List of the busiest airports in the United States
These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States, based on various ranking criteria.
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Busiest US airports by total passenger boardings
[1] The FAA uses passenger boarding for a full calendar year to determine AIP entitlements. The term hub is used by the FAA to identify very busy commercial service airports. For instance, large hubs are those airports that each account for at least one percent of total U.S. passenger enplanements. Medium hubs are defined as airports that each account for between 0.25 percent and one percent of the total passenger enplanements.
In Calendar year 2014 (preliminary FAA data) there were 30 Large Hubs and 31 Medium Hubs.
Rank[2] (2014) |
Airports (large hubs) | IATA Code |
Major city served | State | 2014[3] | 2013[4] | 2012[5] | 2011[6] | 2010[7] | 2009[8] | 2008[8] | 2007[9] | 2006[10] | 2005[11] |
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1 | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | ATL | Atlanta | GA | 46,604,273 | 45,308,407 | 45,798,809 | 44,414,121 | 43,130,585 | 42,280,868 | 43,236,665 | 43,236,665 | 41,352,038 | 42,402,653 |
2 | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | CA | 34,314,197 | 32,425,892 | 31,326,268 | 30,528,737 | 28,857,755 | 27,439,897 | 28,861,477 | 30,113,985 | 29,357,327 | 29,372,272 |
3 | O'Hare International Airport | ORD | Chicago | IL | 33,686,811 | 32,317,835 | 32,171,743 | 31,892,301 | 32,171,831 | 31,135,732 | 33,683,991 | 36,521,585 | 36,825,097 | 36,720,005 |
4 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | DFW | Dallas/Fort Worth | TX | 30,766,940 | 29,038,128 | 28,022,877 | 27,518,358 | 27,100,656 | 26,663,984 | 27,219,985 | 28,482,417 | 28,627,749 | 28,079,147 |
5 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | JFK | New York | NY | 26,244,928 | 25,036,358 | 24,520,943 | 23,664,830 | 22,934,047 | 22,710,272 | 23,620,948 | 23,401,351 | 21,071,501 | 20,260,359 |
6 | Denver International Airport | DEN | Denver | CO | 26,000,591 | 25,496,885 | 25,799,832 | 25,667,499 | 25,241,962 | 24,013,669 | 24,287,939 | 20,796,173 | 20,591,909 | 20,315,544 |
7 | San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | CA | 22,756,008 | 21,704,626 | 21,284,224 | 20,038,679 | 19,359,003 | 18,467,908 | 18,135,827 | 17,280,328 | 16,236,592 | 16,070,133 |
8 | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | CLT | Charlotte | NC | 21,542,277 | 21,346,601 | 20,032,426 | 19,022,535 | 18,629,181 | 18,165,476 | 19,291,428 | 16,884,780 | 14,949,568 | 14,109,608 |
9 | McCarran International Airport | LAS | Las Vegas | NV | 20,551,016 | 19,946,179 | 19,941,173 | 19,854,759 | 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 | 20,344,867 | 19,525,109 | 19,556,189 | 19,750,306 | 18,907,171 | 18,559,647 | 19,450,576 | 20,767,144 | 20,479,291 | 19,032,196 |
11 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | IAH | Houston | TX | 19,772,054 | 18,952,840 | 19,038,958 | 19,306,660 | 19,528,631 | 19,290,239 | 20,030,898 | 24,117,623 | 22,822,111 | 20,799,886 |
12 | Miami International Airport | MIA | Miami | FL | 19,468,523 | 19,420,089 | 18,987,488 | 18,342,158 | 17,017,654 | 16,187,768 | 16,377,488 | 16,194,162 | 15,664,791 | 15,092,763 |
13 | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle | WA | 17,888,080 | 16,690,295 | 16,121,123 | 15,971,676 | 15,406,243 | 15,273,092 | 15,839,504 | 15,419,116 | 14,703,928 | 14,359,530 |
14 | Newark Liberty International Airport | EWR | Newark/New York | NJ | 17,680,826 | 17,546,506 | 17,035,098 | 16,814,092 | 16,571,754 | 16,659,441 | 17,599,578 | 18,163,652 | 17,804,107 | 16,444,959 |
15 | Orlando International Airport | MCO | Orlando | FL | 17,278,608 | 16,884,524 | 17,159,425 | 17,250,415 | 17,017,491 | 16,371,016 | 17,288,480 | 17,614,679 | 16,807,856 | 16,592,133 |
16 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | MSP | Minneapolis/St. Paul | MN | 16,972,678 | 16,280,835 | 15,943,751 | 15,895,653 | 15,512,487 | 15,551,206 | 16,369,324 | 16,962,563 | 17,192,410 | 17,971,771 |
17 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | DTW | Detroit | MI | 15,775,941 | 15,683,523 | 15,599,877 | 15,716,865 | 15,643,890 | 15,211,402 | 16,998,174 | 17,495,135 | 17,483,468 | 17,580,363 |
18 | Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston | MA | 15,425,869 | 14,810,153 | 14,293,675 | 14,171,476 | 13,561,814 | 12,566,797 | 12,820,489 | 13,783,297 | 13,544,552 | 13,214,923 |
19 | Philadelphia International Airport | PHL | Philadelphia | PA | 14,747,112 | 14,727,945 | 14,587,631 | 14,883,180 | 14,951,254 | 15,002,961 | 15,586,852 | 15,656,653 | 15,390,848 | 15,376,569 |
20 | LaGuardia Airport | LGA | New York | NY | 13,415,797 | 13,372,269 | 12,818,717 | 11,989,227 | 12,001,501 | 11,084,300 | 11,567,586 | 12,529,890 | 12,925,697 | 13,014,314 |
21 | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | FLL | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 11,987,607 | 11,538,140 | 11,445,101 | 11,332,466 | 10,829,810 | 10,258,118 | 11,020,091 | 11,079,250 | 10,204,579 | 10,729,468 |
22 | Baltimore–Washington International Airport | BWI | Baltimore/Washington, D.C. | MD | 11,022,200 | 11,132,731 | 11,183,965 | 11,067,317 | 10,848,633 | 10,338,950 | 10,215,225 | 10,487,789 | 10,297,607 | 9,829,432 |
23 | Washington Dulles International Airport | IAD | Washington, D.C. | VA | 10,415,948 | 10,570,993 | 10,785,683 | 11,043,829 | 11,276,481 | 11,132,098 | 11,348,775 | 11,789,441 | 11,045,217 | 13,032,502 |
24 | Midway International Airport | MDW | Chicago | IL | 10,318,311 | 9,915,646 | 9,431,796 | 9,134,576 | 8,518,957 | 8,253,620 | 8,021,383 | 9,132,836 | 8,915,292 | 8,383,698 |
25 | Salt Lake City International Airport | SLC | Salt Lake City | UT | 10,139,065 | 9,668,048 | 9,579,836 | 9,701,756 | 9,910,493 | 9,903,821 | 9,993,198 | 10,560,906 | 10,289,129 | 10,601,918 |
26 | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | DCA | Washington, D.C. | VA | 10,057,794 | 9,838,034 | 9,462,206 | 9,053,004 | 8,736,804 | 8,490,288 | 8,704,466 | 9,038,174 | 8,973,410 | 8,623,907 |
27 | Honolulu International Airport | HNL | Honolulu | HI | 9,463,000 | 9,466,995 | 9,210,270 | 8,643,494 | 8,740,077 | 8,739,389 | 9,013,440 | 10,393,929 | 9,855,838 | 9,784,404 |
28 | San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego | CA | 9,333,152 | 8,878,772 | 8,686,592 | 8,465,683 | 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 | 8,531,561 | 8,267,752 | 8,216,153 | 8,174,194 | 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 | 7,878,760 | 7,452,603 | 7,142,620 | 6,808,486 | 6,582,227 | 6,430,119 | 7,090,526 | 7,281,057 | 6,956,712 | 6,798,976 |
45 busiest US airports by total passenger traffic (2014)
Listed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total passengers during 2014.[12]
This list has the same 99 airports as the FAA list, but the order is slightly different. The FAA ranks by passengers boarding. ACI ranks by sum of boarding, disembarking, and flying through without leaving airplane. The statistics are slightly more than twice as high.
10 busiest US airports by international passenger traffic (2014)
Listed 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 2014.[13]
Rank | Airport Name | Location | IATA Code |
Traffic | |
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Passengers | % chg. 2014/13 |
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1 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York, New York | JFK | 27,428,335 | 5.0% |
2 | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida | MIA | 19,301,670 | 1.2% |
3 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX | 18,677,379 | 6.7% |
4 | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | EWR | 11,474,263 | 2.2% |
5 | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | 11,088,007 | 4.6% |
6 | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | ATL | 10,574,503 | 6.2% |
7 | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | SFO | 10,060,952 | 5.6% |
8 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | IAH | 9,533,784 | 9.3% |
9 | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia | IAD | 6,983,706 | 2.8% |
10 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas | DFW | 6,886,384 | 6.5% |
10 busiest airports in the US by total cargo throughput (2014)
Listed according to data compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration for the United States, and ranked according to total cargo throughput in pounds during 2014. [14]
Rank | Airport Name | Location | IATA Code |
Cargo | |
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Ibs. | % chg. 2015/14 |
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1 | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee | MEM | 21,891,425,638 | 4.33% |
2 | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska | ANC | 15,982,410,652 | -3.27% |
3 | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Kentucky | SDF | 11,264,596,650 | 1.52% |
4 | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | 6,864,249,348 | 50.69% |
5 | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida | MIA | 6,847,177,300 | -4.21% |
6 | Indianapolis International Airport | Indianapolis | IND | 5,268,916,355 | 6.66% |
7 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX | 4,199,375,809 | -0.13% |
8 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | Cincinnati, Ohio | CVG | 3,422,731,214 | 7.35% |
9 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York, New York | JFK | 3,372,770,377 | -3.49% |
10 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Fort Worth, Texas | DFW | 3,062,528,160 | -0.81% |
References
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
- ↑ Preliminary data
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- ↑ CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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
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See also
External links
United States Department of Transportation:
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- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 2005-2009
- FAA National Flight Data Center (NFDC): Airport Data (Form 5010), also available from AirportIQ 5010