Exhibit 5.1



January 24, 2007


AMR Corporation
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76155


                       AMR Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special counsel to AMR Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-
136563 and 333-136563-01) (the "Registration Statement") of
the Company and the Prospectus Supplement, dated January 22,
2007 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), of the Company, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") and relating to the issuance and sale by the
Company of 13,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock,
par value $1.00 per share, together with up to an additional
1,950,000 shares that may be sold pursuant to the
underwriters' over-allotment option (collectively, the
"Shares").  The Shares are being issued and sold pursuant to
an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2007 (the
"Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and the
underwriters of such offering.

     In so acting, we have examined and relied upon the
originals or certified, conformed or reproduction copies of
such agreements, instruments, documents, records and
certificates of the Company, such certificates of public
officials and such other documents, and have made such
investigations of law, as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of the opinion expressed below.

     In all such examinations, we have assumed without
independent investigation or inquiry the legal capacity of
all natural persons executing documents, the genuineness of
all signatures on original or certified copies, the
authenticity of all original or certified copies and the
conformity to original or certified documents of all copies
submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies.  We
have relied as to factual matters upon, and have assumed the
accuracy of, the representations and warranties contained in
or made pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the
statements made in the certificates of officers of the
Company delivered to us and certificates and other
statements or information of or from public officials and
officers and representatives of the Company and its
subsidiaries.

     Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that the Shares, when issued by the Company and
delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.

     The opinion expressed herein is limited to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including the
applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the
reported cases interpreting those laws, as currently in
effect, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning
any other laws.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K to be
filed on January 24, 2007 and incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm
under the caption "Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus
Supplement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby
concede that we are within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.

                              Very truly yours,


                              /s/ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP