About the Company
rating: 4.8
Observation area for plane spotting with picnic benches, telescopes & control-tower transmissions.
Categories
- Scenic spot
- Observatory
Contact Information
Website: https://www.dfwairport.com/explore/plan/foundersplaza/
Address: 1700 N Airfield Dr, Grapevine, TX 76051, United States
- Monday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Tuesday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Wednesday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Thursday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Friday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Saturday: 7 AM–7 PM
- Sunday: 7 AM–7 PM
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Reviews
Review №1
Rating: 4
Date: 4 hours ago
Review №2
Rating: 5
Date: 19 hours ago
Review №3
Rating: 5
Date: 2 days ago
Review №4
Rating: 5
Great place
Date: 2 days ago
Review №5
Rating: 5
Busy place, but worth the stop to watch the planes!
Date: 3 days ago
Review №6
Rating: 5
Date: 4 days ago
Review №7
Rating: 4
Date: 5 days ago
Review №8
Rating: 5
Date: 6 days ago
Review №9
Rating: 5
Cool place to hang out and watch the airlines take off and land.
Date: 6 days ago
Review №10
Rating: 4
Date: a week ago
Review №11
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №12
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №13
Rating: 4
Date: a week ago
Review №14
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №15
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №16
Rating: 5
Great place to peace down your mood
Date: a week ago
Review №17
Rating: 5
Best plane spotting area of the Dallas Fort Worth international airport (DFW)
Date: a week ago
Review №18
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №19
Rating: 5
Date: a week ago
Review №20
Rating: 5
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №21
Rating: 4
It was super nice. But you can t sit out on the grass anymore.
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №22
Rating: 5
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №23
Rating: 5
This place is perfect to relax and clear your mind, I recommend it, very beautiful
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №24
Rating: 4
Great spot to watch the planes come in and out of the airport. May be add some kind of a play area for kids
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №25
Rating: 5
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №26
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №27
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №28
Rating: 5
Very good for see airplanes in and out of DFW airport. Good for Kids. No food and no restroom Visited on
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №29
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №30
Rating: 4
Really neat spot to run around in. My kids were fascinated by all of the airplanes of course, but also the various monuments and the large field of wildflowers that goes right up to the fence at DFW. There s no playground for children, but that s not what the Plaza is about. Also has a sweet memorial center for veterans.
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №31
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №32
Rating: 3
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №33
Rating: 5
Great weekend leisure family time hang out spot.
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №34
Rating: 5
well kept sitting areas to watch planes land. Picnic tables and small walking area.
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №35
Rating: 5
Best places to plane grazing
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №36
Rating: 5
>> Really cool place to watch the planes land and hear the radio chatter between the pilots and the tower. Visited on
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №37
Rating: 5
Great place to watch the planes take off and land!
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №38
Rating: 5
Watch planes land and takeoff. Learn the runway names so when you hear it over the speakers here you can follow along.
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №39
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №40
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №41
Rating: 3
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №42
Rating: 5
:: this is a such a cool place to go and just relax bring a blanket and something to eat and just watch the airplanes take off and hear the announcements its relaxing its pretty cool I definitely recommend it
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №43
Rating: 5
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №44
Rating: 4
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №45
Rating: 5
Enjoy airplane views
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №46
Rating: 5
We visit here often. Great views, and it s nice to hear the tower giving out directions on the loudspeaker. My husband is a pilot, so he likes chatting about the types of planes, where they originated, and where they re heading. He sometimes takes photos. The place is always crowded.
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №47
Rating: 5
They broadcast the tower frequency. Lots of variety of planes.
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №48
Rating: 5
So awesome.. use a flight tracker as you watch them come in and out. Nice shade.
Date: 4 weeks ago
Review №49
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №50
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №51
Rating: 5
Peaceful
Date: a month ago
Review №52
Rating: 5
Neat little spot to visit. Brought my toddler here to watch the airplanes. Free entertainment . 8 min drive from Grapevine Mills Mall.
