Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) in 2013
American Airlines is headquartered near DFW, the airline's primary hub.
A Skylink train stopped at Terminal E adjacent to a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320
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An airline hub or hub airport is an airport used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations. Hubs serve as transfer points to help get passengers to their final destination. It is part of the hub-and-spoke system. An airline may operate flights from several non-hub (spoke) cities to the hub airport, and passengers traveling between spoke cities connect through the hub. This paradigm creates economies of scale that allow an airline to serve city-pairs that could otherwise not be economically served on a non-stop basis. This system contrasts with the point-to-point model, in which there are no hubs and nonstop flights are instead offered between spoke cities. Hub airports also serve origin and destination (O&D) traffic.
The primary hub of British Airways is Heathrow Airport in London
Emirates aircraft at Dubai International Airport
FedEx Express aircraft at Memphis International Airport
The focus cities of JetBlue are Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Orlando, and San Juan.