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.

Filed traffic data

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

    Dallas-Fort Worth

    185,163 departures · 32,913,626 seats flown

    8.2%

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  • CLT

    Charlotte

    124,283 departures · 21,641,175 seats flown

    5.5%

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  • MIA

    Miami

    104,361 departures · 18,323,280 seats flown

    4.6%

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  • ORD

    Chicago

    65,569 departures · 11,019,652 seats flown

    2.9%

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  • PHX

    Phoenix

    59,042 departures · 10,146,075 seats flown

    2.6%

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  • PHL

    Philadelphia

    54,040 departures · 9,426,689 seats flown

    2.4%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    32,719 departures · 6,043,393 seats flown

    1.5%

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  • DCA

    Washington

    27,531 departures · 4,170,160 seats flown

    1.2%

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Busiest American Airlines routes

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

  • DFW–PHX

    9,038 departures · 1,442,653 passengers

    84.3%

    Load

  • DFW–LAX

    8,944 departures · 1,438,520 passengers

    84.2%

    Load

  • DFW–MIA

    8,404 departures · 1,345,883 passengers

    82.5%

    Load

  • DFW–ORD

    8,192 departures · 1,219,594 passengers

    83.4%

    Load

  • DFW–LGA

    8,102 departures · 1,185,782 passengers

    83.4%

    Load

  • DFW–LAS

    7,727 departures · 1,233,266 passengers

    85.5%

    Load

  • CLT–MCO

    7,257 departures · 1,136,624 passengers

    82.5%

    Load

  • DFW–MCO

    7,109 departures · 1,183,201 passengers

    87.5%

    Load

  • AUS–DFW

    7,104 departures · 954,543 passengers

    81.7%

    Load

  • CLT–DFW

    7,050 departures · 1,112,174 passengers

    82.2%

    Load

  • DFW–SAT

    6,985 departures · 948,807 passengers

    82.3%

    Load

  • DCA–MIA

    6,947 departures · 966,473 passengers

    81.4%

    Load

  • LGA–MIA

    6,841 departures · 1,058,618 passengers

    84.8%

    Load

  • CLT–MIA

    6,494 departures · 972,675 passengers

    80.3%

    Load

  • JFK–LAX

    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.

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.