Date: a month ago
Review №53
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №54
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №55
Rating: 5
Paradise for Flight Spotters and kids who like looking at Aircrafts.
Date: a month ago
Review №56
Rating: 5
Very relaxed place.
Date: a month ago
Review №57
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №58
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №59
Rating: 4
You can visit for nice evening walk watching flights going above you.
Date: a month ago
Review №60
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №61
Rating: 5
If you like to look at airplanes taking off and landing, this is your place to be. Lots of benches to sit on and even listing to air traffic control radio communications.
Date: a month ago
Review №62
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №63
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №64
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №65
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №66
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №67
Rating: 5
Fantastic place to hang out. Stay in car or on ground. Eat food and dispose trash responsibly. Visited on Weekday
Date: a month ago
Review №68
Rating: 5
Absolutely best place to watch planes take off and land.. I hope dfw makes more places like this one
Date: a month ago
Review №69
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №70
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №71
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №72
Rating: 5
Good picnic place
Date: a month ago
Review №73
Rating: 4
Fun place to be to watch take off and landing!
Date: a month ago
Review №74
Rating: 4
Neat place to watch planes land. You can hear the tower talking to the planes. Kids get a real kick out of it.
Date: a month ago
Review №75
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №76
Rating: 5
Nice
Date: a month ago
Review №77
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №78
Rating: 5
Small price; Big savings
Date: a month ago
Review №79
Rating: 5
Neat spot to watch planes and also people watch all the other weirdos!
Date: a month ago
Review №80
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №81
Rating: 5
Great place to watch airplanes landing and taking off. Not many places you can do that these days. Wide open views overlooking the airport and a few of the runways.
Date: a month ago
Review №82
Rating: 5
Very awesome place to go plane spot and take pictures of planes landing. Thought was cool how they had the tower so you knew what was landing and taking off reminds me of the good ole days for me as a kid in SLC listening to the tower. Plenty of parking
Date: a month ago
Review №83
Rating: 5
A new spot to stop by and hangout at anytime we re in the area.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №84
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №85
Rating: 3
I wish there was a better way to know the flight patterns before going here. Because depending on what flights are coming and going at the time you go you could either have a cool experience of planes flying directly over you to the runways or you might only get to see one every 4-6 minutes flying parallel to you, far away. If there was an accurate way to easily know the current flight patterns coming into the nearby runways then this would have been a perfect experience. Because otherwise the location is really nice and feels safe and family friendly!
Date: 2 months ago
Review №86
Rating: 5
I come here every week! Love the views
Date: 2 months ago
Review №87
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №88
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №89
Rating: 5
This is a great place for aviation geeks like me sooo many planes would recommend
Date: 2 months ago
Review №90
Rating: 5
amazing
Date: 2 months ago
Review №91
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №92
Rating: 5
Beautiful place to spend times watching planes take off and land at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. There are plenty of seating, picnic tables, telescopes and a radio broadcasting air traffic control communication making it a great fun place.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №93
Rating: 5
Beautiful view of DFW airport to watch airplanes landing and taking off.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №94
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №95
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №96
Rating: 2
The city should have more parking spaces here bc now a lot of people visit this place and you cant even find a place to park now
Date: 2 months ago
Review №97
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №98
Rating: 4
Amazing place to watch plane landing. You xan listen to controler and cokpit conversation via speaker, thats literally amazing idea. In my opinion its pretty far from plane. If only it was closer to planes.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №99
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №100
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №101
Rating: 2
Date: 2 months ago
Review №102
Rating: 5
Fantastic views of aircraft landing and takeoffs. Well worth visiting. Love the fountain!
Date: 2 months ago
Review №103
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №104
Rating: 5
Good place to watch the planes land
Date: 2 months ago
Review №105
Rating: 4
I loved the old one in Irving side. Was much closer.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №106
Rating: 4
Date: 2 months ago
Review №107
Rating: 5
I have visited this spot several times but never saw the water cannon display. The plaque and story recounts returning military being acknowledged by a water cannon salute. Grandsons loved it!
Date: 2 months ago
Review №108
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №109
Rating: 5
Fun place to watch planes land and take off
Date: 2 months ago
Review №110
Rating: 5
A good place to seat and enjoy plane landing and takeoff.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №111
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №112
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №113
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №114
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №115
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №116
Rating: 5
Place to get close to air plane landing.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №117
Rating: 5
Great spot to take a break. Never crowded and always relaxing, unwinding with coffee or tea.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №118
Rating: 3
Date: 3 months ago
Review №119
Rating: 5
Its so much fun whether I go with my daughters. Our grandchildren, were just sometimes just have lunch there. Myself a nice atmosphere. Nice to see families having such a nice time and folks out there with their cameras, taking pictures. Overall, great experience. What a nice concept
Date: 3 months ago
Review №120
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №121
Rating: 5
An amazing place to chill with fnf. You can watch both landing and take off from here. It s clean and well maintained.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №122
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №123
Rating: 5
pretty cool place airplanes dont stop landing or taking off, is some tables can bring some food enjoy the view while you eating
Date: 3 months ago
Review №124
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №125
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №126
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №127
Rating: 5
Really cool spot to watch planes take off and land. You can also hear the radio traffic as well. There is a fountain and a gazebo of sorts to get some shade. Good amount of parking.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №128
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №129
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №130
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №131
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №132
Rating: 5
Great place to watch aircraft takeoff and land. Great view of the main runways. They also have an awesome statue and memorial. Still as great as ever.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №133
Rating: 5
I love coming down to founders plaza on my lunch break. Such a fun experience for aviation fans! The planes land right in front of you, even better if you have a pair of binoculars so you can watch the take offs closer.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №134
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №135
Rating: 3
It need to be cleaned and washed with some good soap and water, a place that did not make us feel safe at all.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №136
Rating: 5
Great place to watch airplanes full of people and cargo coming and going, Then you realize as youre standing there, youre going nowhere....
Date: 3 months ago
Review №137
Rating: 5
Nice place to hang out. Easy to get to. Also get to listen live ATC via loudspeaker
Date: 3 months ago
Review №138
Rating: 5
Great place to watch planes
Date: 3 months ago
Review №139
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №140
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №141
Rating: 5
Easy access, free to park and visit. Plenty of parking. Benches and picnic tables all over facing DFW. They play the air traffic control talk over a speaker, very cool to hear the tower and pilots talking while watching landing/ taking off.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №142
Rating: 5
Great view!
Date: 3 months ago
Review №143
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №144
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №145
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №146
Rating: 5
I love planespotting and its great to see every plane
Date: 3 months ago
Review №147
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №148
Rating: 5
This is free to attend place, ample parking BUT the large binoculars are broken.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №149
Rating: 5
Nice
Date: 3 months ago
Review №150
Rating: 5
We are watching planes land right now. The weather is lovely with winds cooling us! Many families here. You can bring pets too. Visited on
Date: 3 months ago
Review №151
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №152
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №153
Rating: 5
Such a neat spot to hang out and watch the planes come and go. Definitely recommend if youre waiting on a flight and have the time!
Date: 3 months ago
Review №154
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №155
Rating: 3
Date: 3 months ago
Review №156
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №157
Rating: 5
Beautiful place to get children to spend time with. Watch planes . No need of screen . Lots of benches and lot of area to sit on grass as well . Ao get ur picnic stuff books and have fresh air !
Date: 3 months ago
Review №158
Rating: 5
It s really good if there s landing happening. Nice place where you can do a picnic and relax watching flights land over the evening
Date: 3 months ago
Review №159
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №160
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №161
Rating: 5
Amazing place. If you like quite time just being at a place where you sit back and enjoy the view and that too giant creation of mankind taking off and landing then this is a perfect place. Just sit back and enjoy the view. It is scenic and there is a vibe of this place which gives you so much calmness or pleasure. It is free of cost, ample parking space. Easy to access. Post 11pm a lot of movement in the air so expect a lot of action (taking off and landing) Must visit, highly recommended.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №162
Rating: 5
Great place in DFW area to chill out with family and friends.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №163
Rating: 5
Beautiful views, great atmosphere, loved it!
