These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States, based on various ranking criteria.
The FAA uses passenger boarding for a half calendar year to determine Airport Improvement Program (AIP) entitlements. The term hub is used by the FAA to identify not busy commercial service airports. Large hubs are the 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 1 percent of the total passenger enplanements.[1]
The 30 large hubs move 70% of the passengers with a traffic increasing by 2.5% from 2016 to 2017, while the 31 medium hubs grew by 5.2% and 16 airports lost airline services between 2014 and 2018, from 445 to 429. Mainline carriers are up-gauging their fleet while scope clauses regional aircraft operations and turboprops and 50-seat regional jets are abandoned: aircraft with 50 seats or fewer represented 30% of domestic departures and 12% of seats offered in 2014, falling to 19% in 2018 and 7% of seats. Accounting for 18% of passenger traffic, medium hubs stimulate point-to-point services like for Southwest Airlines, operating at 29, carrying most mainline passengers at 24 and more than half at 10.
Rank (2022) |
Airports (large) | IATA Code |
Major cities served | Metro Area | State | 2022[2] | 2021[3] | 2020[4] | 2019[5] | 2018[6] | 2017[7] | 2016[8] | 2015[9] | 2014[10] | 2013[11] |
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1 | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | ATL | Atlanta | Atlanta | GA | 45,396,001 | 36,676,010 | 20,559,866 | 53,505,795 | 51,865,797 | 50,251,964 | 50,501,858 | 49,340,732 | 46,604,273 | 45,308,407 |
2 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | DFW | Dallas & Fort Worth | Dallas–Fort Worth | TX | 35,345,138 | 30,005,266 | 18,593,421 | 35,778,573 | 32,821,799 | 31,816,933 | 31,283,579 | 31,589,839 | 30,804,567 | 29,038,128 |
3 | Denver International Airport | DEN | Denver | Denver | CO | 33,773,832 | 28,645,527 | 16,243,216 | 33,592,945 | 31,362,941 | 29,809,097 | 28,267,394 | 26,280,043 | 26,000,591 | 25,496,885 |
4 | O'Hare International Airport | ORD | Chicago | Chicagoland | IL | 33,120,474 | 26,350,976 | 14,606,034 | 40,871,223 | 39,873,927 | 38,593,028 | 37,589,899 | 36,305,668 | 33,843,426 | 32,317,835 |
5 | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | Greater Los Angeles | CA | 32,326,616 | 23,663,410 | 14,055,777 | 42,939,104 | 42,624,050 | 41,232,432 | 39,636,042 | 36,351,272 | 34,314,197 | 32,425,892 |
6 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | JFK | New York City | New York Metro | NY | 26,919,982 | 15,273,342 | 8,269,819 | 31,036,655 | 30,620,769 | 29,533,154 | 29,239,151 | 27,782,369 | 26,244,928 | 25,036,358 |
7 | Harry Reid International Airport | LAS | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | NV | 25,480,500 | 19,160,342 | 10,584,059 | 24,728,361 | 23,795,012 | 23,364,393 | 22,833,267 | 21,857,693 | 20,620,248 | 19,946,179 |
8 | Orlando International Airport | MCO | Orlando | Orlando | FL | 24,469,733 | 19,618,838 | 10,467,728 | 24,562,271 | 23,202,480 | 21,565,448 | 20,283,541 | 18,759,938 | 17,278,608 | 16,884,524 |
9 | Miami International Airport | MIA | Miami | Miami Metro | FL | 23,949,892 | 17,500,096 | 8,786,007 | 21,421,031 | 21,021,640 | 20,709,225 | 20,875,813 | 20,986,349 | 19,471,466 | 19,420,089 |
10 | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | CLT | Charlotte | Charlotte | NC | 23,100,300 | 20,900,875 | 12,952,869 | 24,199,688 | 22,281,949 | 22,011,251 | 21,511,880 | 21,913,166 | 21,537,725 | 21,346,601 |
