$155
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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas was $155 for a one-way ticket and $226 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,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

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Direct returns

Dallas to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,Southwest

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

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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 John Wayne (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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7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12582 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
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Never had so many staff members be rude and disrespectful. I had a staff member sarcastically call me “girly” after making me wait 20 minutes to be seen by her. I was able to print my luggage tag and she told me I was too late to check luggage I said the system obviously disagrees. And you had me wait way too long while you asked every single passenger ahead of me about their Disney vacations. She wasted so much time to then say “girly your bag won’t make it on the plane” I’m not her girly I’m a full grown adult. She needs to learn a hell of a lot of respect

2.0 MediocreBridget, Jun 2026
SNA - SEA
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Never had so many staff members be rude and disrespectful. I had a staff member sarcastically call me “girly” after making me wait 20 minutes to be seen by her. I was able to print my luggage tag and she told me I was too late to check luggage I said the system obviously disagrees. And you had me wait way too long while you asked every single passenger ahead of me about their Disney vacations. She wasted so much time to then say “girly your bag won’t make it on the plane” I’m not her girly I’m a full grown adult. She needs to learn a hell of a lot of respect

On time, friendly and professional staff and crew Very nice new terminal in Spokane

Wi-Fi cut out for a bit, then resumed. Otherwise flawless flight.

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

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.

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!!

the flight was delayed twice and then delayed from taking off.

The flight got canceled the night before. I'm on a redeye now.

Fyi- this flight goes into Love Field and not DFW. Maybe important depending on your schedule

SW can't get their wifi right. I upgrade to insure wifi service but the last two trips had intermittent service. Not worth the extra costs.

Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

The seat was not comfortable. 1D. My back was sore all night and the next day.

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

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

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

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

The 700 model seating is too tight both seat size & leg room

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Very poor the plane itself was really old, slight smell that couldn’t be named. I didn’t even get a boarding pass UNTIL AFTER clearing security! Even then, they said when I get to my connected flight I’ll get my 2nd boarding pass there! A bit ridiculous!

Fantastic. Smooth boarding with an infant. Never experienced it with any other carriers.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Apparently the WiFi you buy on on one flight doesn't carry on with connecting flights.

This was for the LOS to FRA leg of the flight Checking in and boarding was not good The staff at the gate were not helpful and targeted the customer and delayed the customers boarding unnecessarily The flight was delayed for about two hours and later for a change of boarding gate The waiting area was overcrowded with no seats available for passengers and lots were left standing for a long period of time

Sitting in row 31, you could smell the bathroom during the entire flight. It was pretty disgusting.

Flight was delayed multiple times without giving any particular reason and the only thing that was communicated was that 'Aircraft is getting ready'. I was stuck at SFO airport for 15 hours and finally took Southwest Airlines flight back home to Dallas.

Ontario airport boarding was very easy to park and access, is clean and TSA took 10 minutes total. Check-in was a breeze and cruise was very nice.

Terrible planning. And even worse gate agents. Absolutely rude behavior.

Rough flight No beverage service due to turbulence Bottom Seat cushion was non existent

Not good. One of my luggage is missing. And until now they can’t find it

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

Flights were on time. That's the main consideration since I had to change planes. The entertainment was whatever you bring with you and the food (in Economy) is non-existant. Neither of those was a surprise.

The gate crew did try to help, however they lacked the information as to whether the flight will operate or not. Being delayed 6 hours and in a limbo on whether the flight will operate or not is not fun. The airline having staffing issues is not encouraging at all.

Flight was delayed and missed connecting flight. Did not give warning about delay until we showed up at the airport. Not good.

I love to be able to connect my own devices to the entertainment system. It works great!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

I didn't like anything about the flight It was my first time and definitely my last time boarding a frontier flight. Their counter agents need training and they need to learn to communicate regularly and respectfully

Flight was delayed for more than 3 hours, crew at ONT airport was rude, and when we got to DFW the airplane had an issue landing, we had to be taxied to the terminal, and the luggage was hold until the next day.

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