Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (IATA: AFW, ICAO: KAFW, FAA LID: AFW) is a public airport 14 miles (23 km) north of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, United States.[1] The airport is owned by the City of Fort Worth and managed by Alliance Air Services, a subsidiary of Hillwood Development, and is, in size, the second-largest airport facility in North Texas, behind only Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).[2]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Fort Worth | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | FedEx Express | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Amazon Air | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 723 ft / 220 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°59′25″N 097°19′10″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.allianceairport.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is mainly focused on cargo operations, and serves as a southern regional hub for FedEx Express and focus city for Amazon Air. It provides no major commercial passenger airline service, though it does provide general aviation services. It formerly served as a maintenance hub for Fort Worth-based American Airlines, until the bankruptcy filing and subsequent restructuring of its parent AMR Corporation.