Where American Airlines flies
American Airlines filed 2,245,301 departures in the twelve months through July 2026, led by Dallas-Fort Worth, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.
Departures
2,245,301
July 2026
Seats flown
279,087,946
Passengers
225M
Load factor
83.2%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest American Airlines airports
Where American Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.
- DFW
185,163 departures · 32,913,626 seats flown
8.2%
Share
- CLT
124,283 departures · 21,641,175 seats flown
5.5%
Share
- MIA
104,361 departures · 18,323,280 seats flown
4.6%
Share
- ORD
65,569 departures · 11,019,652 seats flown
2.9%
Share
- PHX
59,042 departures · 10,146,075 seats flown
2.6%
Share
- PHL
54,040 departures · 9,426,689 seats flown
2.4%
Share
- LAX
32,719 departures · 6,043,393 seats flown
1.5%
Share
- DCA
27,531 departures · 4,170,160 seats flown
1.2%
Share
Busiest American Airlines routes
The city pairs American Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.
9,038 departures · 1,442,653 passengers
84.3%
Load
8,944 departures · 1,438,520 passengers
84.2%
Load
8,404 departures · 1,345,883 passengers
82.5%
Load
8,192 departures · 1,219,594 passengers
83.4%
Load
8,102 departures · 1,185,782 passengers
83.4%
Load
7,727 departures · 1,233,266 passengers
85.5%
Load
7,257 departures · 1,136,624 passengers
82.5%
Load
7,109 departures · 1,183,201 passengers
87.5%
Load
7,104 departures · 954,543 passengers
81.7%
Load
7,050 departures · 1,112,174 passengers
82.2%
Load
6,985 departures · 948,807 passengers
82.3%
Load
6,947 departures · 966,473 passengers
81.4%
Load
6,841 departures · 1,058,618 passengers
84.8%
Load
6,494 departures · 972,675 passengers
80.3%
Load
6,360 departures · 694,498 passengers
87.2%
Load
What American Airlines flies
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.
394,827 departures · 82.2% load
33.3%
Share
265,087 departures · 84.5% load
22.4%
Share
191,860 departures · 79.6% load
16.2%
Share
110,273 departures · 84.0% load
9.3%
Share
91,046 departures · 85.2% load
7.7%
Share
67,924 departures · 80.4% load
5.7%
Share
22,144 departures · 85.2% load
1.9%
Share
18,736 departures · 86.8% load
1.6%
Share
14,681 departures · 85.7% load
1.2%
Share
9,220 departures · 82.1% load
0.8%
Share
Monthly American Airlines capacity
Monthly American Airlines departures, trailing 12 months through July 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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
June 2026
104,259 departures · 15,375,576 passengers
86.8%
Load
July 2026
108,177 departures · 15,838,431 passengers
86.1%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.