Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

The principal international airport serving the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas Region in the U.S. state of Texas is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, also known as DFW Airport. According to Airports Council International, it will be the second-busiest airport for passenger traffic and the third-busiest airport in the world for aircraft movements in 2021. It is the main hub for American Airlines, whose headquarters are close to the airport.

It is Texas' second-busiest international gateway and the ninth-busiest international gateway in the entire US. The second-largest airline hub in the world and in the United States is operated by American Airlines at DFW, trailing only the hub of Delta Air Lines in Atlanta.

Approximately midway between the large cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW encompasses parts of Irving, Euless, Grapevine, and Coppell as well as Dallas and Tarrant counties. DFW International Airport is the second-largest airport in terms of land area in the United States, behind Denver International Airport, and is bigger than the island of Manhattan at 6,963 hectares. It has its own police, fire protection, and emergency medical services, as well as its own post office ZIP code, 75261, and United States Postal Service city designation.

Area: 69.63 km²

Location: Dallas and Tarrant counties, Texas, United States