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Leases (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Leases |
|  | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31,
Millions | Classification | 2020 | 2019
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Operating leases | Operating lease assets | $ | 1,773 | $ | 1,812
Finance leases | Net properties [a] |  | 444 |  | 468
Total leased assets |  | $ | 2,217 | $ | 2,280
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  |  |  |
Operating | Accounts payable and other current liabilities | $ | 326 | $ | 362
Finance | Debt due within one year |  | 119 |  | 114
Noncurrent |  |  |  |  |
Operating | Operating lease liabilities |  | 1,339 |  | 1,471
Finance | Debt due after one year |  | 433 |  | 491
Total lease liabilities |  | $ | 2,217 | $ | 2,438
[a] Finance lease assets are recorded net of accumulated amortization of $766 million and $797 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
Schedule of Lease Cost | ‎ The lease cost components are classified as follows:
Millions, |
for the Three Months Ended March 31, | Classification |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating lease cost [a] | Equipment and other rents | $ | 69 | $ | 93
Finance lease cost |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of leased assets | Depreciation |  | 17 |  | 18
Interest on lease liabilities | Interest expense |  | 7 |  | 9
Net lease cost |  | $ | 93 | $ | 120
[a] Includes short-term lease costs of $0.0 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively, and variable lease costs of $1.8 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively.
Future Minimum Lease Payments For Operating And Finance Leases | The following table presents aggregate lease maturities as of March 31, 2020:
Millions |  | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |  | Total
2020 | $ | 147 | $ | 84 | $ | 231
2021 |  | 302 |  | 142 |  | 444
2022 |  | 267 |  | 127 |  | 394
2023 |  | 226 |  | 88 |  | 314
2024 |  | 216 |  | 75 |  | 291
After 2024 |  | 777 |  | 124 |  | 901
Total lease payments | $ | 1,935 | $ | 640 | $ | 2,575
Less: Interest |  | 270 |  | 88 |  | 358
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 1,665 | $ | 552 | $ | 2,217
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term and Discount Rate | The following table presents the weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate:
| Mar. 31,
| 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) |  |
Operating leases |  | 8.3
Finance leases |  | 5.8
Weighted-average discount rate |  |
Operating leases |  | 3.7
Finance leases |  | 5.2
Schedule of Leases - Other Information | The following table presents other information related to our operating and finance leases:
Millions, |  |
for the Three Months Ended March 31, | 2020 | 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 210 |  | 215
Operating cash flows from finance leases |  | 13 |  | 17
Financing cash flows from finance leases |  | 41 |  | 58
Leased assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities |  | - |  | -
Leased assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities |  | 45 |  | 9

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