Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $2.7B
- Total assets
- 5,430
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $502,471
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$2.7B in assets, 5,430 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported $2.7B in total assets and 5,430 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- #3,312 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,344 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program covers 5,430 participants in Texas, 7.7x the typical Texas plan (state average ~704 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- $2.7B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 5,430
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $502,471
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported net income rose from -$590M in the plan year 2022 filing to $116M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported participants fell from 6,074 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,430 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
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 5,430 participants - 7.7x that state average ($2.7B EOY assets).
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | $116M |
| 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 $30.0B · 107,859
- Shell Pension Plan $15.1B · 12,215
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $12.0B · 22,551
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.8B · 12,138
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.5B · 9,360
Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 5,430 participants (0.023% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $502,471 per participant (3.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $116M.
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 | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,430 | $2.7B | This page |
| 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.
- Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 (IL) $2.7B · 6,266
- Northwell Health Pension Plan (NY) $2.7B · 28,359
- Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund (TN) $2.7B · 3,192
- Corning Incorporated Pension Plan (NY) $2.8B · 17,004
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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
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- American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans