List of the busiest airports in the United States

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These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States, based on various ranking criteria.

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] (2015)	Airports (large hubs)	IATA Code	Major city served	State	2015^[3]	2014^[4]	2013^[5]	2012^[6]	2011^[7]	2010^[8]	2009^[9]	2008^[9]	2007^[10]	2006^[11]	2005^[12]
1	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	ATL	Atlanta	GA	49,340,732	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	36,351,226	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	36,305,668	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	31,589,832	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	27,717,503	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	26,280,043	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	24,190,549	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	21,913,156	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	21,824,231	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	21,351,445	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	Miami International Airport	MIA	Miami	FL	20,986,341	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
12	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	IAH	Houston	TX	20,595,874	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
13	Seattle–Tacoma International Airport	SEA	Seattle/Tacoma	WA	20,148,980	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	Orlando International Airport	MCO	Orlando	FL	18,759,938	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
15	Newark Liberty International Airport	EWR	Newark/New York	NJ	18,684,765	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
16	Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport	MSP	Minneapolis/St. Paul	MN	17,634,252	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	Logan International Airport	BOS	Boston	MA	16,290,323	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
18	Detroit Metropolitan Airport	DTW	Detroit	MI	16,255,507	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
19	Philadelphia International Airport	PHL	Philadelphia	PA	15,101,318	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	14,319,924	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	13,061,607	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	11,738,828	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	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport	DCA	Washington, D.C.	VA	11,242,375	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
24	Midway International Airport	MDW	Chicago	IL	10,830,783	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	10,634,519	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	Washington Dulles International Airport	IAD	Washington, D.C.	VA	10,363,918	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
27	San Diego International Airport	SAN	San Diego	CA	9,985,739	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
28	Honolulu International Airport	HNL	Honolulu	HI	9,479,083	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
29	Tampa International Airport	TPA	Tampa	FL	9,150,414	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	8,340,234	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

Rank (2015)	Airports (Medium Hubs)	IATA Code	City Served	State	2015^[3]	2014^[13]
31	Dallas Love Field	DAL	Dallas	TX	7,040,921	4,522,341
32	St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field	STL	St. Louis	MO	6,239,231	6,108,758
33	William P. Hobby Airport	HOU	Houston	TX	5,937,944	5,800,726
34	Austin-Bergstrom International Airport	AUS	Austin	TX	5,797,547	5,219,982
35	Nashville International Airport	BNA	Nashville	TN	5,708,852	5,396,958
36	Oakland International Airport	OAK	Oakland	CA	5,506,672	5,069,257
37	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport	MSY	New Orleans	LA	5,329,696	4,870,569
38	Kansas City International Airport	MCI	Kansas City	MO	5,135,127	4,982,722
39	Raleigh-Durham International Airport	RDU	Raleigh/Durham	NC	4,954,717	4,673,869
40	John Wayne Airport	SNA	Santa Ana	CA	4,945,175	4,584,147
41	Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport	SJC	San Jose	CA	4,814,721	4,621,003
42	Sacramento International Airport	SMF	Sacramento	CA	4,714,723	4,384,616
43	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport	SJU	San Juan	PR	4,218,785	4,150,828
44	Southwest Florida International Airport	RSW	Fort Myers	FL	4,159,212	3,942,387
45	San Antonio International Airport	SAT	San Antonio	TX	4,091,389	4,046,856
46	Cleveland Hopkins International Airport	CLE	Cleveland	OH	3,916,914	3,686,315
47	Pittsburgh International Airport	PIT	Pittsburgh	PA	3,890,677	3,827,860
48	Indianapolis International Airport	IND	Indianapolis	IN	3,889,567	3,605,908
49	John Glenn Columbus International Airport	CMH	Columbus	OH	3,312,496	3,115,501
50	General Mitchell International Airport	MKE	Milwaukee	WI	3,229,876	3,228,607
51	Kahului Airport	OGG	Kahului	HI	3,220,753	3,019,338
52	Palm Beach International Airport	PBI	West Palm Beach	FL	3,113,485	2,926,242
53	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport	CVG	Cincinnati/Covington	OH/KY	3,036,697	2,874,684
54	Bradley International Airport	BDL	Hartford	CT	2,926,047	2,913,380
55	Jacksonville International Airport	JAX	Jacksonville	FL	2,716,465	2,589,198
56	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	ANC	Anchorage	AK	2,525,876	2,381,826
57	Buffalo Niagara International Airport	BUF	Buffalo	NY	2,331,545	2,378,469
58	Albuquerque International Sunport	ABQ	Albuquerque	NM	2,323,850	2,354,184
59	Ontario International Airport	ONT	Ontario	CA	2,089,781	2,037,346
60	Eppley Airfield	OMA	Omaha	NE	2,046,155	2,020,354

