Dallas-Fort Worth International
DFW · KDFW · Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas · Tarrant County · map
Dallas-Fort Worth International is a public-use airport, 12 miles northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 606 feet above sea level. It has 7 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 13,401 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A). The receiver network heard 486 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 731,518 takeoffs and landings a year. About 36,258,939 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Dallas-Fort Worth International?
Its FAA code is DFW, and its ICAO code is KDFW.
Where is Dallas-Fort Worth International?
It is 12 miles northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 606 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Dallas-Fort Worth International?
The longest of its 7 runways, 18L/36R, is 13,401 feet long.
Does Dallas-Fort Worth International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Dallas-Fort Worth International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Dallas-Fort Worth International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Chicago O'Hare International, Laguardia, Los Angeles International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston. Every route
Are there flight schools at Dallas-Fort Worth International?
10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Aurora Aviation Academy LLC and Gpm Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Dallas-Fort Worth International?
41 pilot examiners and 42 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Dallas-Fort Worth International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DFW · ICAO KDFW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 606 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1974
Runways 7

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 13,401 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17C/35C | 13,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 17R/35L | 13,400 × 200 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 13,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 9,300 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 9,000 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17L/35R | 8,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 17C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 35C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 17R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 36L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 13R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 31L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 627 ft, 8,373 ft available for landing
- Runway 31R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 8,373 ft available for landing
- Runway 17L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), ant 150 ft high 5,443 ft from the end
- Runway 35R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 123.775 | Dfw |
| Digital ATIS Departure | 135.925 | Dfw |
| Clearance delivery | 128.25 | Dfw |
| Ground East | 121.65 | Dfw |
| Ground East | 121.8 | Dfw |
| Ground West | 121.85 | Dfw |
| Tower West | 124.15 | Dfw |
| Tower East | 126.55 | Dfw |
| Tower East | 127.5 | Dfw |
| Tower West | 134.9 | Dfw |
| Approach · Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) Runway 13R; Runway 31L/R, 35L/C/R, 36L/R | 118.1 | Dfw |
| Approach Runway 18L; Runway 18R | 118.425 | Dfw |
| Approach Runway 17L; Runway 31L | 119.4 | Dfw |
| Approach · Boove and star · Bowie and star West; Props landing south and all jets | 119.875 | Dfw |
| Approach · Fingr and star · Departure procedure (KUSSO) North; Props only runway 31L/R, 35L/C/R, 36L/R | 124.3 | Dfw |
| Approach · Beree Rnav Star · Brdje Rnav Star East | 125.025 | Dfw |
| Approach · Departure procedure (KUSSO) · TRI-GATE and dp Runway 31R; South | 125.2 | Dfw |
| Approach Runway 17C; Runway 17R | 127.075 | Dfw |
| Approach Runway 13R | 133.15 | Dfw |
| Approach Runway 31R | 135.5 | Dfw |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Departure procedure (COYOTE) South; Runway 13L/R, 17L/C/R, 18L/R | 135.975 | Dfw |
| Approach (secondary) · Beree Rnav Star · Cedar Creek Star East | 133.525 | Dfw |
| Approach (secondary) · Boove and star · Sockk and star West | 133.625 | Dfw |
| Akuna Rnav Dp · Ardia Rnav Dp · Dallas Area Dp Runway 17C, 17R; Runway 35L, 35C | 118.55 | Dfw |
| Departure North | 124.825 | Dfw |
| Akuna Rnav Dp · Ardia Rnav Dp · Ardia Rnave Dp Runway 35L, 35C, 36L, 36R; Runway 17C, 17R | 125.125 | Dfw |
| Akuna Rnav Dp · Ardia Rnav Dp · Dartz Rnav Dp Runway 18L, 18R; Runway 36L, 36R | 126.475 | Dfw |
| Fingr and star | 125.275 | Dfw |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 214-600-7784.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, cargo handling
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Dallas Love Field (10 nm east), Addison Airport (11 nm northeast), Grand Prairie Municipal (12 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- And Dallas county.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Closed 10:00 pm to 6:00 am except prior permission required.
- Closed 10:00 pm to 6:00 am except prior permission required.
- Closed 10:00 pm to 6:00 am except prior permission required.
- Antenna on building.
