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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest hub for American Airlines, which is headquartered near the airport. American's hub at DFW makes it the second-largest airline hub in the world and the United States, after Delta's hub in Atlanta.

It is the third busiest airport in the world[2] by aircraft movements and the ninth busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic. It is the busiest airport in the State of Texas by both passenger enplanements and by aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings).[3] It is the tenth busiest international gateway in the United States and second busiest in Texas (behind George Bush Intercontinental Airport).[4]

Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW spills across portions of Dallas andTarrant counties, and includes portions of the cities of Irving, Euless, Grapevine and Coppell.[3] It has its own post officeZIP code and United States Postal Service city designation ("DFW Airport, TX"), as well as its own police, fire protection and emergency medical services.[5] The members of the airport's board of directors are appointed by the "owner cities" of Dallas and Fort Worth, with a non-voting member chosen from the airport's four neighboring cities on a rotating basis.

As of October 2014, DFW Airport has service to a total of 207 destinations, including 58 international and 149 domestic destinations within the U.S.[6] In surpassing 200+ total destinations, DFW joined a select group of airports worldwide with that distinction, including Frankfurt Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Munich Airport and Dubai International Airport.[7]

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