American Airlines 737-800
AANarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Oct 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 55M
- 1st-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 303
- Airports served
- 149
- Countries
- 30
- Departures a day
- 1,082
- Average age
- 16.9 yr
How American Airlines flies its 737-800
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 737-800 airframes American Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 149 airports across 30 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
394,827
July 2026
Seats flown
67,910,238
Passengers
55M
Load factor
82.2%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
1,048,488
American Airlines's busiest 737-800 routes
Its busiest 737-800 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Dallas-Fort Worth – New York (DFW–LGA)
5,954 departures · 849,776 passengers · 1,389 mi
83.0%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
5,448 departures · 784,683 passengers · 802 mi
83.7%
Load
4,521 departures · 641,860 passengers · 919 mi
82.5%
Load
Washington – Dallas-Fort Worth (DCA–DFW)
4,455 departures · 637,001 passengers · 1,192 mi
83.1%
Load
Austin – Dallas-Fort Worth (AUS–DFW)
4,240 departures · 596,775 passengers · 190 mi
81.8%
Load
3,861 departures · 553,766 passengers · 733 mi
83.4%
Load
3,786 departures · 532,109 passengers · 650 mi
81.7%
Load
3,519 departures · 527,195 passengers · 1,197 mi
87.1%
Load
Nashville – Dallas-Fort Worth (BNA–DFW)
3,376 departures · 448,549 passengers · 631 mi
77.3%
Load
3,274 departures · 450,031 passengers · 599 mi
79.9%
Load
3,059 departures · 453,846 passengers · 1,514 mi
86.3%
Load
Los Angeles – Chicago (LAX–ORD)
2,914 departures · 433,085 passengers · 1,744 mi
86.4%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Jacksonville (DFW–JAX)
2,868 departures · 409,257 passengers · 917 mi
83.0%
Load
2,800 departures · 398,684 passengers · 867 mi
82.8%
Load
Chicago – Philadelphia (ORD–PHL)
2,768 departures · 378,402 passengers · 678 mi
79.5%
Load
The longest and shortest American Airlines 737-800 flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Longest route flown
2,267 mi
5h 10m block · 172 departures · 88% load
Flown by American Airlines. A long leg for a narrow-body twin — far enough from a diversion airport that the type carries an ETOPS rating.
Shortest route flown
130 mi
Charlotte – Raleigh/Durham (CLT–RDU)
59m block · 1,070 departures · 74% load
Flown by American Airlines. About 59m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the 737-800 from
American Airlines flies its 737-800 from 149 US airports in 30 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- DFW
71,134 departures · 112 routes
18.4%
Share
- MIA
41,532 departures · 82 routes
10.7%
Share
- CLT
33,858 departures · 71 routes
8.7%
Share
- ORD
32,238 departures · 60 routes
8.3%
Share
- PHX
11,417 departures · 37 routes
2.9%
Share
- LGA
9,628 departures · 10 routes
2.5%
Share
- PHL
8,341 departures · 21 routes
2.2%
Share
- DCA
7,714 departures · 9 routes
2.0%
Share
- AUS
7,082 departures · 9 routes
1.8%
Share
- LAX
5,794 departures · 16 routes
1.5%
Share
Where the 737-800 sits in American Airlines's fleet
The 737-800 is 29.4% of American Airlines's 1,029 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of American Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice
Other American Airlines types
How old is the American Airlines 737-800 fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
See all 303 737-800 tail numbers in American Airlines's fleet →
Monthly American Airlines 737-800 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 737-800 does American Airlines have?
American Airlines operates about 303 737-800 aircraft — 303 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does American Airlines fly the 737-800?
American Airlines flies its 737-800 to about 149 US airports across 30 countries, its busiest route being DFW–LGA.
How old are American Airlines's 737-800?
American Airlines's 737-800 fleet averages about 16.9 yr, ranging from 8.9 yr to 27.7 yr.
What is the longest 737-800 route American Airlines flies?
The longest 737-800 route American Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is MIA–SAN, about 2,267 miles.