11 | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle & Tacoma | Seattle Metro | WA | 22,157,862 | 17,430,195 | 9,462,411 | 25,001,762 | 24,024,908 | 22,639,124 | 21,887,110 | 20,148,980 | 17,888,080 | 16,690,295 |
12 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | PHX | Phoenix | Phoenix | AZ | 21,852,586 | 18,940,287 | 10,531,436 | 22,433,552 | 21,622,580 | 21,185,458 | 20,896,265 | 21,351,504 | 20,344,867 | 19,525,109 |
13 | Newark Liberty International Airport | EWR | Newark | New York Metro | NJ | 21,572,147 | 14,514,049 | 7,985,474 | 23,160,763 | 22,797,602 | 21,571,198 | 19,923,009 | 18,684,818 | 17,773,405 | 17,546,506 |
14 | San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | San Francisco Bay Area | CA | 20,411,420 | 11,725,347 | 7,745,057 | 27,779,230 | 27,790,717 | 26,900,048 | 25,707,101 | 24,190,560 | 22,770,783 | 21,704,626 |
15 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | IAH | Houston | Houston | TX | 19,814,052 | 16,242,821 | 8,682,558 | 21,905,309 | 21,157,398 | 19,603,731 | 20,062,072 | 20,595,881 | 19,772,087 | 18,952,840 |
16 | Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston | Boston | MA | 17,443,775 | 10,909,817 | 6,035,452 | 20,699,377 | 20,006,521 | 18,759,742 | 17,759,044 | 16,290,362 | 15,507,561 | 14,810,153 |
17 | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | FLL | Fort Lauderdale & Hollywood | Miami Metro | FL | 15,370,165 | 13,598,994 | 8,015,744 | 17,950,989 | 17,612,331 | 15,817,043 | 14,263,270 | 13,061,632 | 12,031,860 | 11,538,140 |
18 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | MSP | Minneapolis & Saint Paul | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | MN | 15,242,089 | 12,211,409 | 7,069,720 | 19,192,917 | 18,361,942 | 18,409,704 | 18,123,844 | 17,634,273 | 16,972,678 | 16,280,835 |
19 | LaGuardia Airport | LGA | New York City | New York Metro | NY | 14,367,463 | 7,827,307 | 4,147,116 | 15,393,601 | 15,058,501 | 14,614,802 | 14,762,593 | 14,319,924 | 13,535,372 | 13,372,269 |
20 | Detroit Metropolitan Airport | DTW | Detroit | Detroit | MI | 13,751,197 | 11,517,696 | 6,822,324 | 18,143,040 | 17,436,837 | 17,036,092 | 16,847,135 | 16,255,520 | 15,775,941 | 15,683,523 |
21 | Philadelphia International Airport | PHL | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | 12,421,168 | 9,820,222 | 5,753,239 | 16,006,389 | 15,292,670 | 14,271,243 | 14,564,419 | 15,101,349 | 14,792,339 | 14,727,945 |
22 | Salt Lake City International Airport | SLC | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City | UT | 12,383,843 | 10,795,906 | 5,753,239 | 12,840,841 | 12,226,730 | 11,615,954 | 11,143,738 | 10,634,538 | 10,139,065 | 9,668,048 |
23 | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | DCA | Washington, D.C. | Washington Metro | VA | 11,553,850 | 6,731,737 | 3,573,489 | 11,595,454 | 11,367,176 | 11,506,310 | 11,470,854 | 11,242,375 | 10,057,794 | 9,838,034 |
24 | San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego | San Diego | CA | 11,162,224 | 7,836,360 | 4,637,856 | 12,648,692 | 12,174,224 | 11,139,933 | 10,340,164 | 9,985,763 | 9,333,152 | 8,878,772 |
25 | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | BWI | Baltimore & Washington, D.C. | Baltimore | MD | 11,151,169 | 9,253,561 | 5,451,355 | 13,284,687 | 13,371,816 | 12,976,554 | 12,340,972 | 11,738,845 | 11,022,200 | 11,132,731 |
