Snapshot: A Day Of American Airlines’ Operations At Dallas Fort Worth

This article was researched and written on January 26th. Today, American has 1,588 scheduled movements (take-offs and landings combined) at Dallas Fort Worth, its largest hub. In comparison, Delta has 1,563 movements at Atlanta. It would be different if seats for sale were considered instead.

Up to 144 movements per hour

The following figure breaks down American’s DFW movements throughout the day. As you can see, 19:00-19:59 has the most arrivals (84), while 10:00-10:59 has the most departures (96). However, when combined, 19:00-19:59 is the busiest period (144). In these 59 minutes, arriving and departing aircraft will provide 20,400+ seats.

216 airports are served on the 26th

American has non-stop flights to/from 216 destinations today. As you will appreciate, this might vary if another day was examined instead. Some 171 domestic airports in 45 states and US territories are served, with the domestic market having 1,418 movements (89% of the carrier’s total).

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Hardly surprisingly, American’s DFW network sees more airports served in Texas (22) than in any other state. It is distantly followed by California (14), Florida (14), and Colorado (nine). The carrier has 245 intra-Texas movements on the 26th, with California and Florida joint second with 130 each.

With more likelihood of sub-daily service, looking at the international market on a specific date is problematic. That said, some 45 international airports in 21 countries globally have American flights to/from DFW today.

Up to 28 daily movements per route

On this single day, American’s 216 routes have an average of seven non-stop movements, with Austin and Los Angeles having the maximum of 28.

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Its DFW network is broken down as follows. It is impressive that 59 routes (more than one in four) have a minimum of 10 daily movements, illustrating the vastness of its operation.

• 28 daily arrivals/departures: Austin and Los Angeles
• 26 daily: Miami
• 24 daily: Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Antonio
• 20 daily: five routes
• 18 daily: five routes
• 16 daily: 10 routes (including Cancun, its most-served international airport)
• 14 daily: nine routes
• 12 daily: 13 routes
• 10 daily: 11 routes
• Eight daily: 23 routes (including London Heathrow, its top long-haul airport)
• Six daily: 38 routes
• Four daily: 44 routes
• Two daily (i.e., one daily arrival and one departure): 52 routes

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What about aircraft?

The figure below shows a breakdown of its equipment. About seven in 10 movements are operated by three aircraft types and variants: the 737-800, the E175, and the A321ceo.

Source: Cirium. Figure: James Pearson

Narrowbodies (excluding regional jets) have 994 movements (63%), regional jets have 544 (34%), and widebodies have 50 (3%). Notice the MAX 8 with just one roundtrip. AA2931 will leave DFW for Miami at 07:05, while AA399 will arrive in DFW from Miami at 20:49.

Are you flying to/from DFW on the 26th? If so, let us know in the comments section.