Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and American Airlines announced on May 1, 2025, an agreement to accelerate and expand the scope of the airport's new Terminal F by doubling the number of gates, adding facilities to grow international operations, expanding customer amenities, creating a single building for passenger check-in and more.
The new plan extends the Use and Lease Agreement between DFW and American to 2043 and increases the estimated Terminal F investment to about $4 billion to create what will be DFW's signature terminal experience, serviced entirely by American.
In 2023, DFW and American Airlines reached a new 10-year Use and Lease Agreement with pre-approved capital investments, including the construction of Terminal F as a 15-gate facility which passengers would access from Terminal E via the airport's Skylink system. Future plans included the addition of dedicated areas for ticketing, check-in, security screening, baggage claim and parking facilities.
The design-build team for the Terminal F concourse and Skylink station is Innovation Next+, a joint venture comprised of Archer Western Construction, Turner Construction Co., Phillips May Corp., H.J. Russell & Co. and CARCON Industries, with PGAL, Gensler and Muller2 as design team members.
With a positive long-term outlook for growth in passengers and of North Texas, the Terminal F expansion program will now include all the previously planned phases ahead of schedule. This consequential investment will expand the scope of Terminal F to deliver additional capacity for widebody aircraft and international flight processing and includes additional spaces for amenities, more shops and restaurants, and public art.
In addition to a new centralized Skylink Station, the new Terminal F also will provide a walking connection with Terminal D, creating even more access across DFW's terminals. Plus, the new parking garage is set to be one of the airport's largest with a design that includes built-in curbside circulation to maintain the quick access to check-in and security that DFW passengers have come to expect.
The original first phase of Terminal F is well under way and still scheduled to be operational in 2027, with the newly added phases planned to come online in additional phases. American plans to occupy all 31 gates of the new terminal, creating even greater operational efficiencies for the airline and an enhanced experience for connecting passengers — which make up about 60 percent of DFW's passenger traffic.
Dallas Mayor Eric L. Johnson, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, DFW Board of Directors Chair DeMetris Sampson, DFW CEO Sean Donohue and American Airlines CEO Robert Isom gathered at DFW to make the announcement.
"DFW Airport is getting even bigger and better with the exciting new plans for Terminal F," Johnson said. "This monumental investment by American Airlines is set to elevate an already world-class international airport. This is yet another example of how the growing partnership between American Airlines and DFW Airport continues to strengthen Dallas' gateway to the rest of the world while boosting our economy and reinforcing our status as a premier international city."
With the new vision for Terminal F, the airport's ongoing DFW Forward capital plan now has a total of more than $12 billion in transformational investments, either planned or under way, that will provide major improvements and expansions across the airport's extensive facilities and complex infrastructure over the next several years. This includes the approximately $3 billion program under way to completely reimagine and expand Terminal C, as well as expand Terminal A.
(All renderings courtesy of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.)
