Minneapolis (MSP) to Dallas (DFW): 853 miles (1,372 km) great-circle, about 2h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $176 round-trip on Frontier, with 1 stop, departing May 17, 2026.
$176 round-trip, Frontier F91149, departing 2026-05-17 at 10:14, returning 2026-06-01. The recorded itinerary left on a Sunday, returning on a Monday 15 nights later; the fare was observed 22 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $176, it ranked 7th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MSP (median $275). That is 20.6 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the MSP median of 19.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MSP of similar length: Atlanta (907 mi) at $205 and Baltimore (934 mi) at $146.
Frontier had the cheapest fare on 7 of 30 MSP routes. It is the 28th longest of the 30 routes we track from MSP.
Of 27 departure airports with a fare to Dallas, Minneapolis (MSP) ranked 10th at $176. Lowest: $106 from Atlanta (ATL); highest: $1741 from Hyderabad (HYD); 14 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (13), Spirit (5), American Airlines (2), Qatar (2), Alaska Airlines (1) and Emirates (1), plus 3 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Chicago, America/Chicago; flight time is our estimate.