Direct Flights from Dallas to Grand Island
Grand Island · Nebraska
Nonstop service from DFW to GRI on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 3 cities fly direct to Grand Island, and Dallas is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Grand Island for, from Dallas
1h 35m in the air, 562 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Grand Island. Two nights works.
About Grand Island
Grand Island is a city of 51,000 people (2019) in South Central Nebraska. Grand Island has been given the All-America City Award three times by the National Civic League.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Grand Island
- The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island located in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States.
- St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral is an Episcopal Church building located in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987.
- The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. The museum was founded in 1926 and moved to its current location in 1939.
- The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum located in Grand Island, Nebraska intended to preserve the legacy of the Pioneers who settled the plains of Central Nebraska in the late 19th century.
- The Plainsman Museum is a museum located in Aurora, Nebraska, focusing on the history of the settlers and their descendants in the central Nebraska plains region.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Grand Island weather, compared with Dallas
15° cooler than Dallas on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Grand Island 36°F · Dallas 57°F · 22° colder
- April
- Grand Island 63°F · Dallas 77°F · 14° colder
- July
- Grand Island 88°F · Dallas 96°F · 9° colder
- October
- Grand Island 65°F · Dallas 79°F · 14° colder
January bottoms out near 36°F — a real coat, not a layer. Grand Island also swings harder through the year than Dallas does — 52° between its coldest and warmest months against 39°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Grand Island
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Grand Island is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Grand Island's highlights, from Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska), St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral (Hastings, Nebraska), and Hastings Museum and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Dallas to Grand Island?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Dallas (DFW) to Grand Island (GRI) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Dallas to Grand Island?
- American flies nonstop between Dallas (DFW) and Grand Island (GRI).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Dallas to Grand Island?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Dallas to Grand Island.
- How far is Grand Island from Dallas?
- Grand Island is about 562 miles from Dallas by air.
- What is there to do in Grand Island?
- Popular things to do include Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska), St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral (Hastings, Nebraska), Hastings Museum, Stuhr Museum, and more.
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