The Closest Airport to Allen, Texas

Of every city near McKinney National Airport, Allen has the strongest case for switching. DTX sits about 7 miles north via US-75 — around 13 minutes door to curb, non-rush-hour. That's not a marginal improvement over DFW or Love Field; it's a different category of trip.

For comparison, Allen to DFW runs about 32 miles and 41 minutes, and Allen to Love Field is about 25 miles and 30 minutes. Once Avelo's flights start November 11, 2026, DTX turns what's normally a 30-to-40-minute airport trip into a 13-minute one — for the 11 destinations Avelo flies by mid-December (Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and Fort Myers from November; Denver, Atlanta, Sarasota, Nashville, New Orleans, and West Palm Beach from December 16–17).

The tradeoff is real and worth naming: DTX is a small, four-gate terminal with one airline and 11 routes, not DFW's global network. If your trip isn't on Avelo's route map, you're still driving to DFW or Love Field. But for the routes DTX does fly, Allen residents are about as close to a commercial airport as North Texas gets.

Drive times are non-rush-hour estimates and will vary with US-75 traffic, particularly during Central Expressway rush periods.