World City Guide

Getting There By Air

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Tel: (972) 574 4420/8888 (recorded information).
Website: www.dfwairport.com

The airport is 30km (18 miles) from Downtown Dallas, about 30 minutes by road. It has four passenger terminals (A, B, C and E) that carry around 60 million passengers per year. From here, any major US, Canadian or Mexican city is only four hours away.

Airport facilities: All the terminals are well served by a range of eating and drinking outlets, gift shops, bureaux de change, a barber’s shop and ATMs. Tourist information is available, as are all the major car hire firms – Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National and Thrifty.

Transport to the city: Visitors should remember that the Dallas-Fort Worth conurbation is locally referred to as the ‘Metroplex’. Taxis are found on the upper terminal level. Otherwise all other ground transport is found on the lower level, where there is a general transport information office (tel: (972) 574 5878). Several shuttle services operate from the airport including Big Tex Shuttle and Classic Shuttle, which have been acquired by Yellow Checker Shuttle (tel: (214) 841 1900 or (817) 267 5150; website: www.yellowcheckershuttle.com), City Shuttle (tel: (214) 760 1998; website: www.cityshuttletx.com), Discount Shuttle (tel: (817) 267 5150) and SuperShuttle (tel: (817) 329 2001; website: www.supershuttle.com).

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Fort Worth’s The T provide rail service to the airport via the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), Monday to Saturday. A shuttle bus connects with the TRE station at Centreport, 5 minutes from the airport. (tel: (214) 979 1111 or (877) 657 0146 (toll-free); website: www.trinityrailwayexpress.org). Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) provides express service to Remote North Parking via the 202 bus (tel: (214) 979 1111; website: www.dart.org). Many hotels operate their own courtesy shuttle service.

Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Tel: (214) 670 6073.
Website: www.dallas-lovefield.com

Located 10km (6 miles) from Downtown, this was the sole city airport until DFW opened in 1974. Today, it is a regional airport served by national airlines.

Airport facilities: These are limited to eating places and basic shops. Car hire is available from all the major providers, such as Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz and National.

Transport to the city: All ground transport is found at the main terminal lobby and baggage-claim area. DART (tel: (214) 979 1111; website: www.dart.org) bus 539 goes to downtown Dallas 0600-2230. Taxis are also available.

Approximate flight times to Dallas: From London is 9 hours 30 minutes; from New York is 4 hours 15 minutes; from Los Angeles is 3 hours 15 minutes; from Toronto is 3 hours 35 minutes and from Sydney is 17 hours.