connecting flight DFW to HNL
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:54 am
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connecting flight DFW to HNL
Hi Everyone,
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
Jan 18, 2010 | 11:47 am
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You will clear customs before you leave YYZ, so DFW will be an easy transit.
Skylink runs a loop around DFW, makes several stops at each terminal and each terminal at DFW is linear. The trains are fairly fast and frequent.
If you have a long layover, and no lounge access, head over to terminal D, which I think is the nicest terminal with the widest selection of things to do.
It should be pretty painless. Do double check your gate information in DFW, some days I have gotten a lot of exercise going from A to C and back to A as gates changed.
Skylink runs a loop around DFW, makes several stops at each terminal and each terminal at DFW is linear. The trains are fairly fast and frequent.
If you have a long layover, and no lounge access, head over to terminal D, which I think is the nicest terminal with the widest selection of things to do.
It should be pretty painless. Do double check your gate information in DFW, some days I have gotten a lot of exercise going from A to C and back to A as gates changed.
Jan 18, 2010 | 7:06 pm
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Welcome s bennett. I think this question could be better answered by moving it to the AA forum. Let's follow the discussion there, at its new home.
Jan 18, 2010 | 7:18 pm
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Slylink is really great - check the link - and I suspect you can't spend more than 10 - 15 minutes terminal to terminal (though if you enjoy great views of airplanes, yuo will want to spend some time on it!)
Slylink is really great - check the link - and I suspect you can't spend more than 10 - 15 minutes terminal to terminal (though if you enjoy great views of airplanes, yuo will want to spend some time on it!)
Jan 18, 2010 | 7:22 pm
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Hi Everyone,
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
If you have to change terminals, it's easy. The train is airside; no need to reclear "security" if you are already airside. Your terminal will be a maximum of 10 min away from whatever terminal you happen to currently be in. There are lots of signs to direct you to the train stations.
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:19 pm
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I am seeing that your flight leaves at 7:10am and arrives at dfw at 9:35am, what time is your flight to hnl? (so we can help you plan all of your time
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:38 pm
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Hi Everyone,
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
I am new to these boards , have found many interesting posts.
We are travelling to hawaii in April . Departing airport is yyz @ 0710am on aa connecting flight DFW @ 935am , I have never taken a connecting flight through DFW and am a little worried about changing terminals using the the skyline. How difficult will it be. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
SBennett
Skylink is very convenient and easy to use, as posted above. Assuming you have sufficient time, of course!
ETA: Just read Krysia's post before mine. Makes more sense now. We would still need to know your HNL flight info to help more.
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:40 pm
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According to http://www.dfwairport.com/flyer/05/05/skylink.html , the average ride is 5 minutes, with a maximum of 9 minutes
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:44 pm
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Skylink is really easy to use and fun to boot, if you like airplanes. Don't worry and enjoy HNL.
Jan 18, 2010 | 9:59 pm
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There are two possible flights DFW-HNL, one at 11:15 and one at 1:20. I'm assuming you have the first one. An hour and forty minutes is gobs of time. It will take at most 5 minutes to get from your arrival gate to the skytrain, 10 minutes to get to the correct terminal, and another 5 minutes to get from skytrain to your departure gate. If your inbound is on time and your outbound begins boarding 45 minutes early, you will still have a half hour to kill at the outbound gate. Use this time to pick up some decent food to take onto the plane (unless you are in F). It is a long flight to find out that there are a lot of hungry people on board and not enough BOB.
Jan 19, 2010 | 5:09 am
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by the way at DFW the train is called "Skylink", not "skytrain". if you see signage for Skytrain that means you've somehow ended up in Vancouver, Bangkok, or somewhere besides DFW airport. 
you must go up one level to board Skylink (all airside). there are escalators leading up to (and down from) each station in two directions.
the B & D terminals are on one side of the airport complex, A/C/E on the other. the trains will thus go A-C-E-D-B-A or A-B-D-E-C-A. signage at each station will help you determine which train will get you to your destination quickest.
Hope this helps. enjoy Hawaii.
benzgu80
you must go up one level to board Skylink (all airside). there are escalators leading up to (and down from) each station in two directions.
the B & D terminals are on one side of the airport complex, A/C/E on the other. the trains will thus go A-C-E-D-B-A or A-B-D-E-C-A. signage at each station will help you determine which train will get you to your destination quickest.
Hope this helps. enjoy Hawaii.
benzgu80
Jan 19, 2010 | 8:35 am
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There is a good chance that YYZ-DFW will arrive in D and DFW-HNL will depart from D. That has been my experience.
Based on other posts, the greater concern should be navigating the enhanced trans-border security procedures at YYZ.
Based on other posts, the greater concern should be navigating the enhanced trans-border security procedures at YYZ.
Jan 19, 2010 | 9:08 am
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MOST international flights arrive D, and all AA HNL flights currently depart D, so chances are extremely good you'll not change terminals. A quick check shows the flight you referenced from YYZ arrives today at D-16. D is the newest and by far the nicest terminal at DFW, so your time there will be pleasant.