Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Not to be confused with Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. or DTW, Detroit Metropolitan Airport near Detroit, Michigan.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
The DFW logo: the letters "DFW" in orange with "Dallas Fort Worth International Airport" in gray.
An aerial photograph of DFW Airport, including its runways.
Aerial view of the airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCities of Dallas and Fort Worth
OperatorDFW Airport Board
Serves
LocationCities of Grapevine, Irving, Euless, and Coppell in Tarrant and Dallas counties, Texas, U.S.
OpenedSeptember 23, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-09-23)
Hub for
Operating base for
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL185 m / 607 ft
Coordinates32°53′49″N 097°02′17″W / 32.89694°N 97.03806°W / 32.89694; -97.03806
Websitewww.dfwairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13L/31R 2,743 9,000 Concrete
13R/31L 2,835 9,300 Concrete
17L/35R 2,591 8,500 Concrete
17C/35C 4,084 13,400 Asphalt
17R/35L 4,084 13,400 Concrete
18L/36R 4,085 13,401 Concrete
18R/36L 4,085 13,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers81,764,044
Aircraft operations689,569
Cargo774,033.8 tons
Sources: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport[1]

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas region, in the U.S. state of Texas.

It is the largest hub for American Airlines, which is headquartered near the airport,[2] and is the third-busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements and the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2022 and 2023, according to the Airports Council International.[3][4] As of 2021, it is the sixth-busiest international gateway in the United States and the second-busiest international gateway in Texas (behind Houston-IAH).[5] The hub American Airlines operates at DFW is the second-largest single airline hub in the world and the United States, behind Delta Air Lines's hub in Atlanta.[6]

Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW spreads across portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties and includes portions of the cities of Grapevine, Irving, Euless, and Coppell.[7][8] At 17,207 acres (26.89 sq mi; 69.63 km2), DFW is the second-largest airport by land area in the United States after Denver International Airport covering an area larger than Manhattan in New York City.[9][10] It has its own post office ZIP Code, 75261, and United States Postal Service city designation ("DFW Airport, TX"), as well as its own police, fire protection, and emergency medical services.

DFW Airport has service to 254 destinations (191 domestic, 63 international) from 28 passenger airlines. As of April 2023, DFW Airport has service to more nonstop destinations than any other airport in North America. Every major city in the Contiguous United States can be flown to in four hours or less. It is also the largest carbon neutral airport in the world and the first in North America to achieve this status.[11]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference statistics was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Radka, Ricky (December 23, 2021). "Airline Hub Guide: Which U.S. Cities Are Major Hubs and Why it Matters". Airfare Watchdog. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "ACI World confirms top 20 busiest airports worldwide | ACI World". July 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Josephs, Leslie (April 15, 2024). "World's busiest airports show surge in international travel. Here are the rankings". CNBC. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "U.S. Airports - international passenger traffic 2021".
  6. ^ Hoopfer, Evan (May 20, 2019). "Updated: 6th terminal coming to DFW Airport". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Norman, Mike (September 16, 2011). "A long-running North Texas fight might be cooling down". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 11A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ The U.S. Census Bureau also directly indicates the airport in the 2020 U.S. census map of Grapevine, page 4, PDF p. 5/5
    For Euless, see city limit line index map (linked from this page)
    JPG map from the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
    Coppell zoning map here
  9. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for DFW PDF, effective October 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "DFW Airport by the numbers". images.ctfassets.net. April 2023. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023.