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Flight from Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Flights from California to Texas: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from California to Texas 
John William MichaelFlew with American AirlinesLAX-SATMar 2025
Watch the departure gate. Some are distant requiring shuttle service and there is minimal to non existent food, beverage, and usual shopping at these gates. Take food with you before boarding the shuttle.
Verified travelerFlew with SouthwestLAX-DALApr 2025
Arrive at the airport at least two hours earlier.
Verified travelerFlew with FrontierSFO-DFWMar 2025
Whatever you do, don't fly Frontier, even if they're the cheapest. They're miserable and gouge you on fees anyway so you might as well fly a more honest and reliable airline.
GradyFlew with American AirlinesPSP-DFWFeb 2025
There are options - book with delta, Alaska, jet blue, I mean even United is making efforts to be a better airline. It’s a shame in 2024 that there are certain airlines ya still just can’t fly with.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-AUSJan 2025
Use the lounge access at the discounted rate. It was very nice.
DEBORAHFlew with Spirit AirlinesLAX-DFWFeb 2025
southwest better crew and flight. DAL to ONT
ThuFlew with SouthwestOAK-HOUOct 2024
Oakland is a great airport to fly in and out of. Long term park is very reasonable.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-AUSSep 2024
Get there early enough to grab some food. I was just a little too late for that.
ChaeFlew with American AirlinesSAN-DFWJun 2024
I’ve actually avoided American Airlines over the last few years but my recent trip, and the wonderful crew on it, has me welcoming it back
Verified travelerFlew with Spirit AirlinesLAX-IAHJun 2024
Do not fly spirit if you want to get to your desired destination. It is a high risk gamble- they frequently delay and cancel flights. If you want to speak to a spirit airlines agent on the phone, (basic customer service) you have to pay $25.
BryanFlew with American AirlinesSFO-DFWAug 2024
Don't count on wheelchair assistance, particularly if you have a short connection and different terminals. DFW is HUGE and the assistance program is a disaster.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSAN-AUSMar 2024
If veteran or active duty, make sure to stop by USO in terminal 2 (SD airport); right next door to Alaska departures.
DaveFlew with American AirlinesMRY-DFWMay 2024
Woody's in the Airport has good food and a fun atmosphere. Try the Sand Dabs!
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesSNA-IAHApr 2024
Better back up and planning and MUCH better concessions for something like this. Giving $15 and then not even allowing me to use felt like salt in the wound.
LindsayFlew with SouthwestSMF-HOUMar 2024
Make sure you’re connecting flight isnt within an hour because SW is always running late and youll miss it and no one will tell you
WILLIAMFlew with American AirlinesONT-DFWMar 2024
Check in counter is small, limited staffs for early flights. Also, limited Kiosk stations as well.

FAQs for booking flights from California to Texas

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from California to Texas?

    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 California to Texas.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Texas 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 California to Texas?

    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 from California to Texas with an airline and back with another airline.

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

    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 from California to Texas up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Texas?

    Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Texas is San Antonio Airport (SAT), with an average flight price of $186.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Texas?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Texas is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $351. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $463 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Texas?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Texas is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $331 on average. Morning departures are around 29% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Texas is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $425.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Texas?

    The cheapest ticket to Texas from California found in the last 72 hours was to Dallas Love Field Airport, at $67 round-trip. The most popular route is Burbank (BUR) to Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $67.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly from California to Texas?

    The cheapest month for flights from California to Texas is September, when tickets cost $159 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $282 and $255 respectively.

  • How far in advance should I book a flight from California to Texas?

    To get a below average price on the flight from California to Texas, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

  • How long is the flight to Texas?

    An average nonstop flight from California to Texas takes 3h 23m, covering a distance of 1341 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to El Paso (ELP) with an average flight time of 1h 53m.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Texas?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Dallas (44% of total searches to Texas). The next most popular destinations are Houston (37%) and Austin (12%). Searches for flights to San Antonio (5%), to El Paso (2%) and to McAllen (0%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines serving from California to Texas

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from California to Texas? 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4280 reviews
7.1Food
7.6Entertainment
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LGB - SMF
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

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

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

The movies using Southwest WiFi kept pausing and I had to restart multiple times.

First, my flight was a usual flight nothing exceptional or unexpected. Over all it was a normal, good flight! Second, your questionaire is wholly lacking in the proper options to which one can answer a question. Often on short flights, there is no food let alone entertainment so why isn't that reflected in your questionaire? A simple "not applicable" would cover that issue appropriately but no, your form arbitrarily enters an answer based on the initial assessment which normally isn't factual. Until you provide an accurate means of assessing flights, I'll no longer be completing of these unimpressive and misleading assessements. Thank you!

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Smooth boarding process. Early departure, smooth flight, early arrival. The entertainment package has very good recent movie options. The flight crew were friendly and professional.

I don’t understand the purpose of the orange “priority” tag on my bag. This tagged, my bag is last or near to the last bag to come down the carousel at IAH.

Oh my gosh, I loved my experience with United! they made me want to travel more often.

The planes are so dirty! Food crumbs and finger print smudges, Dust over the vents and carpet stains. It’s disgusting.

The bag drop personal were not helpful. There was no food on the flight. Boeing aircraft, lousy as always. Everything else was fine.

