Departing international passengers connecting from domestic or pre-cleared international flights do not need to be re-screened. Canada) clear United States Customs and Border Protection formalities and are then security screened before access to the terminals. Arriving international passengers who are not pre-cleared (e.g. There is no need to leave security and be re-screened when switching terminals. The Skylink system is airside at DFW, serving passengers connecting between flights, and is inaccessible to those not arriving at DFW or who have not cleared security. In 2015, after a decade of service, Skylink had transported over 141 million people and traveled over 32.4 million fleet miles (52.1 million kilometres). Skylink trains run every two minutes and travel at speeds up to 35–37 mph (56–60 km/h). It was opened to the public on May 21, 2005, and is completely automated. The system made its public debut on June 25, 2004, where it then began a rigorous testing period. Contractors worked during overnight hours for 3 years – when airline gates were unused – arriving on site, completing work and removing equipment each morning before returning gates to an airline. Skylink guideway construction began in the fall of 1999 and took place with limited interruption of aircraft traffic. The system was decommissioned soon after Skylink opened as a modern replacement and the old guideways were left in place throughout the airport.
As DFW became a large connecting hub for flights, Airtrans was noted for being slow with its top speed of 17 mph (27 km/h) and following a uni-directional counter-clockwise loop located inside security for Terminals A, B, and C and outside security to other areas, was inefficient in moving passengers. It served the airport for 31 years from 1974 to 2005 and transported a quarter of a billion passengers between DFW's then four terminals and employee facilities, logging a total of 97 million miles (156 million kilometres) over the lifetime of its fleet. Skylink was developed as a replacement for the Airtrans (part of which was later operated as American Airlines' TrAAin System), the airport's original people mover system that connected airport facilities and parking lots. Skylink operating in 2008 in the older blue livery before the airport's 2015 refresh to orange.
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