SNA - DFW

$65 Find Cheap Flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth departing on 5/7. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip
$300
Typical prices: $581-$365
Frontier
Fri 4/17Sun 4/19
SNA - DFW • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$330
Typical prices: $581-$426
Frontier
Thu 5/28Sun 5/31
SNA - DFW • Non-stop
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SNA offers quick security lines for smooth departures.
For budget-friendly DFW arrival, use the DART train.
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Cheapest • Avg $216 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 5h 05m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth (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/Fort Worth 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/Fort Worth

Fri, Apr 17 - Sun, Apr 19
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5:28 pm - 3:29 pm
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DFW
20h 01m
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10:45 pm - 4:20 pm
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SNA
19h 35m
1 stop
$300Multiple Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Sun, Apr 19
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6:45 am - 4:29 pm
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DFW
7h 44m
1 stop
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8:42 pm - 8:05 am
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SNA
13h 23m
1 stop
$303Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Wed, Apr 22
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6:45 am - 3:29 pm
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DFW
6h 44m
1 stop
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8:45 am - 9:45 pm
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SNA
15h 00m
2 stops
$304Multiple Airlines
Mon, May 18 - Thu, May 21
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4:20 pm - 7:22 pm
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DFW
25h 02m
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8:57 pm - 12:19 pm
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SNA
17h 22m
1 stop
$305Multiple Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Mon, May 4
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9:35 am - 9:34 pm
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DFW
9h 59m
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5:20 am - 11:31 am
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SNA
8h 11m
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$306Frontier
Wed, May 20 - Fri, May 29
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5:58 pm - 5:00 am
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DFW
9h 02m
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10:21 pm - 9:09 am
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SNA
12h 48m
1 stop
$309Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 31 - Wed, Jun 3
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6:38 pm - 11:53 pm
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DFW
3h 15mnonstop
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10:44 pm - 12:19 pm
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SNA
15h 35m
1 stop
$310Frontier
Sun, May 31 - Wed, Jun 3
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7:45 am - 8:07 am
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DFW
22h 22m
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5:43 pm - 10:38 am
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18h 55m
1 stop
$311Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Mon, Apr 13
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10:48 am - 9:20 pm
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DFW
32h 32m
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7:15 am - 9:53 am
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SNA
4h 38m
1 stop
$317Spirit Airlines
Sun, Jun 21 - Tue, Jun 23
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8:55 am - 8:09 am
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21h 14m
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8:05 am - 2:55 pm
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8h 50m
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$318Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth 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 to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

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 to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport departing in April.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, 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/Fort Worth Airport?

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/Fort Worth Airport, 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/Fort Worth Airport 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.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $498 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

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/Fort Worth Airport, 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/Fort Worth Airport, 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/Fort Worth

 
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Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$65
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

When to book flights from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport was $65 for a one-way ticket and $300 for a round-trip.

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

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

    All the following airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport flight route: Delta, JetBlue, American Airlines, British Airways, Alaska Airlines, Finnair, Iberia, and SWISS.

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

    The Airbus A321neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport flight route.

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

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Santa Ana to Dallas, Southwest or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Santa Ana to Dallas are Southwest and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $468 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $589 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

    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/Fort Worth Airport.

  • 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/Fort Worth Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport?

    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/Fort Worth Airport with an airline and back to John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline. Booking your flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and DFW can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

    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/Fort Worth Airport from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $267 or less one-way and $455 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport?

 
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/Fort Worth.
Find which airlines fly direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Dallas/Fort Worth

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Saturday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

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Direct returns

Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

Saturday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier

American Airlines,Frontier

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

 
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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4331 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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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.

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

Alaska drastically changed our flight from a direct flight to a flight with connection and a long layover. So we canceled the Alaska flight and we learned a valuable lesson that we will never book through kayak again because the third party travel agent tried to withhold our money.

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

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.

The flight attendant in business class was excellent! Professional, friendly and attentive.

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

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

They put me on an earlier and I got home sooner

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

Delay after delay with little communication then AA lost my luggage and at airport would not assist just said scan this QR code to track your luggage and submit a claim. However QR code provided did not work so have to go back to airport

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.

Bad airline to travel with my flight was delayed for more than 3 hours they act like it’s normal

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.

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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