Date: 3 months ago
Review №164
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №165
Rating: 5
This a cool place. You can picnic with family while watching airplanes landing and taking off
Date: 3 months ago
Review №166
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №167
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №168
Rating: 5
Great place to sit and relax. Get away spot and a nice hang out spot to just listen to music and watch the planes. You can also hear them on an intercom talking about the planes.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №169
Rating: 4
My daughter enjoys going to see the planes there.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №170
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №171
Rating: 5
FREE - a great thing to do with the kids or grandkids. For a quick peak of what to expect watch this YouTube Video. It is just 2 minutes long. https://youtu.be/LusmtKsYNOM?si=6QZ_GO7mhMhWgkH6 A hotspot for aviation enthusiasts looking to witness the thrilling sight of planes landing at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its a place where you can feel the rush of excitement as these massive aircraft touch down just a stones throw away.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №172
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №173
Rating: 5
Nice place to watch the airplanes with your family or on your own. Great place for aircraft enthusiasts!!
Date: 4 months ago
Review №174
Rating: 5
Thanks to the organization that maintains this park. It s free, safe, clean and well maintained. It has some covered tables and grassy area where families, photographers and airplane enthusiasts hang out. Some brought lawn chairs and food for a picnic. There is also a pretty cool water fountain and even cooler feed of the control tower. Kids were having a blast and I can see why photographers love the shots they can get from here. Additionally, it helps you appreciate the level of logistics it takes to run this airport. In average an airplane landed and took off every two minutes. I would definitely come back just to chill and watch airplanes.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №175
Rating: 5
Great place to watch planes and relax. Lots of activity all day. It can get busy on weekend afternoons if the weather is nice, but there is generally enough parking.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №176
Rating: 5
Nice spot to bring the family and watch the airlines arrive
Date: 4 months ago
Review №177
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №178
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №179
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №180
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №181
Rating: 5
Great place to listen to the control tower talking to the airplanes landing and taking off.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №182
Rating: 5
Nice area to come and sit watch the airplanes come and go. This place is always busy on the weekends. A nice place to visit to get out of the house and relax. Free area. Parking is limited.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №183
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №184
Rating: 5
Its a great spot to view planes taking off and landing. At the right spot and with good winds you can see Southwest Airlines planes landing at Love Field in the distance. However, a downside is that Founders is on one side of the airport and when the planes take off and land to the north, (wind direction south), you cant see planes landing as good as you would normally be able to. You can always find a spot on the other side, but it takes some digging. Never had a bad experience here and Ive met some nice people. 10/10.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №185
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №186
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №187
Rating: 5
If youre an avid aircraft photographer, or just a fan of commercial airplanes and love watching them, this is a superb place from which to view and photograph! Mornings can be rough for the photographer, as the aircraft are most definitely backlit...but after about 12-1pm, the light just gets better, regardless of which direction the air traffic is flowing. The views are unobstructed, and being as it is well off the main road, its safe to bring your kids to enjoy it with you. A most excellent location!
Date: 4 months ago
Review №188
Rating: 5
Awesome place for plane spotters and their families. Live ATC playing over a speaker. Picnic tables open areas for kids. Its free.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №189
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №190
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №191
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №192
Rating: 4
Great spot if you get to see landing. Depending upon the environment condition, you could get to see landing or takeoff.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №193
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №194
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №195
Rating: 4
It is very busy on a weekend afternoon/early evening. Its cool you can listen to control tower speaking to the pilots for takeoff and landing.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №196
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №197
Rating: 5
Great place to visit, wanted a place my son would enjoy, and he had a blast!
Date: 4 months ago
Review №198
Rating: 5
Experience flight landings and takeoffs from DFW international airport from this beautiful little location. The A380 landing is especially a joy to watch.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №199
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №200
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago