Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
IATA: DFW ICAO: KDFW FAA LID: DFW WMO: 72259
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Dallas City of Fort Worth
Operator	DFW Airport Board
Serves	Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Location	Grapevine Irving Euless Coppell Dallas County Tarrant County
Hub for	American Airlines Ameriflight UPS Airlines
Focus city for	Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines
Elevation AMSL	607 ft / 185 m
Coordinates	32°53′49″N 097°02′17″W / 32.89694°N 97.03806°W / 32.89694; -97.03806Coordinates: 32°53′49″N 097°02′17″W / 32.89694°N 97.03806°W / 32.89694; -97.03806
Website	dfwairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
DFW Show map of Texas DFW Show map of the US Location within Texas/United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13L/31R 9,000 2,743 Concrete 13R/31L 9,301 2,834 Concrete 17C/35C 13,401 4,085 Concrete 17L/35R 8,500 2,590 Concrete 17R/35L 13,401 4,085 Concrete 18L/36R 13,400 4,085 Concrete 18R/36L 13,400 4,085 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 158 48 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 65,670,697 Aircraft operations 672,748 Economic impact (2012) $16.8 billion Social impact (2012) 157 thousand
Sources: Airports Council International, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest hub for American Airlines, which is headquartered near the airport. 2016 was another record year for DFW, as the airport served 65,670,697 passengers.

It is the third busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements and the eleventh busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2016. It is the busiest airport in the State of Texas by both passenger enplanements and by aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings). It is the tenth busiest international gateway in the United States and second busiest in Texas (behind George Bush Intercontinental Airport). With nearly 900 daily flights, American Airlines at DFW is the second largest airline hub in the world and the United States, only behind Delta's Atlanta hub.

DFW Airport is larger than the island of Manhattan and is the second largest in acreage (18,076.297 (7,318 hectares or 29.8 square miles) among US airports, after Denver.

Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW spills across portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties, and includes portions of the cities of Irving, Euless, Grapevine and Coppell. It has its own post office ZIP code and United States Postal Service city designation ("DFW Airport, TX"), as well as its own police, fire protection and emergency medical services. The members of the airport's board of directors are appointed by the "owner cities" of Dallas and Fort Worth, with a non-voting member chosen from the airport's four neighboring cities on a rotating basis.