AirportsDallas Fort Worth International Airport is a large airport serving Dallas-Fort Worth, in Texas, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DFW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DFW
- ICAO code
- KDFW
- City
- Dallas-Fort Worth
- State or region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 32.8968° N, 97.0380° W
- Elevation
- 185 m (607 ft)
- Runways
- 7
- Longest runway
- 4,085 m (13,401 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DFW means Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KDFW. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 32.8968° N, 97.0380° W. It stands 185 metres (607 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has 7 runways in the data. The longest is 4,085 metres (13,401 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 4,085 m 13,401 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17C/35C | 4,084 m 13,400 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17R/35L | 4,084 m 13,400 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 18R/36L | 4,084 m 13,400 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 13R/31L | 2,835 m 9,300 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 13L/31R | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17L/35R | 2,591 m 8,500 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Love FieldDallas | DAL | 19 km |
| Fort Worth Meacham International AirportFort Worth | FTW | 31 km |
| Mineral Wells Regional AirportMineral Wells | MWL | 96 km |
| Waco Regional AirportWaco | ACT | 144 km |
| Tyler Pounds Regional AirportTyler | TYR | 165 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,154 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,136 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,920 km | 16 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,627 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,235 km | 3 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,983 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,614 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,378 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,808 km | 17 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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