Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $2.6B
- Total assets
- 6,074
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $430,040
- Avg per participant
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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #3,852 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,884 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program covers 6,074 participants in Texas, 8.6x the typical Texas plan (state average ~704 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.
- $2.6B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 6,074
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $430,040
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs Texas filers
In Texas, the average filing covers about 704 participants across 9,718 plans. American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reports 6,074 participants - 8.6x that state average ($2.6B EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
- 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 (0.022% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 89,805,449 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)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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Filing takeaways
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- By total assets, American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas. Compare plans
- American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans