Dallas Fort Worth International is the rare airport that behaves like a small city: five terminals lettered A through E strung along International Parkway, its own highway entrances off State Highways 183 and 114, and a footprint that touches Dallas, Irving, Euless, Grapevine, and Coppell. That scale is exactly why the trip to DFW rewards a plan instead of a guess. From downtown Dallas the airport sits about 17 to 20 miles out, which means 25 to 35 minutes in normal traffic and 45 minutes or more once the morning rush from 7 to 9 or the evening rush from 4 to 7 sets in. This guide covers the...

