The Dallas Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m. CT at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. It is the single highest-demand day on North Texas' Q4 calendar: a national-TV holiday game landing in the middle of the busiest airport travel week of the year. This guide covers arrival airports, game-day timing, and how to get from DFW or Love Field to Arlington without touching game traffic.
Quick Answer: Cowboys vs Eagles, Thanksgiving 2026
Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, November 26, 2026 at AT&T Stadium. Thanksgiving Thursday means two demand waves stack: morning holiday-airport arrivals at DFW and Love Field, then a 90,000-plus crowd funneling into Arlington through the afternoon. Parking passes sell out in advance, and the postgame surge is the worst of the year for on-demand rides.
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DFW is the primary airport for out-of-town Eagles fans, and Thanksgiving week is its busiest stretch: the outbound peak runs Tuesday-Wednesday, November 24-25, and the return surge peaks Sunday, November 29 - the Sunday after Thanksgiving has set TSA's all-time single-day checkpoint record. Love Field adds Southwest volume the same days. A pickup scheduled for Thanksgiving morning itself should target late morning or early afternoon arrival - before the stadium-bound traffic builds on I-30 and SH 360.
Getting to AT&T Stadium on Game Day
Arlington sits between Dallas and Fort Worth, and stadium traffic transforms every approach road from roughly 1 p.m. onward. The reliable pattern is a direct airport-to-stadium or airport-to-hotel run timed before the crowd, then a pre-set postgame pickup at an agreed point away from the main exit flow. Our DFW to Arlington shuttle and Arlington shuttle service pages cover the route options in detail; round trips save 10% versus two one-ways.
Thanksgiving Week Pickup Windows at Texas Airports
If you are flying in Wednesday, build buffer: November 25 is one of the two heaviest outbound days nationally, and arrivals at DFW run dense from midday onward. Curbside waits stretch, rideshare queues are long, and rental counters run lines. A reserved shuttle with flight tracking absorbs delay - if your flight lands late, the pickup moves with it. Families with checked holiday bags and coolers consistently find one private vehicle simpler than splitting across two rideshares from an airport terminal.
Make It a Holiday Weekend, Not Just a Game
Many visiting fans stack the game with family time in Dallas or Fort Worth. The same vehicle that handles airport-to-stadium can cover Thanksgiving dinner runs, Friday shopping, and the return airport trip. For the full holiday picture - Cotton Bowl on January 1, Stock Show from January 15 - see our Dallas holiday events shuttle page.
Book Before the Thanksgiving Rush
Thanksgiving game-day shuttle slots are limited and fill early - holiday week is the busiest airport stretch of the year, and the 3:30 kickoff compresses every pickup into the same afternoon. Reserve at
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