American Airlines 737 MAX 8
AANarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Oct 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 15.6M
- 4th-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 89
- Airports served
- 110
- Countries
- 25
- Departures a day
- 302
- Average age
- 4.5 yr
How American Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 737 MAX 8 airframes American Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 110 airports across 25 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
110,273
July 2026
Seats flown
18,966,945
Passengers
15.6M
Load factor
84.0%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
352,586
American Airlines's busiest 737 MAX 8 routes
Its busiest 737 MAX 8 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Dallas-Fort Worth – Santa Ana (DFW–SNA)
4,492 departures · 651,704 passengers · 1,205 mi
84.4%
Load
2,094 departures · 318,130 passengers · 1,726 mi
88.3%
Load
1,923 departures · 258,222 passengers · 919 mi
78.1%
Load
1,923 departures · 290,005 passengers · 2,153 mi
87.7%
Load
Bogota – Miami (BOG–MIA)
1,847 departures · 269,053 passengers · 1,506 mi
84.7%
Load
Miami – Charlotte Amalie (MIA–STT)
1,739 departures · 255,738 passengers · 1,107 mi
85.5%
Load
Mexico City – Miami (MEX–MIA)
1,636 departures · 214,484 passengers · 1,276 mi
76.2%
Load
1,617 departures · 217,991 passengers · 338 mi
78.4%
Load
1,598 departures · 223,530 passengers · 1,089 mi
81.3%
Load
1,551 departures · 231,517 passengers · 1,197 mi
86.8%
Load
Miami – San Francisco (MIA–SFO)
1,543 departures · 239,398 passengers · 2,585 mi
90.2%
Load
Medellín – Miami (MDE–MIA)
1,332 departures · 205,274 passengers · 1,388 mi
89.6%
Load
Miami – Quito (MIA–UIO)
1,302 departures · 199,881 passengers · 1,787 mi
89.3%
Load
1,207 departures · 156,724 passengers · 192 mi
75.5%
Load
Miami – Sint Maarten (MIA–SXM)
1,207 departures · 166,929 passengers · 1,224 mi
80.4%
Load
The longest and shortest American Airlines 737 MAX 8 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
2,724 mi
6h 9m block · 150 departures · 91% 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 3m block · 161 departures · 80% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the 737 MAX 8 from
American Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8 from 110 US airports in 25 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- MIA
21,242 departures · 69 routes
21.4%
Share
- DFW
10,493 departures · 54 routes
10.6%
Share
- PHX
6,876 departures · 29 routes
6.9%
Share
- ORD
5,993 departures · 28 routes
6.0%
Share
- JFK
4,457 departures · 14 routes
4.5%
Share
- SNA
4,249 departures · 4 routes
4.3%
Share
- CLT
3,566 departures · 24 routes
3.6%
Share
- DCA
2,419 departures · 8 routes
2.4%
Share
- MEX
Mexico City
2,354 departures · 7 routes
2.4%
Share
- LAS
1,616 departures · 7 routes
1.6%
Share
Where the 737 MAX 8 sits in American Airlines's fleet
The 737 MAX 8 is 8.6% of American Airlines's 1,029 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of American Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the 737 MAX 8 is the ringed slice at 8.6%
Other American Airlines types
How old is the American Airlines 737 MAX 8 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 89 737 MAX 8 tail numbers in American Airlines's fleet →
Monthly American Airlines 737 MAX 8 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 737 MAX 8 does American Airlines have?
American Airlines operates about 89 737 MAX 8 aircraft — 89 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does American Airlines fly the 737 MAX 8?
American Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8 to about 110 US airports across 25 countries, its busiest route being DFW–SNA.
How old are American Airlines's 737 MAX 8?
American Airlines's 737 MAX 8 fleet averages about 4.5 yr, ranging from 0.9 yr to 9.1 yr.
What is the longest 737 MAX 8 route American Airlines flies?
The longest 737 MAX 8 route American Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is MIA–SEA, about 2,724 miles.