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A rail connection to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was a component of DART's initial rail plan, dating back to 1983. The proposed route entailed entering the airport from the north, as several developers offered to pay for part of the line if it passed through Las Colinas, a neighborhood of Irving. [4]
Fort Worth declined the offer and thus each city opened its own airport, Love Field in Dallas and Meacham Field in Fort Worth, each of which had scheduled airline service. In 1940, the Civil Aeronautics Administration earmarked US$1,900,000 (equivalent to $41,300,000 in 2023) for the construction of a Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [a] is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties. Its historically dominant core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. [5]
The Fort Worth skyline as viewed from the west. Fort Worth, the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 50 high-rises, 21 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983. [2]
Central Airlines, which was based in Fort Worth, was operating four departures per day from the airport in May of 1964 but by the summer of 1967, just one daily flight was flown with a Convair 600 turboprop on a round trip "milk run" routing of Fort Worth - Dallas Love Field - Fort Smith, AR - Fayetteville, AR - Joplin, MO - Kansas City, MO. [12]
None of the others flew nonstop north of Wichita Falls, west of Midland, south of Austin or east of Dallas. Since 1953 Meacham Airport has been used for corporate aircraft, commuter flights, and student pilot training. It was renamed in 1985 to Fort Worth Meacham Airport and in 1995 to Fort Worth Meacham International Airport.
Skylink is an automated people mover (APM) system operating at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). It is an application of the Innovia APM 200 system and is maintained and operated by Alstom. When it opened in 2005, it was the world's longest airside airport train system (AirTrain JFK, which operates landside, is longer). [3]
Whitacre Tower - AT&T's corporate headquarters in Dallas Headquarters of AMR Corporation, American Airlines, and American Eagle in Fort Worth Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas Comerica Bank Tower. The following are the Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex: [2] 9 McKesson ; 13 AT&T