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Airports Council International ( ACI ) named DFW Airport the best ( as of 2017 ) large airport in North America for passenger satisfaction . DFW Airport earned top marks [ among airports with more than 40 million passengers , beating out the likes of Atlanta ’ s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Denver International Airport . As of June 2017 , DFW Airport has service to 226 destinations , including 56 international and 170 domestic destinations within the U . S .
IATA : DFW ICAO : KDFW FAA LID : DFW WMO : 72259
In surpassing 200 destinations , DFW joined a small group of airports worldwide with that distinction , including Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , Charles de Gaulle Airport , Chicago O ' Hare International Airport , Dubai International Airport , Frankfurt Airport , Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport , Heathrow , Istanbul , and Munich Airport .
History Planning As early as 1927 , before the area had an airport , Dallas proposed a joint airport with Fort Worth . Fort Worth declined the offer and thus each city opened its own airport , Love Field and Meacham Field , each of which had scheduled airline service . In 1940 the Civil Aeronautics Administration earmarked $ 1.9 million for the construction of a Dallas / Fort Worth Regional Airport . American Airlines and Braniff Airways struck a deal with the city of Arlington to build an airport there , but the governments of Dallas and Fort Worth disagreed over its construction and the project was abandoned in 1942 . After World War II , Fort Worth annexed the site and developed it into Amon Carter Field with the help of American Airlines . In 1953 Fort Worth transferred its commercial flights from Meacham Field to the new airport , which was 12 miles ( 19 km ) from Dallas Love Field . In 1960 Fort Worth purchased Amon Carter Field and renamed it Greater Southwest International Airport GSW in an attempt to compete with Dallas ' airport , but GSW ' s traffic continued to decline relative to Dallas Love Field .
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