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flights in one year and served more than 69 million passengers as of the end of 2018. DFW provides service to 192
active/announced domestic and 67 active/announced international destinations. Recently, DFW received a high
honor as the 2019 airport of the year.

Also, the city owns three general aviation airports, each with all-weather capability. Meacham International Airport
is centrally located 5 miles from downtown Fort Worth and is equipped with two runways, the longest of which is
7,502 feet long and can accommodate everything from a single engine Cessna 152 to a Boeing 747. Fort Worth Spinks
Airport, a general aviation airport located along I-35 in the south portion of the city is equipped with a 6,000 ft.
runway. Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport, ranked one of the nation’s largest inland ports, is located on I-35 to
the north, serves the needs of industrial, business, and general aviation users, and is equipped with two (2) 11,000
feet long parallel runways.

Three interstate highways (Interstate 20, Interstate 30, and Interstate 35), combined with five federal and four state
highways provide all-weather routes within the Fort Worth area and the rest of the nation. Interstate 820, which
encircles the city, allows quick access to all parts of the Fort Worth area. The Texas Highway Commission has
completed a master highway construction plan for Tarrant County to provide for transportation needs through the
foreseeable future.

Fort Worth is served by six major railroad systems, one of which, BNSF (Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad), has
its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth. Rail passenger service is provided through Fort Worth, including AMTRAK
service on the Texas Eagle to Chicago, St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, San Antonio, and Los Angeles and on the Heartland
Flyer to Oklahoma City. Fort Worth’s position as a major southwest distribution center is supported by the presence
of 75 regular route motor carriers with over 750 schedules. Local transit service is provided by Trinity Metro,
including the TEXRail commuter rail line to DFW International Airport and the TRE line to downtown Dallas.
Greyhound Lines, Inc. furnishes Fort Worth with transcontinental bus passenger service.

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