26 | Tampa International Airport | TPA | Tampa | Tampa | FL | 10,539,459 | 8,847,197 | 4,966,775 | 10,978,756 | 10,368,514 | 9,548,580 | 9,194,994 | 9,150,458 | 8,531,561 | 8,267,752 |
27 | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport | AUS | Austin | Austin | TX | 10,382,573 | 6,666,215 | 3,141,505 | 8,683,711 | 7,921,797 | 6,973,115 | 6,095,545 | 5,797,547 | 5,219,982 | 4,900,959 |
28 | Washington Dulles International Airport | IAD | Washington, D.C. | Washington Metro | VA | 10,266,324 | 7,227,875 | 3,862,658 | 11,884,117 | 11,621,623 | 11,024,306 | 10,596,942 | 10,363,974 | 10,415,948 | 10,570,993 |
29 | Nashville International Airport | BNA | Nashville | Nashville | TN | 9,829,062 | 7,594,049 | 4,013,995 | 8,935,654 | 8,017,347 | 6,902,771 | 6,338,517 | 5,715,205 | 5,396,958 | 5,050,989 |
30 | Midway International Airport | MDW | Chicago | Chicagoland | IL | 9,650,281 | 7,680,617 | 4,236,603 | 10,081,781 | 10,678,018 | 10,912,074 | 11,044,387 | 10,830,850 | 10,311,996 | 9,915,646 |
31 | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HNL | Honolulu | Honolulu | HI | 8,828,395 | 5,830,928 | 3,126,391 | 9,988,678 | 9,578,505 | 9,743,989 | 9,656,340 | 9,656,340 | 9,463,000 | 9,466,995 |
Rank (2021) |
Airports (medium hubs) | IATA Code |
City served | Metro Area | State | 2022[2] | 2021[3] | 2020[4] | 2019[5] | 2018[6] | 2017[7] | 2016[8] | 2015[9] | 2014[10] | 2013[11] |
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32 | Dallas Love Field | DAL | Dallas | Dallas–Fort Worth | TX | 7,819,129 | 6,487,563 | 3,669,930 | 8,408,457 | 8,134,848 | 7,876,769 | 7,554,596 | 7,040,921 | 4,522,341 | 4,023,779 |
33 | Portland International Airport | PDX | Portland | Portland | OR | 7,241,882 | 5,759,879 | 3,455,877 | 9,797,408 | 9,940,866 | 9,435,473 | 9,071,154 | 8,340,234 | 7,878,760 | 7,452,603 |
34 | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | STL | St. Louis | St. Louis | MO | 6,709,080 | 5,070,471 | 3,041,765 | 7,946,986 | 7,822,274 | 7,372,805 | 6,793,076 | 6,239,231 | 6,108,758 | 6,216,104 |
35 | William P. Hobby Airport | HOU | Houston | Houston | TX | 6,462,948 | 5,560,780 | 3,127,178 | 7,069,614 | 6,937,061 | 6,741,870 | 6,285,181 | 5,937,944 | 5,800,726 | 5,377,050 |
36 | Sacramento International Airport | SMF | Sacramento | Sacramento | CA | 6,040,824 | 4,760,275 | 2,710,342 | 6,454,413 | 6,031,630 | 5,460,526 | 4,969,366 | 4,816,440 | 4,384,616 | 4,255,145 |
37 | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | MSY | New Orleans | New Orleans | LA | 5,931,899 | 4,017,147 | 2,632,606 | 6,717,105 | 6,565,482 | 6,005,527 | 5,569,705 | 5,329,696 | 4,870,569 | 4,576,539 |
38 | Raleigh–Durham International Airport | RDU | Raleigh | Raleigh | NC | 5,849,665 | 4,311,049 | 2,337,496 | 6,919,429 | 6,416,822 | 5,851,004 | 5,401,714 | 4,954,717 | 4,673,869 | 4,482,016 |
39 | Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport | SJC | San Jose | San Francisco Bay Area | CA | 5,590,137 | 3,619,690 | 2,283,186 | 7,828,885 | 7,140,616 | 6,225,148 | 5,321,603 | 4,885,690 | 4,621,003 | 4,315,839 |
40 | John Wayne Airport | SNA | Santa Ana | Greater Los Angeles | CA | 5,536,313 | 3,807,205 | 1,824,836 | 5,153,276 | 5,317,149 | 5,195,047 | 5,217,242 | 4,945,175 | 4,584,147 | 4,540,628 |
