American Airlines 787-8
AAWide-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Oct 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 3.8M
- 8th-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 37
- Airports served
- 35
- Countries
- 19
- Departures a day
- 51
- Average age
- 7.9 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 35 airports across 19 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
18,736
July 2026
Seats flown
4,383,129
Passengers
3.8M
Load factor
86.8%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
149,645
American Airlines's busiest 787-8 routes
Its busiest 787-8 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Dallas-Fort Worth – Honolulu, Oahu (DFW–HNL)
873 departures · 191,101 passengers · 3,784 mi
93.5%
Load
Miami – Philadelphia (MIA–PHL)
715 departures · 127,049 passengers · 1,013 mi
75.9%
Load
Buenos Aires – Miami (EZE–MIA)
711 departures · 148,908 passengers · 4,406 mi
89.5%
Load
Madrid – Philadelphia (MAD–PHL)
685 departures · 136,694 passengers · 3,681 mi
85.3%
Load
São Paulo – Miami (GRU–MIA)
682 departures · 145,362 passengers · 4,072 mi
91.1%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Frankfurt am Main (DFW–FRA)
639 departures · 124,626 passengers · 5,142 mi
83.5%
Load
Dublin – Philadelphia (DUB–PHL)
599 departures · 119,988 passengers · 3,272 mi
85.6%
Load
Amsterdam – Philadelphia (AMS–PHL)
595 departures · 109,428 passengers · 3,736 mi
78.6%
Load
Paris – Philadelphia (CDG–PHL)
580 departures · 111,040 passengers · 3,729 mi
81.8%
Load
Barcelona – Philadelphia (BCN–PHL)
578 departures · 116,396 passengers · 3,925 mi
86.1%
Load
Miami – Santiago (MIA–SCL)
499 departures · 100,161 passengers · 4,118 mi
85.8%
Load
Philadelphia – Zurich (PHL–ZRH)
494 departures · 86,436 passengers · 4,025 mi
74.8%
Load
Spata-Artemida – Philadelphia (ATH–PHL)
465 departures · 97,270 passengers · 5,034 mi
89.4%
Load
Madrid – Chicago (MAD–ORD)
446 departures · 94,245 passengers · 4,202 mi
90.3%
Load
Barcelona – Chicago (BCN–ORD)
416 departures · 87,568 passengers · 4,420 mi
90.0%
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
5,487 mi
Tokyo – Los Angeles (HND–LAX)
10h 44m block · 132 departures · 87% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Shortest route flown
802 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
2h 27m block · 159 departures · 85% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the 787-8 from
American Airlines flies its 787-8 from 35 US airports in 19 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- PHL
3,815 departures · 20 routes
21.8%
Share
- MIA
2,100 departures · 12 routes
12.0%
Share
- DFW
1,714 departures · 12 routes
9.8%
Share
- ORD
1,375 departures · 9 routes
7.9%
Share
- HNL
756 departures · 3 routes
4.3%
Share
- BCN
Barcelona
701 departures · 4 routes
4.0%
Share
- CDG
Paris
636 departures · 5 routes
3.6%
Share
- MAD
Madrid
562 departures · 2 routes
3.2%
Share
- DUB
Dublin
534 departures · 3 routes
3.1%
Share
- ATH
Spata-Artemida
400 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 35 US airports across 19 countries, its busiest route being DFW–HNL.
How old are American Airlines's 787-8?
American Airlines's 787-8 fleet averages about 7.9 yr, ranging from 3.4 yr to 11.7 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 HND–LAX, about 5,487 miles.