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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.
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
185,178 departures · 32,875,003 seats flown
15.7%
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- CLT
125,224 departures · 21,832,081 seats flown
10.6%
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- MIA
103,637 departures · 18,190,328 seats flown
8.8%
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- ORD
63,742 departures · 10,707,187 seats flown
5.4%
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- PHX
58,689 departures · 10,080,467 seats flown
5.0%
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- PHL
52,693 departures · 9,195,116 seats flown
4.5%
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- LAX
32,524 departures · 5,984,235 seats flown
2.8%
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- DCA
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.
8,990 departures · 1,478,947 passengers
85.0%
Load
8,945 departures · 1,443,743 passengers
85.3%
Load
8,383 departures · 1,339,979 passengers
83.3%
Load
8,086 departures · 1,224,151 passengers
84.1%
Load
8,061 departures · 1,180,183 passengers
84.5%
Load
7,827 departures · 1,246,149 passengers
85.0%
Load
7,273 departures · 1,131,872 passengers
82.0%
Load
7,130 departures · 963,142 passengers
82.4%
Load
7,058 departures · 1,131,711 passengers
83.5%
Load
6,937 departures · 1,167,031 passengers
88.1%
Load
6,927 departures · 945,876 passengers
82.8%
Load
6,883 departures · 972,135 passengers
82.5%
Load
6,788 departures · 1,040,539 passengers
85.6%
Load
6,495 departures · 972,968 passengers
80.5%
Load
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.
394,920 departures · 81.2% load
33.5%
Share
263,747 departures · 82.8% load
22.4%
Share
192,578 departures · 78.5% load
16.3%
Share
103,756 departures · 82.7% load
8.8%
Share
91,255 departures · 84.4% load
7.7%
Share
68,431 departures · 79.8% load
5.8%
Share
22,497 departures · 84.9% load
1.9%
Share
18,916 departures · 86.8% load
1.6%
Share
13,617 departures · 86.1% load
1.1%
Share
9,581 departures · 82.3% load
0.8%
Share
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%
Load
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.