Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 4,746
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $570,188
- 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
$2.7B in assets, 4,746 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported $2.7B in total assets and 4,746 participants in its 2024 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.
- #3,268 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program covers 4,746 participants in Texas, 6.9x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- #3,268
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- -0.8%
- assets change YoY
- 27×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $22M 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 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,706,112,159 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 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 (4,746 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported net income fell from $116M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$22M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program reported participants fell from 5,430 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,746 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program end-of-year assets fell from $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program · $2.7B · 4,746 · 99th
- PHOTO $2.7B
- IND 4,746
- EOY 99th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Paccar Inc Retirement Plan
- PCT ind #3268
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) | $2.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | -$22M |
| 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 $28.3B · 100,400
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $12.1B · 22,000
- Chevron Retirement Plan $9.7B · 21,297
- Shell Pension Plan $9.7B · 12,688
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.2B · 11,498
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 Paccar Inc Retirement Plan in WA ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Ameriprise Financial Retirement Plan in MN (4,747 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).
- Paccar Inc Retirement Plan (WA) $2.7B · 10,345
- Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio (OH) $2.7B · 14,573
- Sound Retirement Trust (WA) $2.7B · 75,402
- Bjc Pension Plan (MO) $2.7B · 20,653
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,746 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ameriprise Financial Retirement Plan (MN) 4,747 · 1 off
- Legacy Health Employees Retirement Plan (OR) 4,750 · 4 off
- Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund (MN) 4,759 · 13 off
- Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension Trust (MA) 4,762 · 16 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.