Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,430
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$502,471
Avg per participant High balance/head
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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.

  • #3,330 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program covers 5,430 participants in Texas, 7.9x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.

#3,330
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY
27×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$2,728,419,945 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 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 (5,430 participants).

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.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program · $2.7B · 5,430 · 99th

  • EOY $2.7B
  • EOY 5,430
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597
  • EOY ind #3330

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

Corning Incorporated Pension PlanCorning Incorporated Pension…$2.8BNorthwell Health Pension Plan$2.7BAmerican Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit ProgramAmerican Airlines, Inc. Pilo…$2.7BPipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund…$2.7BPace Industry Union-Management Pension FundPace Industry Union-Manageme…$2.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.7B
Net Income$116M
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1956-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$32B$34B$36B$38B$40B$42B 202220232024 $33.8B $40B ▲ +18.3%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program, Total assets ($B): 2.728419945 · Participants: 5430American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit ProgramAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program side-by-side with 3 peers →

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 (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $502,471 per participant (3.6x 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. 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 Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 in IL ($2.7B); by covered participants it is The University of Chicago Pension Plan for Staff Employees in IL (5,442 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,430 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program assets move in 2023? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2023, from $2.6B to $2.7B. Reported net income was $116M.
How have American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $33.8B to $40.0B.
Where does American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 in IL ($2.7B, 6,266 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The University of Chicago Pension Plan for Staff Employees in IL (5,442 participants, $325M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131502798.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.