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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 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: 100LL avgas, Jet A
Parking: tiedown
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

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 7

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.

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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.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 63 since 1982, 2 fatal

2025-03-14CEN25LA122 · Cessna 208B N9471B · accident · no injuries

2024-02-11DCA24LA095 · Boeing 737-823 N991AN · incident · no injuries

2022-03-18CEN22LA149 · Cessna 208B N78SA · accident · no injuries

2021-05-28DCA21LA137 · Boeing 737-823 N834NN · accident · no injuries

2021-03-15DCA21LA095 · Boeing 777-223 N789AN · accident · serious injuries

2018-09-26DCA18CA294 · Airbus A321 N994AN · accident · serious injuries

2018-08-03CEN18LA315 · Columbia Aircraft Mfg Lc41-550Fg N2546B · accident · no injuries

2016-04-07OPS16IA008 · Embraer S A Emb-505 N304QS · incident

2015-10-21DCA16CA009 · Boeing 757 223 N183AN · accident · serious injuries

2013-10-15ENG14IA001 · Airbus A319 132 N516NK · incident · no injuries

2013-05-09DCA13CA091 · Airbus 320 N327NW · accident · serious injuries

2011-02-21CEN11IA198 · Boeing 737-823 N945AN · incident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Dallas Love Field DAL · 10 nm east Addison Airport ADS · 11 nm northeast Grand Prairie Municipal GPM · 12 nm south Air Park-Dallas Airport F69 · 13 nm northeast Aero Valley Airport 52F · 13 nm northwest Arlington Municipal GKY · 14 nm south Dallas Cbd Heliport 49T · 14 nm southeast Lakeview Airport 30F · 14 nm north

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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 5, 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.