In numbers
- Design architect
- Pelli Clarke & Partners
- Architect of record
- Kendall Heaton
- Interior design
- Gensler
- Landscape
- OJB Landscape Architecture
- Size
- 1,556,654 sq ft · 144,617 m²
- Site
- 97 acres · 39 ha
- Completed
- 2019
- Certification
- LEED Gold
- Whole campus
- 300 acres, with the Flight Academy, Integrated Operations Center, CR Smith Museum and a training and conference center
Source: Pelli Clarke & Partners project page · news.aa.com, “oneworld Global Headquarters to Relocate to Fort Worth, Texas” (2022)
Questions
Where is American Airlines Skyview?
American Airlines Skyview is at 1 Skyview Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76155. It is the headquarters of American Airlines.
Who designed American Airlines Skyview?
Design architect: Pelli Clarke & Partners. Architect of record: Kendall Heaton. Interior design: Gensler. Landscape: OJB Landscape Architecture. Source: Pelli Clarke & Partners project page · news.aa.com, “oneworld Global Headquarters to Relocate to Fort Worth, Texas” (2022)
When did American Airlines come to American Airlines Skyview?
1926: The first flight: Chicago to St. Louis. On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh, chief pilot of Robertson Aircraft Corporation, flew a bag of U.S. mail from Chicago to St. Louis in a DH-4 biplane — American's first regularly scheduled flight. Robertson and more than 80 small airlines were later combined into American Airways.
American Airlines Skyview in American Airlines’s history
- 1926The first flight: Chicago to St. Louis
On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh, chief pilot of Robertson Aircraft Corporation, flew a bag of U.S. mail from Chicago to St. Louis in a DH-4 biplane — American's first regularly scheduled flight. Robertson and more than 80 small airlines were later combined into American Airways.
- 1934American Airlines, Inc. is born
American Airways was reorganized and became American Airlines, Inc.
- 1979From New York to Fort Worth
Five years after Dallas Fort Worth International Airport opened in 1974, American moved its headquarters from New York to Fort Worth. Until 2019 the principal executive offices were at 4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Fort Worth.
- 2013Merger with US Airways
On December 9, 2013, AMR Corporation, American's parent, merged with US Airways Group. The combined American Airlines Group kept its offices at 4333 Amon Carter Boulevard.
- 2018Building a new headquarters on the same campus
Construction continued on a new, five-building headquarters on the corporate campus in Fort Worth, scheduled for move-in in phases over the second half of 2019.
- 2019Skyview opens — 1 Skyview Drive
The new headquarters was completed in 2019: about 1.56 million sq ft (≈ 144,617 m²) by Pelli Clarke & Partners, LEED Gold, home to more than 12,000 employees. The principal executive offices moved to 1 Skyview Drive.
- 2022The oneworld alliance moves in
The oneworld alliance moved its global headquarters from New York City to American's 300-acre Robert L. Crandall Campus, effective December 2022.