Boeing 787-8
Wide-body jet
- Passengers flown a year
- 8.8M
- 31st-most common US type
- Airframes in US fleets
- 49
- US operators
- 2
- Airports served
- 69
- Countries
- 34
- Load factor
- 83.0%
Where the Boeing 787-8 flies
Filed traffic dataThe operators table below counts the registered Boeing 787-8 airframes each airline owns (US DOT Form 41). These figures are how much the type actually flew — departures, seats, and passengers filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months, not fleet size.
Departures flown
43,115
July 2026
Seats flown
10,506,087
Passengers
8.8M
Load factor
83.0%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
198,234
Busiest Boeing 787-8 routes
The Boeing 787-8's busiest US routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Buenos Aires – Miami (EZE–MIA)
1,199 departures · 259,558 passengers · 4,406 mi
87.0%
Load
Miami – Santiago (MIA–SCL)
1,193 departures · 249,329 passengers · 4,118 mi
82.5%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Honolulu, Oahu (DFW–HNL)
873 departures · 191,101 passengers · 3,784 mi
93.5%
Load
Barcelona – Chicago (BCN–ORD)
821 departures · 173,247 passengers · 4,420 mi
88.5%
Load
Los Angeles – Narita (LAX–NRT)
794 departures · 197,564 passengers · 5,451 mi
85.9%
Load
Narita – San Francisco (NRT–SFO)
734 departures · 174,815 passengers · 5,124 mi
82.3%
Load
Miami – Philadelphia (MIA–PHL)
715 departures · 127,049 passengers · 1,013 mi
75.9%
Load
Madrid – Philadelphia (MAD–PHL)
685 departures · 136,694 passengers · 3,681 mi
85.3%
Load
Dulles – Munich (IAD–MUC)
683 departures · 140,938 passengers · 4,263 mi
84.9%
Load
São Paulo – Miami (GRU–MIA)
682 departures · 145,362 passengers · 4,072 mi
91.1%
Load
Munich – Chicago (MUC–ORD)
673 departures · 140,758 passengers · 4,530 mi
86.1%
Load
Dublin – Chicago (DUB–ORD)
672 departures · 142,036 passengers · 3,674 mi
88.4%
Load
Tokyo – Los Angeles (HND–LAX)
652 departures · 110,237 passengers · 5,487 mi
87.2%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Frankfurt am Main (DFW–FRA)
639 departures · 124,626 passengers · 5,142 mi
83.5%
Load
Dublin – Philadelphia (DUB–PHL)
599 departures · 119,988 passengers · 3,272 mi
85.6%
Load
The longest and shortest Boeing 787-8 flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Longest route flown
7,717 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Taoyuan (DFW–TPE)
534 departures · 80% load
Flown by Eva Airways.
Shortest route flown
802 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
2h 27m block · 159 departures · 85% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Airports the Boeing 787-8 serves
The Boeing 787-8 serves 69 US airports across 34 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- ORD
3,836 departures · 20 routes · 8 operators
9.7%
Share
- PHL
3,815 departures · 20 routes · 2 operators
9.7%
Share
- MIA
2,853 departures · 14 routes · 7 operators
7.2%
Share
- DFW
1,981 departures · 13 routes · 4 operators
5.0%
Share
- JFK
1,945 departures · 12 routes · 14 operators
4.9%
Share
- IAD
1,741 departures · 9 routes · 8 operators
4.4%
Share
- NRT
Narita
1,588 departures · 7 routes · 3 operators
4.0%
Share
- LAX
1,565 departures · 8 routes · 9 operators
4.0%
Share
- SCL
Santiago
1,125 departures · 3 routes · 2 operators
2.9%
Share
- BCN
Barcelona
997 departures · 5 routes · 2 operators
2.5%
Share
Who flies the Boeing 787-8
Two questions in one table. Airframes is what each carrier reported owning in its US DOT fleet filing; seats flown is how much of the type it actually operated. They can rank differently, and the gap is the interesting part.
| Operator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American AirlinesAA | 37 | 4.4M | 41.7% | 7.9 yr |
| United AirlinesUA | 12 | 1.3M | 12.6% | 13.2 yr |
Airframes are the latest Form 41 filing; seats flown and share are US DOT T-100 for the type's most-flown operators — a dash means a carrier isn't among them (a freighter operator, or one that flies fewer).
How old is the US Boeing 787-8 fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
Monthly Boeing 787-8 capacity
How common is the Boeing 787-8?
The Boeing 787-8 makes up 0.6% of all tracked US airline aircraft — the 31st-most common type in service.
Share of all tracked US airline aircraft · top 12 types shown · 118 others hold the remaining 37.1% · Boeing 787-8 is the ringed slice at 0.6%
- 1
872 aircraft
10.0%
Share
- 2
708 aircraft
8.1%
Share
- 3
526 aircraft
6.1%
Share
- 4
481 aircraft
5.5%
Share
- 5
470 aircraft
5.4%
Share
- +25 more types
- 31
Boeing 787-8#31 · this type
49 aircraft
0.6%
Share
Frequently asked
How many Boeing 787-8 are in US airline fleets?
US carriers operate about 49 Boeing 787-8 aircraft across 2 airlines, 49 of them in service.
Which airline operates the most Boeing 787-8?
American Airlines operates the largest US Boeing 787-8 fleet, with about 37 aircraft.
What is the busiest Boeing 787-8 route?
The busiest US route flown by the Boeing 787-8 is EZE–MIA, with about 1,199 departures over the trailing 12 months.
Which airline flies the Boeing 787-8 the most?
American Airlines flies the most Boeing 787-8 capacity in US service, with about 4.4M seats flown over the trailing 12 months.
How many passengers does the Boeing 787-8 carry?
The Boeing 787-8 carried about 8.8M passengers on US routes over the trailing 12 months.
What is the longest Boeing 787-8 flight?
The longest US route flown by the Boeing 787-8 is DFW–TPE, about 7,717 miles, flown by Eva Airways.
How many airports does the Boeing 787-8 serve?
The Boeing 787-8 serves about 69 US airports across 34 countries, led by Chicago (ORD).
How old is the average Boeing 787-8?
The US Boeing 787-8 fleet averages about 9.2 yr.
How common is the Boeing 787-8 in US fleets?
The Boeing 787-8 is the 31st-most common aircraft type in tracked US airline fleets, by number of aircraft.
Trip reports on YouTube
Fliers post trip reports from Boeing 787-8 flights to YouTube. These three were matched automatically from public YouTube listings — The Frequent Flier does not host, review, or endorse them.
Simply Aviation
BRUTALLY HONEST | Japan Airlines ECONOMY Class Boeing 787-8 Helsinki to Tokyo Haneda!
23:09 · Dec 2025
OnBoardHD
TRIP REPORT | Air Europa | Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | Madrid - Tenerife North
16:15 · May 2018
Fly with Robin
TRIP REPORT | Air India Boeing 787-8 (Economy) | Frankfurt - New Delhi
18:36 · Mar 2022
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