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DAL Meaning

DAL Airport Meaning

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DAL Meaning:

DAL stands for Dallas Love Field


Located in Dallas, Texas, DAL (Dallas Love Field) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of DAL's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Dallas Love Field (DAL) Characteristics:

      City: Dallas
      State: Texas
      FAA: Dallas Love Field
      IATA: DAL
      ICAO: KDAL
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


DAL is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding DAL, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

DAL meaning is Dallas Love Field.

Dallas Love Field can be abbreviated as DAL.

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