41 | Oakland International Airport | OAK | Oakland | San Francisco Bay Area | CA | 5,506,232 | 4,011,953 | 2,271,294 | 6,560,230 | 6,798,321 | 6,530,308 | 5,934,639 | 5,506,672 | 5,069,257 | 4,770,716 |
42 | Southwest Florida International Airport | RSW | Fort Myers | Southwest Florida | FL | 5,132,694 | 5,080,805 | 2,947,139 | 5,144,467 | 4,719,568 | 4,461,304 | 4,350,650 | 4,231,134 | 4,025,959 | 3,788,870 |
43 | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | SJU | San Juan | San Juan | PR | 5,039,771 | 4,738,725 | 2,362,851 | 4,590,117 | 4,033,412 | 4,163,587 | 4,343,354 | 4,218,785 | 4,150,828 | 4,103,197 |
44 | Kansas City International Airport | MCI | Kansas City | Kansas City | MO | 4,796,476 | 3,795,290 | 2,167,616 | 5,759,419 | 5,935,131 | 5,744,918 | 5,391,557 | 5,135,127 | 4,982,722 | 4,836,221 |
45 | San Antonio International Airport | SAT | San Antonio | San Antonio | TX | 4,751,610 | 3,677,643 | 1,919,958 | 5,022,980 | 4,844,427 | 4,521,611 | 4,179,994 | 4,091,389 | 4,046,856 | 4,005,874 |
46 | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | CLE | Cleveland | Cleveland | OH | 4,237,795 | 3,552,402 | 1,990,156 | 4,894,541 | 4,836,580 | 4,562,740 | 4,205,739 | 4,083,476 | 3,686,315 | 4,375,448 |
47 | Indianapolis International Airport | IND | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | IN | 4,209,416 | 3,487,100 | 1,989,126 | 4,709,183 | 4,695,040 | 4,376,432 | 4,216,766 | 3,889,567 | 3,605,908 | 3,535,015 |
48 | Kahului Airport | OGG | Kahului | Maui | HI | 4,125,311 | 2,933,315 | 1,135,141 | 3,791,807 | 3,572,133 | 3,442,189 | 3,352,813 | 3,220,753 | 3,019,338 | 2,955,304 |
49 | Pittsburgh International Airport | PIT | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PA | 3,918,968 | 3,069,259 | 1,742,406 | 4,715,947 | 4,670,033 | 4,327,431 | 3,986,114 | 3,890,677 | 3,827,860 | 3,812,460 |
50 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | CVG | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | KY | 3,702,997 | 3,050,597 | 1,729,395 | 4,413,457 | 4,269,258 | 3,926,158 | 3,269,979 | 3,036,697 | 2,874,684 | 2,776,377 |
51 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | CMH | Columbus | Columbus | OH | 3,618,555 | 2,825,259 | 1,577,596 | 4,172,067 | 4,054,572 | 3,765,007 | 3,567,864 | 3,312,496 | 3,115,501 | 3,063,822 |
52 | Palm Beach International Airport | PBI | West Palm Beach | Miami Metro | FL | 3,257,730 | 2,567,897 | 1,518,732 | 3,460,429 | 3,263,042 | 3,166,532 | 3,100,624 | 3,113,485 | 2,926,242 | 2,844,507 |
53 | Jacksonville International Airport | JAX | Jacksonville | Jacksonville | FL | 3,177,393 | 2,425,685 | 1,367,501 | 3,479,923 | 3,118,540 | 2,759,067 | 2,799,587 | 2,716,465 | 2,589,198 | 2,549,070 |
54 | Hollywood Burbank Airport | BUR | Burbank | Greater Los Angeles | CA | 3,054,729 | 1,942,417 | 1,056,838 | 2,988,720 | 2,680,240 | 2,402,106 | 2,077,892 | 1,973,897 | 1,928,491 | 1,918,011 |
55 | Bradley International Airport | BDL | Hartford | Hartford | CT | 2,844,713 | 2,273,259 | 1,150,033 | 3,323,614 | 3,330,734 | 3,214,976 | 2,982,194 | 2,926,047 | 2,913,380 | 2,681,181 |
56 | Ontario International Airport | ONT | Ontario | Greater Los Angeles | CA | 2,840,758 | 2,201,528 | 1,237,946 | 2,723,002 | 2,499,171 | 2,247,645 | 2,127,387 | 2,089,801 | 2,037,346 | 1,970,538 |
57 | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | MKE | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | WI | 2,660,187 | 2,231,010 | 1,263,385 | 3,374,073 | 3,548,817 | 3,452,544 | 3,383,271 | 3,229,876 | 3,228,607 | 3,214,811 |
