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.

Filed traffic data

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

    Dallas-Fort Worth

    185,240 departures · 32,913,352 seats flown

    8.3%

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  • CLT

    Charlotte

    125,044 departures · 21,799,923 seats flown

    5.6%

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  • MIA

    Miami

    103,867 departures · 18,236,349 seats flown

    4.6%

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  • ORD

    Chicago

    65,026 departures · 10,908,743 seats flown

    2.9%

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  • PHX

    Phoenix

    58,639 departures · 10,075,552 seats flown

    2.6%

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  • PHL

    Philadelphia

    53,036 departures · 9,241,130 seats flown

    2.4%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    32,545 departures · 6,005,999 seats flown

    1.5%

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  • DCA

    Washington

    27,663 departures · 4,204,718 seats flown

    1.2%

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Busiest American Airlines routes

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

  • DFWPHX

    8,991 departures · 1,446,473 passengers

    85.0%

    Load

  • DFWLAX

    8,954 departures · 1,467,835 passengers

    84.9%

    Load

  • DFWMIA

    8,388 departures · 1,340,854 passengers

    82.9%

    Load

  • DFWORD

    8,157 departures · 1,232,488 passengers

    84.0%

    Load

  • DFWLGA

    8,109 departures · 1,182,887 passengers

    83.9%

    Load

  • DFWLAS

    7,767 departures · 1,242,157 passengers

    85.6%

    Load

  • CLTMCO

    7,254 departures · 1,136,454 passengers

    82.5%

    Load

  • AUSDFW

    7,171 departures · 966,275 passengers

    82.3%

    Load

  • CLTDFW

    7,054 departures · 1,121,694 passengers

    82.8%

    Load

  • DFWMCO

    6,980 departures · 1,174,433 passengers

    88.2%

    Load

  • DFWSAT

    6,975 departures · 956,220 passengers

    82.7%

    Load

  • DCAMIA

    6,897 departures · 969,553 passengers

    82.2%

    Load

  • LGAMIA

    6,789 departures · 1,042,646 passengers

    85.1%

    Load

  • CLTMIA

    6,482 departures · 970,829 passengers

    80.3%

    Load

  • DCADFW

    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.

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.