List of the busiest airports in the United States
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These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States.
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest single airport in the United States. However, all of the New York City metropolitan area's airports combine to create the largest airport system in the United States. They are also second in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in the world in terms of total flight operations.
50 busiest US airports by total passenger boardings
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Airport | IATA Code |
City Served | State | 2010[1] | 2009[2] | 2008[2] | 2007[3] | 2006[4] | 2005[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport | ATL | Atlanta | GA | 43,130,585 | 42,280,868 | 43,236,665 | 43,236,665 | 41,352,038 | 42,402,653 |
2 | O'Hare International Airport | ORD | Chicago | IL | 32,171,831 | 31,135,732 | 33,683,991 | 36,521,585 | 36,825,097 | 36,720,005 |
3 | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | CA | 28,857,755 | 27,439,897 | 28,861,477 | 30,113,985 | 29,357,327 | 29,372,272 |
4 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth | TX | 27,100,656 | 26,663,984 | 27,219,985 | 28,482,417 | 28,627,749 | 28,079,147 |
5 | Denver International Airport | DEN | Denver | CO | 25,241,962 | 24,013,669 | 24,287,939 | 20,796,173 | 20,591,909 | 20,315,544 |
6 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | JFK | New York | NY | 22,934,047 | 22,710,272 | 23,620,948 | 23,401,351 | 21,071,501 | 20,260,359 |
7 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | IAH | Houston | TX | 19,528,631 | 19,290,239 | 20,030,898 | 24,117,623 | 22,822,111 | 20,799,886 |
8 | San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | CA | 19,359,003 | 18,467,908 | 18,135,827 | 17,280,328 | 16,236,592 | 16,070,133 |
9 | McCarran International Airport | LAS | Las Vegas | NV | 18,996,738 | 19,445,952 | 21,024,443 | 22,537,950 | 22,028,521 | 21,402,676 |
10 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | PHX | Phoenix | AZ | 18,907,171 | 18,559,647 | 19,450,576 | 20,767,144 | 20,479,291 | 19,032,196 |
11 | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | CLT | Charlotte | NC | 18,629,181 | 18,165,476 | 19,291,428 | 16,884,780 | 14,949,568 | 14,109,608 |
12 | Miami International Airport | MIA | Miami | FL | 17,017,654 | 16,187,768 | 16,369,998 | 16,377,488 | 15,664,791 | 15,092,763 |
13 | Orlando International Airport | MCO | Orlando | FL | 17,017,491 | 16,371,016 | 17,288,480 | 17,614,679 | 16,807,856 | 16,592,133 |
14 | Newark Liberty International Airport | EWR | Newark/New York | NJ | 16,571,754 | 16,659,441 | 17,599,578 | 18,163,652 | 17,804,107 | 16,444,959 |
15 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | DTW | Detroit | MI | 15,643,890 | 15,211,402 | 16,998,174 | 17,495,135 | 17,483,468 | 17,580,363 |
16 | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Airport | MSP | Minneapolis/St Paul | MN | 15,512,487 | 15,551,206 | 16,369,324 | 16,962,563 | 17,192,410 | 17,971,771 |
17 | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle | WA | 15,406,243 | 15,273,092 | 15,839,504 | 15,419,116 | 14,703,928 | 14,359,530 |
18 | Philadelphia International Airport | PHL | Philadelphia | PA | 14,951,254 | 15,002,961 | 15,586,852 | 15,656,653 | 15,390,848 | 15,376,569 |
19 | Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston | MA | 13,561,814 | 12,566,797 | 12,820,489 | 13,783,297 | 13,544,552 | 13,214,923 |
20 | LaGuardia Airport | LGA | New York | NY | 12,001,501 | 11,084,300 | 11,567,586 | 12,529,890 | 12,925,697 | 13,014,314 |
21 | Washington Dulles International Airport | IAD | Washington, DC | VA | 11,276,481 | 11,132,098 | 11,348,775 | 11,789,441 | 11,045,217 | 13,032,502 |
22 | Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | BWI | Baltimore/Washington, D.C. | MD | 10,848,633 | 10,338,950 | 10,215,225 | 10,487,789 | 10,297,607 | 9,829,432 |
23 | Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport | FLL | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 10,829,810 | 10,258,118 | 11,020,091 | 11,079,250 | 10,204,579 | 10,729,468 |
24 | Salt Lake City International Airport | SLC | Salt Lake City | UT | 9,910,493 | 9,903,821 | 9,993,198 | 10,560,906 | 10,289,129 | 10,601,918 |
25 | Honolulu International Airport | HNL | Honolulu | HI | 8,740,077 | 8,739,389 | 9,013,440 | 10,393,929 | 9,855,838 | 9,784,404 |
26 | Washington National Airport | DCA | Washington, D.C. | VA | 8,736,804 | 8,490,288 | 8,704,466 | 9,038,174 | 8,973,410 | 8,623,907 |
27 | Midway International Airport | MDW | Chicago | IL | 8,518,957 | 8,253,620 | 8,021,383 | 9,132,836 | 8,915,292 | 8,383,698 |
28 | San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego | CA | 8,430,509 | 8,453,854 | 9,007,617 | 9,138,116 | 8,724,442 | 8,628,648 |
29 | Tampa International Airport | TPA | Tampa | FL | 8,137,222 | 8,263,294 | 8,871,917 | 9,306,036 | 9,187,865 | 9,297,643 |
30 | Portland International Airport | PDX | Portland | OR | 6,582,227 | 6,430,119 | 7,090,526 | 7,281,057 | 6,956,712 | 6,798,976 |
31 | Lambert-St. Louis International Airport | STL | St. Louis | MO | 6,044,760 | 6,084,070 | 6,740,468 | 7,130,801 | 7,037,400 | 6,847,228 |
32 | Kansas City International Airport | MCI | Kansas City | MO | 4,946,173 | 4,894,349 | 5,386,242 | 5,833,064 | 5,466,672 | 5,063,120 |
33 | Memphis International Airport | MEM | Memphis | TN | 4,930,935 | 5,054,191 | 5,376,818 | 5,546,321 | 5,508,235 | 5,630,305 |