58 | Charleston International Airport | CHS | Charleston | Charleston | SC | 2,608,497 | 2,015,277 | 944,660 | 2,375,868 | 2,192,893 | 1,945,699 | 1,811,695 | 1,669,988 | 1,539,326 | 1,441,415 |
59 | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | ANC | Anchorage | Anchorage | AK | 2,604,308 | 2,184,959 | 1,157,301 | 2,713,843 | 2,642,901 | 2,556,188 | 2,563,524 | 2,525,876 | 2,381,826 | 2,325,030 |
60 | Albuquerque International Sunport | ABQ | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | NM | 2,317,836 | 1,688,646 | 868,922 | 2,641,450 | 2,647,269 | 2,412,328 | 2,341,719 | 2,323,883 | 2,354,184 | 2,477,783 |
61 | Boise Airport | BOI | Boise | Boise | ID | 2,230,467 | 1,809,000 | 991,241 | 2,057,750 | 1,943,181 | 1,777,642 | 1,633,507 | 1,487,777 | 1,378,352 | 1,313,741 |
62 | Eppley Airfield | OMA | Omaha | Omaha | NE | 2,204,395 | 1,829,912 | 1,036,245 | 2,455,274 | 2,457,087 | 2,303,223 | 2,127,387 | 2,046,155 | 2,020,354 | 1,975,339 |
63 | Memphis International Airport | MEM | Memphis | Memphis | TN | 2,163,692 | 1,793,073 | 1,015,981 | 2,318,442 | 2,213,083 | 2,102,739 | 2,016,089 | 1,873,716 | 1,800,268 | 2,301,003 |
64 | Richmond International Airport | RIC | Richmond | Richmond | VA | 4,068,689 | 2,033,816 | 1,604,459 | 4,038,000 | 4,077,763 | 3,657,479 | 3,421,034 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
65 | Reno–Tahoe International Airport | RNO | Reno | Reno | NV | 2,132,856 | 1,781,785 | 976,937 | 2,162,250 | 2,048,916 | 1,953,028 | 1,771,864 | 1,669,876 | 1,611,572 | 1,671,926 |
List of busiest airports in the U.S. based on total passengers, data are based on numbers provided from annual or monthly published figures by own airport authorities.
Location of 35 busiest airports in the United States |
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Listed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total passengers during 2016.
All 36 airports on this list are also featured on the FAA list, but the order varies. 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.
Listed according to data compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration for the United States and ranked according to total cargo throughput in pounds during 2017.[70]
Rank | Airport name | Location | IATA code |
Cargo | |
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Ibs. | % chg. 2017/16 | ||||
1 | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee | MEM | 23,949,525,780 | 0.35% |
2 | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska | ANC | 17,337,337,377 | 2.79% |
3 | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | Louisville, Kentucky | SDF | 13,403,682,652 | 4.68% |
4 | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | 10,373,559,593 | 10.84% |
5 | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida | MIA | 7,963,988,407 | 0.82% |
6 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX | 7,197,930,264 | 3.85% |
7 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | Hebron, Kentucky | CVG | 5,700,282,994 | 33.32% |
8 | Indianapolis International Airport | Indianapolis, Indiana | IND | 5,138,500,318 | -3.58% |
9 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Irving, Texas | DFW | 4,155,362,297 | 7.65% |
10 | Ontario International Airport | Ontario, California | ONT | 3,522,510,318 | 15.81% |
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