American Airlines 737-800
AANarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 55.2M
- 1st-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 303
- Airports served
- 146
- Countries
- 31
- Departures a day
- 1,084
- Average age
- 16.8 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 146 airports across 31 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
395,703
May 2026
Seats flown
68,060,906
Passengers
55.2M
Load factor
82.4%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
1,048,521
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)
6,708 departures · 969,937 passengers · 1,389 mi
84.1%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
5,525 departures · 805,842 passengers · 802 mi
84.8%
Load
4,494 departures · 642,953 passengers · 919 mi
83.2%
Load
Austin – Dallas-Fort Worth (AUS–DFW)
4,386 departures · 623,661 passengers · 190 mi
82.7%
Load
Washington – Dallas-Fort Worth (DCA–DFW)
4,363 departures · 618,908 passengers · 1,192 mi
82.5%
Load
4,052 departures · 612,792 passengers · 1,197 mi
87.9%
Load
3,785 departures · 523,744 passengers · 650 mi
80.5%
Load
3,508 departures · 502,181 passengers · 733 mi
83.2%
Load
3,281 departures · 456,480 passengers · 599 mi
80.9%
Load
Los Angeles – Chicago (LAX–ORD)
3,083 departures · 456,625 passengers · 1,744 mi
86.1%
Load
Nashville – Dallas-Fort Worth (BNA–DFW)
3,057 departures · 407,963 passengers · 631 mi
77.6%
Load
Chicago – Philadelphia (ORD–PHL)
2,821 departures · 392,924 passengers · 678 mi
81.0%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Jacksonville (DFW–JAX)
2,812 departures · 401,491 passengers · 918 mi
83.0%
Load
2,789 departures · 414,794 passengers · 1,514 mi
86.5%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Minneapolis (DFW–MSP)
2,758 departures · 396,259 passengers · 852 mi
83.5%
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 8m block · 110 departures · 86% 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)
1h 0m block · 919 departures · 73% load
Flown by American Airlines. About 1h 0m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the 737-800 from
American Airlines flies its 737-800 from 146 US airports in 31 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- DFW
71,972 departures · 110 routes
18.5%
Share
- MIA
41,966 departures · 83 routes
10.8%
Share
- CLT
33,983 departures · 69 routes
8.7%
Share
- ORD
31,875 departures · 56 routes
8.2%
Share
- PHX
11,435 departures · 38 routes
2.9%
Share
- LGA
10,124 departures · 10 routes
2.6%
Share
- DCA
7,945 departures · 9 routes
2.0%
Share
- PHL
7,360 departures · 18 routes
1.9%
Share
- AUS
7,312 departures · 9 routes
1.9%
Share
- LAX
6,312 departures · 16 routes
1.6%
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 146 US airports across 31 countries, its busiest route being DFW–LGA.
How old are American Airlines's 737-800?
American Airlines's 737-800 fleet averages about 16.8 yr, ranging from 8.7 yr to 27.6 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.