List of the busiest airports in the United States

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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the world's and nation's busiest airport as of 2022

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

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at ATL LAX ORD DFW DEN JFK SFO SEA LAS MCO airports. See Wikidata query.

Busiest U.S. airports by total passenger boardings[edit]

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.

Large hubs[edit]

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]
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 and 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 and 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 and New York City 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 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

Medium hubs[edit]

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]
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 San Francisco Bay 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

Busiest U.S. airports by international passenger traffic[edit]

Rank Airport name Location IATA
Code 		2021[12] 2020[13] 2019[14]
1 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York JFK 12,466,165 8,219,317 33,432,159
2 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 11,592,445 6,565,834 20,735,658
3 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 7,862,532 6,246,602 25,210,140
4 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 6,458,473 3,491,935 10,764,589
5 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 6,250,880 3,688,541 14,087,622
6 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW 5,852,397 3,268,822 9,103,438
7 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport College Park, Georgia ATL 5,474,264 3,347,184 12,268,779
8 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 5,148,494 3,481,860 13,412,885
9 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL 4,016,553 2,839,383 8,524,251
10 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 3,230,027 1,917,510 7,990,292
11 San Francisco International Airport South San Francisco, California SFO 3,139,041 3,210,024 14,357,960
12 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 2,046,561 1,574,712 7,534,504
13 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 1,989,704 1,069,001 3,405,907
14 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 1,856,124 934,563 3,037,012
15 Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO 1,837,706 1,525,177 6,957,048
16 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA 1,393,603 1,273,179 5,392,147
17 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 1,223,856 750,138 1,958,468
18 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 988,733 682,030 3,847,253
19 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 966,375 873,744 3,717,775
20 Harry Reid International Airport Paradise, Nevada LAS 738,257 711,614 3,462,627

Busiest U.S. airports by total cargo throughput[edit]

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 2017.[15]

Rank Airport name Location IATA
code 		Cargo
Ibs. % chg.
2017/16
1 Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee MEM 23,949,525,780 Increase00.35%
2 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Anchorage, Alaska ANC 17,337,337,377 Increase02.79%
3 Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Louisville, Kentucky SDF 13,403,682,652 Increase04.68%
4 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 10,373,559,593 Increase010.84%
5 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 7,963,988,407 Increase00.82%
6 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 7,197,930,264 Increase03.85%
7 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Hebron, Kentucky CVG 5,700,282,994 Increase033.32%
8 Indianapolis International Airport Indianapolis, Indiana IND 5,138,500,318 Decrease0-3.58%
9 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW 4,155,362,297 Increase07.65%
10 Ontario International Airport Ontario, California ONT 3,522,510,318 Increase015.81%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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