# Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW)

> Fort Worth, US · IATA: AFW · ICAO: KAFW · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `AFW` |
| ICAO | `KAFW` |
| City | Fort Worth |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 220 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 32.99044, -97.31947 |

## Description

The "Perot" in Perot Field is no marketing flourish: Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood opened Alliance in 1989 as America's first airport built purely for industry, and passenger service has never been part of the plan. FedEx runs its Southwest Regional Sort Hub here, the third-largest sortation facility in its US network, while Amazon Air operates a regional hub; together they pushed total cargo past 628 million pounds in 2024. BNSF's Alliance Intermodal Facility next door recorded more than 1.1 million lifts the same year, and the whole AllianceTexas development sits inside Foreign Trade Zone 196 with on-site CBP clearance. I-35W links the campus to Mexico-bound bonded trucking, and a private heavy-haul bridge over FM-156, due in late 2026, will tie airport and railhead together. The Alliance Logistics District, created in November 2025, is designed to keep freight traffic flowing as volumes grow. For forwarders, AFW is the rare US airport where air, Class-I rail and interstate trucking genuinely converge on one campus.

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