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.^[14]

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.

Rank	Airport name	Location	IATA Code	Traffic		Aircraft
Rank	Airport name	Location	IATA Code	Passengers	% chg. 2013/14	Movements	% chg. 2013/14
1	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	ATL	101,491,106	05.5%	868,359	04.7%
2	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	70,663,265	06.0%	708,674	01.7%
3	Chicago O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	69,999,010	04.5%	881,933	00.2%
4	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas	DFW	63,554,402	05.1%	679,820	00.3%
5	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colorado	DEN	53,472,514	01.7%	565,525	02.9%
6	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York, New York	JFK	53,254,533	05.6%	422,415	04.0%
7	San Francisco International Airport	San Francisco, California	SFO	47,114,631	04.8%	431,633	02.4%
8	Miami International Airport	Miami, Florida	MIA	44,350,247	04.9%	420,900	00.9%
9	Charlotte Douglas International Airport	Charlotte, North Carolina	CLT	44,279,504	01.9%	545,178	02.3%
10	McCarran International Airport	Las Vegas, Nevada	LAS	42,869,517	04.7%	522,399	00.3%
11	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	Phoenix, Arizona	PHX	42,134,662	04.4%	430,461	01.3%
12	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas	IAH	41,239,700	03.6%	499,802	00.6%
13	Seattle–Tacoma International Airport	SeaTac, Washington	SEA	37,498,267	07.7%	337,132	07.3%
14	Orlando International Airport	Orlando, Florida	MCO	35,714,091	02.7%	290,331	00.5%
15	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey	EWR	35,610,759	01.7%	395,524	04.4%
16	Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport	Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota	MSP	35,147,083	03.7%	412,586	04.3%
17	Detroit Metropolitan Airport	Romulus, Michigan	DTW	32,513,555	00.4%	392 635	07.8%
18	Logan International Airport	Boston, Massachusetts	BOS	31,658,351	04.7%	363 797	00.7%
19	Philadelphia International Airport	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PHL	30,740,180	00.8%	419,253	03.1%
20	LaGuardia Airport	New York, New York	LGA	26,954,588	01.0%	360,834	02.7%
21	Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	FLL	24,648,306	04.6%	258,344	01.1%
22	Baltimore–Washington International Airport	Linthicum, Maryland	BWI	22,312,676	00.8%	245,121	05.6%
23	Washington Dulles International Airport	Dulles, Virginia	IAD	21,420,385	01.7%	289,278	06.0%
24	Salt Lake City International Airport	Salt Lake City, Utah	SLC	21,141,610	04.7%	324,955	01.7%
25	Chicago Midway International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	MDW	21,069,564	03.5%	249,252	01.1%
26	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport	Arlington County, Virginia	DCA	20,784,384	01.9%	283,174	03.2%
27	Honolulu International Airport	Honolulu, Hawaii	HNL	19,972,910	01.0%	280,732	00.1%
28	San Diego International Airport	San Diego, California	SAN	18,758,751	05.9%	191,761	02.0%
29	Tampa International Airport	Tampa, Florida	TPA	17,552,707	03.7%	183,987	01.3%
30	Portland International Airport	Portland, Oregon	PDX	15,916,512	05.9%	216,253	03.0%
31	Lambert–St. Louis International Airport	St. Louis, Missouri	STL	12,384,015	01.5%	183,920	02.3%
32	William P. Hobby Airport	Houston, Texas	HOU	11,945,825	07.5%	182,473	00.2%
33	Nashville International Airport	Nashville, Tennessee	BNA	11,039,634	06.6%	176,269	00.3%
34	Austin–Bergstrom International Airport	Austin, Texas	AUS	10,718,854	07.0%	182,468	03.3%
35	Oakland International Airport	Oakland, California	OAK	10,336,788	06.1%	203,694	01.2%
36	Kansas City International Airport	Kansas City, Missouri	MCI	10,166,881	03.0%	N/A	N/A
37	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport	New Orleans, Louisiana	MSY	9,942,767	06.4%	N/A	N/A
38	Raleigh–Durham International Airport	Wake County, North Carolina	RDU	9,463,598	02.9%	183,487	01.1%
39	Dallas Love Field	Dallas, Texas	DAL	9,413,636	011.1%	182,949	03.1%
40	John Wayne Airport	Santa Ana, California	SNA	9,386,033	01.7%	269,189	08.4%
41	Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport	San Jose, California	SJC	9,385,212	06.9%	N/A	N/A
42	Sacramento International Airport	Sacramento, California	SMF	8,972,756	03.3%	N/A	N/A
43	San Antonio International Airport	San Antonio, Texas	SAT	8,369,628	01.4%	N/A	N/A
44	Pittsburgh International Airport	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PIT	7,998,970	01.5%	N/A	N/A
45	Southwest Florida International Airport	Fort Myers, Florida	RSW	7,970,493	04.4%	N/A	N/A

