Dallas Love Field
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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| IATA: DAL – ICAO: KDAL – FAA LID: DAL – WMO: 72258 | |||
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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. | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 487 ft / 148 m | ||
| Coordinates | 32°50′50″N 096°51′06″W / 32.84722°N 96.85167°WCoordinates: 32°50′50″N 096°51′06″W / 32.84722°N 96.85167°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 13L/31R | 7,752 | 2,363 | Concrete |
| 13R/31L | 8,800 | 2,682 | Concrete |
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| Aircraft operations | 170,162 | ||
| Passenger | 7,684,653 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2] | |||
The airport is the headquarters and main hub for Southwest Airlines. Southwest flies almost all of the flights out of Dallas Love.[3]
Dallas Love Field Media
Love Field in 1918 during World War I
136th Aero Squadron (Later Squadron "C") Love Field Texas, 1918
Training flight of 4 Curtiss JN-4Ds from Love Field
- Love Field Curtiss JN-4D.jpg
Instructor pilot sitting in a Curtis JN-4
- Kennedys arrive at Dallas 11-22-63.JPG
United States President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Love Field hours before JFK's assassination, November 22, 1963
- Dallas Love Field Airport 1966, Ramp JP7011194.jpg
A Continental Vickers Viscount turboprop and a Delta Douglas DC-8 jet at Love Field in 1966, shortly before terminal modernization began. An Eastern Airlines staircase is also visible
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Aerial photo of Dallas Love Field, looking South with downtown Dallas in the distance.
- Main terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport.jpg
Interior of the renovated terminal
- Dallas Love Field gate concourse.jpg
Interior of the departure gates concourse
References
- ↑ 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.
