Direct Flights from Dallas to Amarillo
Amarillo · Texas
Nonstop service from DFW and DAL to AMA on American, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Dallas has 2 airports with nonstop service to Amarillo. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗DFWAMADallas Fort Worth International
- Find flights ↗DALAMADallas Love Field
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 5 cities have a nonstop to Amarillo, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Amarillo for, from Dallas
1h 5m in the air, 312 miles: short enough that a single night in Amarillo is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 9 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Amarillo
Amarillo, which means "yellow" in Spanish, is the center of the Texas Panhandle at the edge of the Great Plains.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Amarillo
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is a U.S. national monument in the state of Texas. For thousands of years, people came to the red bluffs above the Canadian River for flint, vital to their existence.
- Wonderland Park is an amusement park located in Thompson Memorial Park, Amarillo, Texas, United States.
- St. Mary's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral church located in Amarillo, Texas, in the United States. It has been the seat of the Diocese of Amarillo since 2011.
- The Leaning Tower of Britten is a leaning water tower which serves as a roadside attraction and decorative item along historic U.S. Route 66 in Groom, Texas.
- Sacred Heart Cathedral is a former cathedral church located in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It was the seat of the Diocese of Amarillo from 1927 to 1975.
- Don Harrington Discovery Center is a nonprofit interactive science center and planetarium in Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
- The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum was created by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas. Ground breaking construction of the Hall of Fame Museum began in 1989.
- Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum is a history museum located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, United States, a small city south of Amarillo.
- The Texas Air & Space Museum is an aviation museum located near Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas.
- The Carson County Square House Museum is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 207 and Fifth Street in the city of Panhandle, in the county of Carson, in the U.S. state of Texas.
- The Amarillo Museum of Art is located at 2200 S. Van Buren Street on the grounds of Amarillo College in the city of Amarillo, in the county of Potter, in the U.S. state of Texas.
- Palo Duro Canyon State Park is a 28,000-acre (11,000 ha) state park in Randall and Armstrong counties, Texas, United States. The park opened in 1934 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Amarillo weather, compared with Dallas
5° cooler than Dallas on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Amarillo 52°F · Dallas 57°F · 6° colder
- April
- Amarillo 72°F · Dallas 77°F · 5° colder
- July
- Amarillo 92°F · Dallas 96°F · 4° colder
- October
- Amarillo 72°F · Dallas 79°F · 7° colder
July averages 92°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Amarillo
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Amarillo is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Amarillo rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Wonderland Park (Texas), and St. Mary's Cathedral (Amarillo, Texas) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Dallas to Amarillo?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Dallas (DFW, DAL) to Amarillo (AMA) on American, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Dallas to Amarillo?
- American, Southwest fly nonstop between Dallas (DFW, DAL) and Amarillo (AMA).
- Which Dallas airport has nonstop flights to Amarillo?
- You can leave from 2 Dallas airports: DFW (Dallas Fort Worth International) on American; DAL (Dallas Love Field) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Dallas to Amarillo?
- There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Dallas to Amarillo.
- How far is Amarillo from Dallas?
- Amarillo is about 312 miles from Dallas by air.
- What is there to do in Amarillo?
- Popular things to do include Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Wonderland Park (Texas), St. Mary's Cathedral (Amarillo, Texas), Leaning Tower of Britten, and more.
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