# Greater Southwest International Airport-Amon Carter Field, Fort Worth, United States

**Greater Southwest International Airport-Amon Carter Field** was an airport in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It opened in 1953. It closed in 1974.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12597

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Opened: 1953 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: 1974
- Elevation: 568 ft / 173 m
- Coordinates: 32.8308, -97.0492
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Southwest_International_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913365
- Weather station: KDFW · WMO 72259
- Ident: US-12597

## Timeline

- 1953: Greater Southwest International Airport-Amon Carter Field opens.
- 30 May 1972: Delta Air Lines Flight 9570. 4 killed.
- 1974: Greater Southwest International Airport-Amon Carter Field closes.

## Nearby airports

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 4.6 mi / 7.4 km
- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · 12 mi / 19 km
- [FTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kftw.md) Fort Worth Meacham International Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [AFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kafw.md) Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [FWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfw.md) NAS Fort Worth JRB / Carswell Field · 23 mi / 37 km
- [KJWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjwy.md) Mid-Way Regional Airport · 27 mi / 43 km

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Greater Southwest International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greater_Southwest_International_Airport&oldid=1362763861), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12597/data