Dallas Love Field (DAL) with Kids: Every Family Facility, Mapped

Yes, one: the Lil' Love Lounge. It's past security in the terminal stem, beside the Creative Kidstuff toy and book shop, so you pass it on the walk from the checkpoint to the gates. It reopened in April 2024 after a remodel with the Dallas Mavericks and UT Southwestern, and now has a Mavericks comic-book theme, wall activities, a small slide, sensory toys for children with disabilities, a colouring corner, shoe lockers and free books from the Dallas Public Library. DAL doesn't publish opening hours or an age range. Because the terminal has only 20 gates, it's a short walk from any of them.

Dallas Love Field lists a Mothers' Room for nursing parents on its amenities page, and its terminal map legend includes a Nursing Station. What it doesn't publish is a written location, which side of security the room is on, or its hours. As a medium hub, DAL is covered by the federal FAM Act, which requires a lactation space past security that isn't a restroom. If you need it, ask at one of the three information booths. Seven family restrooms are also available, four of them past security.

Yes, seven. Dallas Love Field says three are before security and four are after, and every one of them has an oversized changing station, which is useful once your toddler outgrows a standard fold-down table. The airport marks them on its terminal map but gives no written gate positions. It does not say whether standard men's and women's restrooms also have changing tables, so the family restrooms are the reliable option.

Dallas Love Field lists a sensory room among its terminal amenities, but publishes no location, hours or access details for it, so you'll need to ask at an information booth. The airport earned Level 1 Accessibility Enhancement Accreditation from Airports Council International in 2026, gives out sensory gift bags for travellers with hidden disabilities at the information booth, and offers free Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyards at the main booth across from the TSA checkpoint. The Lil' Love Lounge play area also includes sensory toys.

Dallas Love Field's website doesn't mention one. There is a single TSA checkpoint for the whole terminal, opening at 4:00am, and the airport directs anyone who needs help preparing for screening to TSA Cares (submit the form at least 72 hours before you fly). Standard TSA family rules apply: children 12 and under keep their shoes on, strollers go through the X-ray, and formula and breast milk are allowed over 3.4 oz. DAL recommends arriving at least 90 minutes before departure.

Dallas Love Field doesn't say. Its guest services page lists baggage carts for rent (outside the ticketing hall, on the lower-level ground transportation area, on level 3 of the parking garage and at baggage claim) but no strollers, and its amenities page doesn't mention stroller rental either way. Bring your own and plan to gate-check it; gate-check rules are set by your airline. The good news is that a single 20-gate terminal means you won't be pushing it far.

No. Dallas Love Field is a single terminal with 20 gates. You go through one TSA checkpoint, walk up the stem past the play area and the shops, and reach the east or west gate wing. Every gate is in the same secure area, so a family connecting between flights never has to leave and re-screen. Elevators, escalators and moving walkways run throughout the terminal.

The terminal lobby is open 24 hours a day, but the TSA checkpoint opens at 4:00am. Many post-security restaurants open between 4:30am and 6am, including Starbucks, Dunkin' and Jason's Deli. If you're on a first-wave flight with kids, aim to be at the checkpoint close to opening and give yourself the 90 minutes DAL recommends.

TSA's national rules apply at Love Field's checkpoint. Formula, breast milk and baby food are allowed in your carry-on above the 3.4 oz (100 ml) limit and don't need to fit in the quart bag. Tell the officer at the start of screening and take them out of your bag; clear bottles are quicker to screen than pouches. Children 12 and under can keep their shoes, light jackets and headwear on, and you can carry your child through the walk-through metal detector.