DFW’s future Automated People Mover System (APM) was designed with our passengers in mind in order to make travel between Airport terminals more convenient. The APM name was also chosen by DFW guests in order to maximize customer service and travel convenience for our passengers!

DFW conducted extensive market research to test proposed names and receive customer feedback in order for the chosen APM name to be meaningful to our guests. The Airport is proud to announce that “SkyLink” was chosen as the name for the APM. “SkyLink” was found to best convey that the new APM would take passengers between terminals to their gate, be located and boarded above the terminal areas, and was the most appealing to the system’s most valuable constituent – our guests.

When opened in 2005, “SkyLink” will completely revolutionize travel around DFW and provide passengers with faster service and quicker connecting options as they navigate through the Airport’s terminals. Twelve stations, two in each terminal, will make the wait for a train just two minutes. The 64-car system will travel at speeds reaching 35 miles per hour with the capability of transporting 5,000 passengers per hour in each direction on the first day it is open. Average ride times will be approximately five minutes, making inter-terminal connections quick and efficient for our guests.

Beginning in 2005, DFW’s APM will enhance inter-terminal connections for our passengers. DFW is proud that our guests played a key role in designing the services of the system and, now, the name! Click here for additional information on the Airport’s future “SkyLink” system.