Asked several times dairy free options and was ignored. Was told chips was the only thing I could have that I should have put it on my profile “which it is”. Very unprofessional. WiFi didn’t work have the flight. Overall a very bad experience.

Plane still had screens for watching movies. Good selection too.

Flight crew was amazing! I don't like that the Polaris seats are side-by-side.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

They need to improve their boarding process. Group 1 and/or paying first class passengers shouldn't be in the middle of boarding process

The flight to Tokyo AA61 took off about two hours late, but then had to turn back. By that time the crew had to be replaced. Then they kept promising to take off in an hour, then in 3, then switch to the next day.

Any sort of gluten free snack option would be nice

I had a carry on and a personal bag. I put my personal item under my seat and on way to the seat I put my bag up. I usually close my eyes and rest as I was on call for last 36 hours. I heard very loud announcements that someone needs to identify their bag. Pretty sure it was not mine until the hostess pointed out my jacket details attached to the bag. I asked why she got my bag out. I got berated and did not want to create a scene. But this person needs to be talked to.

Between Las Vegas and Dallas was okay But, once in the Dallas airport, notice, I have disability and ask for a wheelchair, they leave in a middle of nowhere, the personal in charge try to push me on a cart where I couldn't sit because was to high. Then they don't care about me, they bulling, till I start to yelling and crying, ask to everyone around, who can help me. The man in charge make a despective movements and said you are to loosing the fly. The last name in his batch started with an H, I did not have the full name. A nightmare. After all, a woman in charge was walking very slowly and asking me for a tip cause she was helping me to reach the fly. For years, AA has been the preferred airline. The personal in charge of the disabled people are discriminate me. Thank you Kayak.

Flight was late and missed connecting flight. They could have better accommodated, but instead did an overnight and had to arrive the next afternoon.

Awkward carry on process. Forced to check all carry on. No overhead space of worthiness. Left delayed, but made up the time. Crew was amicable.

April was the flight attendant in first class and was the most pleasant, cordial and efficient person I have seen on a flight in years. Good example of the type of people AA should hire to increase customer satisfacdtion.

Two flight changes before the scheduled flight. On the day of the flight, the flight was delayed, which caused the connecting flight to be missed. Then, I was directed to another airport (CUN) and traveled to Tulum. American gave a $12 voucher for lunch. The least expensive item on the menu at a Mexican restaurant was $9.99. Driving to Tulum was a bad auto crash, and traffic was delayed two-plus hours. The bottom line is that we should have been at the hotel at noon, but it ended up at 11:30 PM.

The boarding experience was good; $20 for wifi per flight is uncompetitive compared to Delta, Southwest, and others, and puts American lower on my list given similar pricing.

Flight didn’t get dinner on business. I was starving!

My experience with Spirit went pretty much as expected. It's a no frills airline, and you get what you pay for. I don't require much, so I was grateful to have an inexpensive way to travel. It is sad to me that the gate agents and flight crew don't smile much or seem very friendly or helpful. They are competent and efficient, and that's really all I need.

It was fast but uncomfortable seats. Had to pay a bit extra not sure why? Maybe in selection of all my 4 tix together ? Just knew I had a balance before getting boarding pass online when departing from satx ? And flight was delayed..

Last minute 2-3 hr delay in flight schedule; no explanation Unexpected extra $52 charge What's the benefit of choosing a cheap airline if you trick people last minute and force them to pay extra last minute? Did not appreciate being cornered.

Most uncomfortable seating I have ever experienced. And they do not provide any beverage unless purchased. Water was 4.59 a bottle. Same for a soda. A cup of water should be free. I will never fly Spirit again.

Seats are uncomfortable and too close together. Also, you missed my connection in Vegas on the way back and I ended up sleeping in the airport, flying back to Burbank instead of LAX and I got home 12 hours late.

They are very particular about size of the bag. Mine is small bag and has wheels. Bag wheel edges are bit outside of the measurements bucket. They charged $99 as carryon bagage

Non-professional acting crew, Very uncomfortable seats…!! Very bad pricing with all the add-ons for seat choice, luggage fees, etc….soon you’ll charge extra for oxygen. The ticket price means Nothing because in the end, the actual amount i paid, i could have and will in the future continue to fly on a real airline…

Your employees need to learn how to talk to people as creations of Yah. We are not their children nor are we lower than them.

Seats were surprisingly comfortable, and crew was polite. I did not like the baggage fee prices, the minimal amount of flight choices for my area and the difficulty of the self service bag drop.

I did not fly Spirit. Connie used my email while booking her flight. I do not know Connie. It's fraud!!!

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.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

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

Early arrival. Great landing. Pilot updates. Too cold in plane.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

An absolutely fraudulent experience. Extremely unprofessional. Terrible in all ways possible. Rude staff, flight attendants, and deceptive "policies."

The worst service , the agents from the counter are really bad . Poor customer service . They didnt help me to get in the flight . I was on line when they close the flight without telling and I couldn’t board the plane . I will like to get my money back ey back because it was their fault. Really bad management , bad manners, bad additud

My experience with the phoenix airport was terrible, the personnel lay the ticket counter charged me for a carry on that fit in the carry on size box, and the two women I spoke with were terribly rude and not willing to help.,,, there was one lady “candy” on the flight crew that was amazing and is the only reason I stayed on the flight at all, because the other stewards helping people to get seated on the plane were terrible

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

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