- Prior permission required from the primary tenant airlines to operate within the central terminal area. Proper minimum object free area distances may not be maintained for ramp/apron taxilanes.
- Prior permission required from airport operations for gen avn aircraft to procd to airline terminal gate except gen avn facility.
- Standard sawed grooving 160 feet wide full length runways 13L/31R; 18L/36R and 17R/35L. standard grooving 130 ftwide full length runways 17L/35R; 18R/36L; 13R/31L and 17C/35C.
- Airport under construction; paew in movement areas.
- Takeoff dstc for runway 17R from taxiway EG is 13082 feet and from taxiway EH is 12816 feet.
- Land and hold short signs on runway 17C at taxiway 'B' 10,460 feet south of runway 17C thld; runway 18R at taxiway 'B' 10,100 feet south of runway 18R thld; runway 35C at taxiway 'EJ' 9050 feet north of runway 35C thld; runway 36L at taxiway 'Z' 10,650 feet north of runway 36L thld; lighted and marked with IN-PAVEMENT pulsating white lights.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 9 announcements, latest 2026-09 · supplied by Neste, World Fuel Services, Avfuel Corporation · taken by FedEx, DFW Corporate Aviation, American Airlines.
FedEx securing SAF supply in blends of 30-50% through 2027.
Sustainable aviation fuel at Dallas-Fort Worth International: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 358,727 departures from DFW in those twelve months, carrying 40,944,835 passengers in 49,916,098 seats (82% filled), to 328 destinations (98 abroad) on 72 airlines.
All 328 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 731,518, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 710,693 |
| air taxi and commuter | 15,054 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,574 |
| military | 197 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dallas-Fort Worth from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Dallas-Fort Worth, TX as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Aurora Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Grapevine, 3 miles away
- Gpm Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Colleyville, 7 miles away
- Parrish Aviation Flight Academy LLC 13 aircraft · Southlake, 8 miles away
- Youth Missions Aviation Academy INC 1 aircraft · Southlake, 8 miles away
- Metro Flyers LTD 2 aircraft · N Richland Hills, 11 miles away Metro Flyers is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
- Mesquite Metro Flying Club 1 aircraft · Dallas, 11 miles away Metro Flyers Club is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
- Stature Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Addison, 13 miles away Stature Aviation is a flight training school and aircraft management company based in Addison, Texas, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- Island Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Addison, 13 miles away American Flyers is a flight school that has operated since 1939, offering pilot training from introductory flights through airline academy programmes.
- Aviator Air Flight School LLC 10 aircraft · Grand Prairie, 14 miles away Aviator Academy of Texas is a flight school based at Mid-Way Regional Airport in Midlothian, Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
- Skymates INC 7 aircraft · Grand Prairie, 14 miles away Skymates Flight Academy is an FAA Part 141 flight school located in Grand Prairie, Texas, offering pilot training courses from private pilot through airline transport pilot level.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
41 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 41 for private pilot, 41 for commercial and instrument, 30 for airline transport pilot, 36 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 35 for airplanes, 28 for multi-engine airplanes, 7 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 42 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 19 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 26 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 7 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Elizabeth Brassaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bedford, TX (5 nm) · (801) 808-4864 · [email protected]
- William Albert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Colleyville, TX (6 nm) · (817) 360-3506 · [email protected]
- Juan Rivera private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lewisville, TX (7 nm) · (806) 773-7859 · [email protected]
- Martin Maxwell Cupp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Coast Flight Training · Dallas, TX (10 nm) · (660) 247-0656 · [email protected]
- Bradley Frank Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Addison, TX (11 nm) · (903) 269-7006 · [email protected]
- Jolynn Marie Davila private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Thrust Flight · Addison, TX (11 nm) · (817) 394-8182 · [email protected]
- Patrick Edward Cannon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Lewisville, TX (11 nm) · (214) 649-2286 · [email protected]
- Patrick Nicholas Arnzen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Addison, TX (11 nm) · (859) 496-5777 · [email protected]
All 426 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 63 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 63 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Aurora Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Gpm Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Parrish Aviation Flight Academy LLC 13 aircraft · flight school
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 6,981 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 6,885 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 6,315 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 6,295 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 6,218 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 5,920 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 5,594 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 5,399 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DFW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.
