Dallas Love Field
airport in Dallas, Texas, United States
Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL) is a city-owned public airport 6 mi (5.2 nmi; 9.7 km) northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas.[1] It was Dallas's main airport until 1974, when Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) opened.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Dallas | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Dallas Department of Aviation | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington | ||||||||||||||
Location | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 19 October 1917 | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Southwest Airlines | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 487 ft / 148 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°50′50″N 096°51′06″W / 32.84722°N 96.85167°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.dallas-lovefield.com | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is the headquarters and main hub for Southwest Airlines. Southwest flies almost all of the flights out of Dallas Love.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for DAL (Form 5010 PDF), effective April 10, 2008
- ↑ "Resources – Traffic Statistics". City of Dallas Aviation Department. January 2017. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Dallas Love Field Total Passengers". Dallas Love Field. August 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2024.