Boeing 787-8
Wide-body jet
- Passengers flown a year
- 8.9M
- 31st-most common US type
- Airframes in US fleets
- 49
- US operators
- 2
- Airports served
- 67
- Countries
- 32
- Load factor
- 83.2%
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
43,532
May 2026
Seats flown
10,610,078
Passengers
8.9M
Load factor
83.2%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
198,129
Busiest Boeing 787-8 routes
The Boeing 787-8's busiest US routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Miami – Santiago (MIA–SCL)
1,242 departures · 256,357 passengers · 4,118 mi
82.0%
Load
Buenos Aires – Miami (EZE–MIA)
1,125 departures · 246,223 passengers · 4,406 mi
89.2%
Load
Tokyo – Los Angeles (HND–LAX)
903 departures · 163,861 passengers · 5,487 mi
88.8%
Load
Barcelona – Chicago (BCN–ORD)
816 departures · 171,589 passengers · 4,420 mi
88.2%
Load
Miami – Philadelphia (MIA–PHL)
791 departures · 146,658 passengers · 1,013 mi
79.2%
Load
Los Angeles – Narita (LAX–NRT)
768 departures · 185,921 passengers · 5,451 mi
84.1%
Load
Narita – San Francisco (NRT–SFO)
738 departures · 173,327 passengers · 5,124 mi
81.3%
Load
São Paulo – Miami (GRU–MIA)
684 departures · 146,576 passengers · 4,072 mi
91.6%
Load
Dulles – Munich (IAD–MUC)
680 departures · 140,626 passengers · 4,263 mi
85.1%
Load
Madrid – Philadelphia (MAD–PHL)
676 departures · 135,143 passengers · 3,681 mi
85.4%
Load
Munich – Chicago (MUC–ORD)
673 departures · 141,668 passengers · 4,530 mi
86.6%
Load
Dublin – Chicago (DUB–ORD)
662 departures · 141,392 passengers · 3,674 mi
89.3%
Load
Paris – Philadelphia (CDG–PHL)
643 departures · 123,781 passengers · 3,729 mi
82.3%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Honolulu, Oahu (DFW–HNL)
633 departures · 137,793 passengers · 3,784 mi
93.0%
Load
Amman – Chicago (AMM–ORD)
628 departures · 140,178 passengers · 6,236 mi
84.2%
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)
414 departures · 78% load
Flown by Eva Airways.
Shortest route flown
802 mi
Dallas-Fort Worth – Chicago (DFW–ORD)
2h 28m block · 308 departures · 85% load
Flown by American Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Airports the Boeing 787-8 serves
The Boeing 787-8 serves 67 US airports across 32 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- ORD
3,996 departures · 20 routes · 8 operators
9.9%
Share
- PHL
3,681 departures · 18 routes · 2 operators
9.1%
Share
- MIA
2,887 departures · 14 routes · 6 operators
7.2%
Share
- JFK
2,017 departures · 12 routes · 14 operators
5.0%
Share
- DFW
1,965 departures · 14 routes · 3 operators
4.9%
Share
- IAD
1,840 departures · 10 routes · 7 operators
4.6%
Share
- LAX
1,761 departures · 8 routes · 10 operators
4.4%
Share
- NRT
Narita
1,573 departures · 7 routes · 3 operators
3.9%
Share
- SCL
Santiago
1,166 departures · 3 routes · 2 operators
2.9%
Share
- BCN
Barcelona
1,004 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 | 41.5% | 7.8 yr |
| United AirlinesUA | 12 | 1.3M | 12.5% | 13.1 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 MIA–SCL, with about 1,242 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 8.9M 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 67 US airports across 32 countries, led by Chicago (ORD).
How old is the average Boeing 787-8?
The US Boeing 787-8 fleet averages about 9.1 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
Thomas Beam
American Airlines Cabin Tour Block 2 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner "787T"
4:31 · Nov 2020
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