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Where American Airlines flies

American Airlines filed 1,179,298 departures in the twelve months through April 2026, led by Dallas-Fort Worth, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.

Filed traffic data

Departures

1,179,298

April 2026

Seats flown

204,772,574

Passengers

167,823,030

Load factor

82.0%

passengers ÷ seats

Busiest American Airlines airports

Where American Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.

  • DFW

    Dallas-Fort Worth

    185,178 departures · 32,875,003 seats flown

    15.7%

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  • CLT

    Charlotte

    125,224 departures · 21,832,081 seats flown

    10.6%

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  • MIA

    Miami

    103,637 departures · 18,190,328 seats flown

    8.8%

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  • ORD

    Chicago

    63,742 departures · 10,707,187 seats flown

    5.4%

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  • PHX

    Phoenix

    58,689 departures · 10,080,467 seats flown

    5.0%

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  • PHL

    Philadelphia

    52,693 departures · 9,195,116 seats flown

    4.5%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    32,524 departures · 5,984,235 seats flown

    2.8%

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  • DCA

    Washington

    27,824 departures · 4,232,075 seats flown

    2.4%

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Busiest American Airlines routes

The city pairs American Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.

  • DFWLAX

    8,990 departures · 1,478,947 passengers

    85.0%

    Load

  • DFWPHX

    8,945 departures · 1,443,743 passengers

    85.3%

    Load

  • DFWMIA

    8,383 departures · 1,339,979 passengers

    83.3%

    Load

  • DFWORD

    8,086 departures · 1,224,151 passengers

    84.1%

    Load

  • DFWLGA

    8,061 departures · 1,180,183 passengers

    84.5%

    Load

  • DFWLAS

    7,827 departures · 1,246,149 passengers

    85.0%

    Load

  • CLTMCO

    7,273 departures · 1,131,872 passengers

    82.0%

    Load

  • AUSDFW

    7,130 departures · 963,142 passengers

    82.4%

    Load

  • CLTDFW

    7,058 departures · 1,131,711 passengers

    83.5%

    Load

  • DFWMCO

    6,937 departures · 1,167,031 passengers

    88.1%

    Load

  • DFWSAT

    6,927 departures · 945,876 passengers

    82.8%

    Load

  • DCAMIA

    6,883 departures · 972,135 passengers

    82.5%

    Load

  • LGAMIA

    6,788 departures · 1,040,539 passengers

    85.6%

    Load

  • CLTMIA

    6,495 departures · 972,968 passengers

    80.5%

    Load

  • DCADFW

    6,384 departures · 922,670 passengers

    82.8%

    Load

What American Airlines flies

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.

Monthly American Airlines capacity

Monthly American Airlines departures, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • May 2025

    103,198 departures · 14,736,522 passengers

    82.3%

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  • June 2025

    103,291 departures · 15,302,739 passengers

    85.2%

    Load

  • July 2025

    105,940 departures · 15,879,169 passengers

    86.0%

    Load

  • August 2025

    100,676 departures · 14,832,561 passengers

    84.6%

    Load

  • September 2025

    90,931 departures · 12,993,992 passengers

    82.3%

    Load

  • October 2025

    100,840 departures · 14,471,094 passengers

    82.9%

    Load

  • November 2025

    94,295 departures · 12,840,002 passengers

    78.7%

    Load

  • December 2025

    99,476 departures · 14,030,877 passengers

    81.2%

    Load

  • January 2026

    88,437 departures · 12,169,048 passengers

    79.3%

    Load

  • February 2026

    88,029 departures · 12,119,957 passengers

    79.4%

    Load

  • March 2026

    102,786 departures · 14,602,586 passengers

    81.8%

    Load

  • April 2026

    101,399 departures · 13,844,483 passengers

    78.7%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026.