DFW Founders' Plaza

1700 N Airfield Dr, Grapevine, TX 76051, United States

DFW Founders' Plaza

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

Working hours
  • 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

Photos

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