✈ KUL → DFW

19H 18M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
19h 18m
Distance
9,686 mi
Or
15,588 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dallas

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), USA North America

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dallas?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Dallas (DFW) takes about 19 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,686 miles (15,588 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 18m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,686 mi

15,588 km · great-circle

Avg speed

807 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Dallas timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-13h

13 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~9.1d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2307 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2666 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 639 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.