High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL) is a city-owned public-use airport located 6 miles (9 kilometres / 5 nautical miles) northwest of the central business district of Dallas, a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Love Field was the primary airport for Dallas until 1974, when Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport opened. Love Field is now Dallas's secondary airport and serves as a major focus city for Southwest Airlines. Continental Express and Delta Connection also offer service from Love Field.