ICE says its deportation charter flights have moved from Dallas Love Field to Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed that its charter flights, which deport immigrants and move detainees between detention centers, now operate out of Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport after ending at Dallas Love Field, CBS News Texas reported Friday.

Fort Worth officials would not confirm or deny the move. City spokesperson Sana Syed told the station that the city's airport supports many kinds of aviation operations, including federal government agencies, and that federal use does not require the city's permission.

The end at Love Field

Dallas officials said the flights at Love Field ended this month. Love Field spokesperson Lauren Rounds told CBS News Texas that Signature Aviation, the private company that handled the flights, informed the city they "would end October 1," and that no other operator has reported handling ICE-related flights at the airport.

ICE gave a similar account, saying charter flights from Love Field have stopped for now but that other operations, such as detainee transfers, could still happen there "as needed." Neither the city of Dallas nor ICE gave a reason for the change. Signature Aviation did not respond to the station's request for comment.

Activists shift their focus

The change was first noticed by a group called No Love for ICE Air, which has watched charter flights at Love Field since March and protested them for months.

The group told CBS News Texas it has tracked 215 ICE flights in 2026, and that it saw at least 2,606 people moved between U.S. detention facilities on 46 flights and another 1,166 people deported to Mexico on 12 flights. Those counts are the group's own and were not independently verified in the report.

A member of the group, John Putnam, told the station the flights had not run from Love Field for more than two weeks and had "fully moved operations" to the Alliance airport. He said the group believes the change is permanent.

Group members said they are working with organizers in Tarrant County to draw the same public attention to ICE flights in Fort Worth.

Sources

CBS News