Where American Airlines flies
American Airlines filed 2,233,885 departures in the twelve months through May 2026, led by Dallas-Fort Worth, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.
Departures
2,233,885
May 2026
Seats flown
277,851,757
Passengers
224.8M
Load factor
83.4%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest American Airlines airports
Where American Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.
- DFW
185,240 departures · 32,913,352 seats flown
8.3%
Share
- CLT
125,044 departures · 21,799,923 seats flown
5.6%
Share
- MIA
103,867 departures · 18,236,349 seats flown
4.6%
Share
- ORD
65,026 departures · 10,908,743 seats flown
2.9%
Share
- PHX
58,639 departures · 10,075,552 seats flown
2.6%
Share
- PHL
53,036 departures · 9,241,130 seats flown
2.4%
Share
- LAX
32,545 departures · 6,005,999 seats flown
1.5%
Share
- DCA
27,663 departures · 4,204,718 seats flown
1.2%
Share
Busiest American Airlines routes
The city pairs American Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.
8,991 departures · 1,446,473 passengers
85.0%
Load
8,954 departures · 1,467,835 passengers
84.9%
Load
8,388 departures · 1,340,854 passengers
82.9%
Load
8,157 departures · 1,232,488 passengers
84.0%
Load
8,109 departures · 1,182,887 passengers
83.9%
Load
7,767 departures · 1,242,157 passengers
85.6%
Load
7,254 departures · 1,136,454 passengers
82.5%
Load
7,171 departures · 966,275 passengers
82.3%
Load
7,054 departures · 1,121,694 passengers
82.8%
Load
6,980 departures · 1,174,433 passengers
88.2%
Load
6,975 departures · 956,220 passengers
82.7%
Load
6,897 departures · 969,553 passengers
82.2%
Load
6,789 departures · 1,042,646 passengers
85.1%
Load
6,482 departures · 970,829 passengers
80.3%
Load
6,351 departures · 917,986 passengers
82.8%
Load
What American Airlines flies
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.
395,703 departures · 82.4% load
33.5%
Share
263,803 departures · 84.6% load
22.3%
Share
192,356 departures · 79.9% load
16.3%
Share
106,338 departures · 84.1% load
9.0%
Share
91,243 departures · 85.5% load
7.7%
Share
68,234 departures · 81.1% load
5.8%
Share
22,462 departures · 85.6% load
1.9%
Share
18,819 departures · 87.2% load
1.6%
Share
14,084 departures · 85.8% load
1.2%
Share
9,551 departures · 82.4% load
0.8%
Share
Monthly American Airlines capacity
Monthly American Airlines departures, trailing 12 months through May 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
June 2025
103,291 departures · 15,302,739 passengers
87.5%
Load
July 2025
105,940 departures · 15,879,169 passengers
88.0%
Load
August 2025
100,676 departures · 14,832,561 passengers
86.6%
Load
September 2025
90,931 departures · 12,993,992 passengers
84.3%
Load
October 2025
100,840 departures · 14,471,094 passengers
84.9%
Load
November 2025
94,295 departures · 12,840,002 passengers
81.0%
Load
December 2025
99,476 departures · 14,030,877 passengers
83.8%
Load
January 2026
88,437 departures · 12,169,048 passengers
81.7%
Load
February 2026
88,029 departures · 12,119,957 passengers
80.4%
Load
March 2026
102,786 departures · 14,602,586 passengers
83.8%
Load
April 2026
101,399 departures · 13,844,483 passengers
81.3%
Load
May 2026
106,493 departures · 15,037,288 passengers
83.2%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.