Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,074
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $430,040
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$2.6B in assets, 6,074 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported $2.6B in total assets and 6,074 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #3,844 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program covers 6,074 participants in Texas, 8.8x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.
- #3,844
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -18.4%
- assets change YoY
- 26×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $590M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program's outsized position by total assets
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,612,060,403 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program lands in the large band (6,074 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program · $2.6B · 6,074 · 100th
- BOY $2.6B
- BOY 6,074
- BOY 100th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Sound Retirement Trust
- BOY ind #3844
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.6B |
| Net Income | -$590M |
| Employer EIN | 131502798 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1956-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $40.0B 18.300623540637105% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 135,785 | $33.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 137,632 | $37.5B |
| 2024 | 8 | 141,543 | $40.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $41.0B · 119,463
- Shell Pension Plan $14.6B · 12,912
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $11.6B · 23,661
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.5B · 12,815
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.4B · 9,156
Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reports $2.6B in end-of-year assets across 6,074 participants (0.021% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $430,040 per participant (3.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$590M.
This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $2.7B (+3.6%) while covered participants moved from 6,074 to 4,746 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,074 | $2.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 5,430 | $2.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 4,746 | $2.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $16.2B, 93,397 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots (401(k), $11.7B, 15,991 participants)
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.3B, 13,402 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 4,746 participants)
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sound Retirement Trust in WA ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan in ME (6,070 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.6B here).
- Sound Retirement Trust (WA) $2.6B · 105,428
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat) (VA) $2.6B · 5,557
- Pension Plan for Eaton Corporation Employees (OH) $2.6B · 9,767
- Time Warner Cable Pension Plan (NC) $2.6B · 18,624
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,074 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan (ME) 6,070 · 4 off
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund (CA) 6,062 · 12 off
- Local 804 I.B.T. and Local 447 I.a.M. - UPS Multi-Employer Retirement Plan (GA) 6,053 · 21 off
- Pension Plan of L'oreal USA, Inc. (NJ) 6,050 · 24 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.