Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is the busiest airport in Texas and 4th-busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic. In terms of land area, it is the largest airport in Texas, the second largest in the United States, and third largest in the world. The airport has the IATA Airport Code DFW.
The airport is inside the city limits of Irving, Euless, and Grapevine.
Opened in 1973, the airport itself takes up more area than the island of Manhattan in New York City does. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has flights going to other places in the United States, as well as Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It is the largest aviation facility in Texas, with George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston as the second largest in the state. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport serves as the main hub for American Airlines, the largest airline in the world, which is also headquartered nearby. Delta Airlines also operates a hub here.
DFW Airport is basically its own city. It has its own post office and its own zip code. Around 1998, the new runway at the airport had decreased air congestion throughout the United States approximately 18 to 22 percent.
On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas-Los Angeles route, crashed at DFW Airport, killing 136 of the 167 passengers on board.
On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1411, which was bound to Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, crashed after takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. 2 of 7 crew members and 12 of 101 passengers perished.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has 5 Terminals, 4 of which are used. Terminal D will be completed in early 2005.
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Terminals
Terminal A
Terminal B
Terminal C
Terminal D
Terminal E
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