Getting Around Dallas
Is the Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport located in Dallas or Fort Worth? Well, actually neither. The massive airport (with flights of four hours or less to every major city in the United States, Canada, and Mexico) is located in the community of Grapevine, located west of Dallas and north of Fort Worth.
Dallas is also home to Love Field Airport, located within the city limits and within a few minutes' taxi ride from downtown.
Car rental: Car rental agencies at the airport make it easy to get around the metro area. From each terminal's baggage area (lower level), look for the rental car signs. Follow these outside the terminal, where a shuttle labeled "Rental Car" will transport you to the rental car center, a 10-minute ride. These complimentary shuttles leave every five minutes.
Taxi: Taxi service is readily available in each terminal at DFW International Airport. Proceed to the upper levels of each terminal and look for the uniformed Airport Ground Transportation personnel.
Taxis at Dallas Love Field are located in the upper levels across the street from the baggage claim wing of the main terminal building.
Fares from the airport to downtown Dallas cost $38; $43 if you're headed to downtown Fort Worth. The flat rate to and from the Dallas Central Business District is $40. You'll pay a $43 flat rate to and from the Fort Worth Central Business District.
Public transportation: The Dallas Area Rapid Transit or DART bus line No. 310 serves the DFW Airport's remote North parking area Monday through Friday only. DART's bus line No. 408 provides service to the remote South lot 7 days per week. DART bus line No. 309 will take travelers from Dallas Love Field to downtown Dallas. The single-ride fare costs $1.25 per person; a one-day pass (with unlimited rides) costs $2.50.
DART also operates the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a light rail service linking DFW International Airport with locations in Dallas and Fort Worth from Monday through Saturday only. The one-way cost varies from $.50 to $2.25 per person, depending on where you get on. When TRE ends at the airport parking areas, passengers can transfer onto airport terminal shuttles.
Yellow Checker Shuttle Co.'s Airporter Service provides transportation from major Fort Worth hotels to DFW Airport. The one-way fee is $15 per person.