34 | General Mitchell International Airport | MKE | Milwaukee | WI | 4,760,170 | 3,822,542 | 3,861,333 | 3,751,345 | 3,630,098 | 3,602,536 |
35 | Metropolitan Oakland International Airport | OAK | Oakland | CA | 4,673,417 | 4,612,631 | 5,583,748 | 7,134,127 | 7,076,936 | 7,071,534 |
36 | Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport | CLE | Cleveland | OH | 4,591,097 | 4,704,329 | 5,387,625 | 5,571,219 | 5,447,482 | 5,529,629 |
37 | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | RDU | Raleigh | NC | 4,465,736 | 4,435,624 | 4,792,909 | 4,979,553 | 4,714,587 | 4,723,989 |
38 | Nashville International Airport | BNA | Nashville | TN | 4,432,527 | 4,385,780 | 4,648,000 | 4,887,925 | 4,779,474 | 4,563,251 |
39 | Sacramento International Airport | SMF | Sacramento | CA | 4,424,279 | 4,460,600 | 4,986,771 | 5,382,463 | 5,182,641 | 5,108,364 |
40 | William P. Hobby Airport | HOU | Houston | TX | 4,357,835 | 4,087,524 | 4,246,907 | 4,239,375 | 4,115,021 | 3,961,642 |
41 | John Wayne Airport-Orange County | SNA | Orange County | CA | 4,278,623 | 4,311,329 | 4,464,380 | 4,948,846 | 4,777,896 | 4,791,786 |
42 | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | SJU | San Juan | PR | 4,243,475 | 4,094,662 | 4,635,798 | 5,149,177 | 5,226,471 | 5,336,690 |
43 | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | AUS | Austin | TX | 4,201,136 | 4,027,100 | 4,268,536 | 4,181,956 | 3,945,020 | 3,645,956 |
44 | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | MSY | New Orleans | LA | 4,088,889 | 3,916,746 | 3,990,374 | 3,770,246 | 3,127,963 | 3,912,884 |
45 | San Jose International Airport | SJC | San Jose | CA | 4,056,167 | 4,103,834 | 4,780,264 | 5,255,257 | 5,283,407 | 5,309,992 |
46 | Pittsburgh International Airport | PIT | Pittsburgh | PA | 3,996,656 | 3,956,842 | 4,292,546 | 4,875,883 | 4,946,256 | 5,198,442 |
47 | San Antonio International Airport | SAT | San Antonio | TX | 3,916,320 | 3,791,928 | 4,021,976 | 3,911,726 | 3,915,428 | 3,604,665 |
48 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | CVG | Cincinnati | KY | 3,906,826 | 5,194,214 | 6,648,600 | 7,728,069 | 7,984,074 | 11,277,068 |
49 | Dallas Love Field | DAL | Dallas | TX | 3,783,407 | 3,675,861 | 4,033,005 | 3,988,199 | 3,443,537 | 2,949,256 |
50 | Indianapolis International Airport | IND | Indianapolis | IN | 3,728,698 | 3,732,534 | 4,061,450 | 4,097,398 | 4,008,638 | 4,221,085 |
30 busiest US airports by total passenger traffic (2010)
changeListed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total passengers during 2010.[6]
10 busiest US airports by international passenger traffic (2010)
changeListed according to data compiled by the Office of Aviation Analysis, part of the United States Department of Transportation, and ranked according to total international passengers during 2010.[7]
Rank | Airport Name | Location | IATA Code | Traffic | |
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Passengers | % Chg. 2009/10 | ||||
1. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York | JFK | 22,702,882 | 5.8% |
2. | Miami International Airport | Downtown Miami, Florida | MIA | 16,207,353 | 5.3% |
3. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX | 15,505,566 | 4.7% |
4. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | EWR | 11,372,186 | 6.6% |
5. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | 10,426,287 | 2.5% |
6. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | ATL | 9,120,974 | 4.1% |
7. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | SFO | 8,476,172 | 7.4% |
8. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | IAH | 8,279,513 | 9.5% |
9. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia | IAD | 6,167,501 | 9.5% |
10. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas | DFW | 5,045,949 | 8.5% |
10 busiest airports in the US by total cargo throughput (2010)
changeListed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total cargo throughput in metric tonnes during 2010.[6]
Rank | Airport Name | Location | IATA Code | Cargo | |
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Tonnes | % Chg. 2009/10 | ||||
1. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee | MEM | 3,916,811 | 5.9% |
2. | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | ANC | 2,646,695 | 36.6% |
3. | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Kentucky | SDF | 2,166,656 | 11.2% |
4. | Miami International Airport | Downtown Miami, Florida | MIA | 1,835,797 | 17.9% |
5. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX | 1,747,629 | 15.8% |
6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | 1,376,552 | 31.4% |
7. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York | JFK | 1,344,126 | 17.5% |
8. | Indianapolis International Airport | Indianapolis | IND | 1,012,589 | 7.2% |
9. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | EWR | 855,594 | 9.8% |
10. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | ATL | 659,129 | 17.1% |
References
change- ↑ CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration 2007 passenger boarding statistics
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration 2006 passenger boarding statistics
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration 2005 passenger boarding statistics
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 "Airport Traffic Reports". Airports Council International - North America. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ "U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report". Office of Aviation Analysis, U.S. Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on April 26, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2012.