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.^[15]

Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Traffic
Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Passengers	% chg. 2014/13
1	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York, New York	JFK	27,428,335	05.0%
2	Miami International Airport	Miami, Florida	MIA	19,301,670	01.2%
3	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	18,677,379	06.7%
4	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey	EWR	11,474,263	02.2%
5	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	11,088,007	04.6%
6	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	ATL	10,574,503	06.2%
7	San Francisco International Airport	San Mateo County, California	SFO	10,060,952	05.6%
8	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas	IAH	9,533,784	09.3%
9	Washington Dulles International Airport	Dulles and Chantilly, Virginia	IAD	6,983,706	02.8%
10	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas	DFW	6,886,384	06.5%

10 busiest airports in the US by total cargo throughput (2014)

Main article: List of largest cargo airports in the United States

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.^[16]

Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Cargo
Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Ibs.	% chg. 2015/14
1	Memphis International Airport	Memphis, Tennessee	MEM	21,891,425,638	04.33%
2	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	Anchorage, Alaska	ANC	15,982,410,652	0-3.27%
3	Louisville International Airport	Louisville, Kentucky	SDF	11,264,596,650	01.52%
4	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	6,864,249,348	050.69%
5	Miami International Airport	Miami, Florida	MIA	6,847,177,300	0-4.21%
6	Indianapolis International Airport	Indianapolis, Indiana	IND	5,268,916,355	06.66%
7	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	4,199,375,809	0-0.13%
8	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport	Cincinnati, Ohio	CVG	3,422,731,214	07.35%
9	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York, New York	JFK	3,372,770,377	0-3.49%
10	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	Fort Worth, Texas	DFW	3,062,528,160	0-0.81%

References

↑ http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
↑ Preliminary data
1 2 "Calendar Year 2015 Revenue Enplanements at Commercial Service Airports" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ CY 2014 Primary Airports -- Preliminary Data
↑ CY 2013 Primary Airports
↑ CY 2012 Primary Airports
↑ CY 2011 Primary Airports
↑ CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports
1 2 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
↑ http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf[]
↑ "Airport Traffic Reports". Airports Council International - North America. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
↑ U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics, December 2014 (pdf) (Report). International Aviation Developments Series. U.S. Department of Transportation. 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
↑ "U.S. Airports". faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

External links

United States Department of Transportation:

"Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 2008 and 2009". Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
"Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 2005 and 2006". Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
"Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 1990, 1995, and 2000". Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
"Top 20 Routes for U.S. International Airport Pair Passengers: 1990, 1995, and 2000". Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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

Major airports in the United States

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