American Airlines 787-8
AAWide-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 3.8M
- 8th-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 37
- Airports served
- 33
- Countries
- 17
- Departures a day
- 52
- Average age
- 7.8 yr
How American Airlines flies its 787-8
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 787-8 airframes American Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 33 airports across 17 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
18,819
May 2026
Seats flown
4,402,401
Passengers
3.8M
Load factor
87.2%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
149,419
American Airlines's busiest 787-8 routes
Its busiest 787-8 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Miami – Philadelphia (MIA–PHL)
791 departures · 146,658 passengers · 1,013 mi
79.2%
Load
Buenos Aires – Miami (EZE–MIA)
777 departures · 166,257 passengers · 4,406 mi
91.5%
Load
São Paulo – Miami (GRU–MIA)
684 departures · 146,576 passengers · 4,072 mi
91.6%
Load
Madrid – Philadelphia (MAD–PHL)
676 departures · 135,143 passengers · 3,681 mi
85.4%
Load
Paris – Philadelphia (CDG–PHL)
643 departures · 123,781 passengers · 3,729 mi
82.3%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Honolulu, Oahu (DFW–HNL)
633 departures · 137,793 passengers · 3,784 mi
93.0%
Load
Amsterdam – Philadelphia (AMS–PHL)
596 departures · 109,210 passengers · 3,736 mi
78.3%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Frankfurt am Main (DFW–FRA)
570 departures · 110,544 passengers · 5,142 mi
83.0%
Load
Dublin – Philadelphia (DUB–PHL)
546 departures · 108,938 passengers · 3,273 mi
85.3%
Load
Miami – Santiago (MIA–SCL)
499 departures · 99,981 passengers · 4,118 mi
85.6%
Load
Barcelona – Philadelphia (BCN–PHL)
468 departures · 93,850 passengers · 3,925 mi
85.7%
Load
Spata-Artemida – Philadelphia (ATH–PHL)
466 departures · 98,336 passengers · 5,035 mi
90.2%
Load
Philadelphia – Zurich (PHL–ZRH)
445 departures · 77,730 passengers · 4,025 mi
74.7%
Load
Madrid – Chicago (MAD–ORD)
445 departures · 94,049 passengers · 4,202 mi
90.3%
Load
Barcelona – Chicago (BCN–ORD)
417 departures · 87,137 passengers · 4,420 mi
89.3%
Load
The longest and shortest American Airlines 787-8 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
6,462 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Tokyo (DFW–HND)
12h 27m block · 183 departures · 90% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Shortest route flown
802 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
2h 28m block · 308 departures · 85% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the 787-8 from
American Airlines flies its 787-8 from 33 US airports in 17 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- PHL
3,681 departures · 18 routes
20.8%
Share
- MIA
2,182 departures · 12 routes
12.3%
Share
- DFW
1,758 departures · 13 routes
9.9%
Share
- ORD
1,501 departures · 9 routes
8.5%
Share
- BCN
Barcelona
709 departures · 4 routes
4.0%
Share
- CDG
Paris
667 departures · 5 routes
3.8%
Share
- HNL
636 departures · 3 routes
3.6%
Share
- MAD
Madrid
557 departures · 2 routes
3.1%
Share
- DUB
Dublin
499 departures · 3 routes
2.8%
Share
- AMS
Amsterdam
405 departures · 2 routes
2.3%
Share
Where the 787-8 sits in American Airlines's fleet
The 787-8 is 3.6% of American Airlines's 1,029 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of American Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the 787-8 is the ringed slice at 3.6%
Other American Airlines types
How old is the American Airlines 787-8 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 37 787-8 tail numbers in American Airlines's fleet →
Monthly American Airlines 787-8 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 787-8 does American Airlines have?
American Airlines operates about 37 787-8 aircraft — 37 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does American Airlines fly the 787-8?
American Airlines flies its 787-8 to about 33 US airports across 17 countries, its busiest route being MIA–PHL.
How old are American Airlines's 787-8?
American Airlines's 787-8 fleet averages about 7.8 yr, ranging from 3.3 yr to 11.6 yr.
What is the longest 787-8 route American Airlines flies?
The longest 787-8 route American Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is DFW–HND, about 6,462 miles.