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.

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 full calendar year to determine Airport Improvement Program (AIP) entitlements. The term hub is used by the FAA to identify very 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.[2]

Large hubs[edit]

Rank
(2021)		 Airports (large hubs) IATA
Code		 Major cities served State 2021[3] 2020[4] 2019[5] 2018[6] 2017[7] 2016[8] 2015[9] 2014[10] 2013[11] 2012[12]
1 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL Atlanta GA 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 45,798,928
2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW Dallas & Ft. Worth TX 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 28,022,904
3 Denver International Airport DEN Denver CO 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 25,799,841
4 O'Hare International Airport ORD Chicago IL 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 32,171,795
5 Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles CA 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 31,326,268
6 Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT Charlotte NC 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 20,033,816
7 Orlando International Airport MCO Orlando FL 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 17,159,427
8 Harry Reid International Airport LAS Las Vegas NV 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 19,959,651
9 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Phoenix AZ 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 19,560,870
10 Miami International Airport MIA Miami FL 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 18,987,488
11 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SEA Seattle WA 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 16,121,123
12 George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH Houston TX 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 19,039,000
13 John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK New York City NY 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 24,520,981
14 Newark Liberty International Airport EWR Newark & New York City NJ 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 17,055,993
15 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport FLL Fort Lauderdale FL 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 11,445,103
16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport MSP Minneapolis & Saint Paul MN 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 15,943,878
17 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco CA 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 21,284,236
18 Detroit Metropolitan Airport DTW Detroit MI 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 15,599,879
19 Logan International Airport BOS Boston MA 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 14,293,695
20 Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Salt Lake City UT 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 9,579,840
21 Philadelphia International Airport PHL Philadelphia PA 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 14,589,337
22 Baltimore/Washington International Airport BWI Baltimore & Washington, D.C. MD 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 11,186,444
23 Tampa International Airport TPA Tampa FL 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 8,218,487
24 San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego CA 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 8,686,621
25 LaGuardia Airport LGA New York City NY 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 12,818,717
26 Midway International Airport MDW Chicago IL 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 9,436,387
27 Nashville International Airport BNA Nashville TN 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 4,797,102
28 Washington Dulles International Airport IAD Washington, D.C. VA 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 10,816,216
29 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA Washington, D.C. VA 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 9,462,231
30 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport AUS Austin TX 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 4,606,252

Medium hubs[edit]

Rank
(2021)		 Airports (medium hubs) IATA
Code		 City served State 2021[3] 2020[4] 2019[5] 2018[6] 2017[7] 2016[8] 2015[9] 2014[10] 2013[11] 2012[12]
31 Dallas Love Field DAL Dallas TX 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 3,902,628
32 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport HNL Honolulu HI 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 9,225,848
33 Portland International Airport PDX Portland OR 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 7,142,620
34 William P. Hobby Airport HOU Houston TX 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 5,043,737
35 Southwest Florida International Airport RSW Fort Myers FL 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 3,634,152
36 St. Louis Lambert International Airport STL St. Louis MO 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 6,208,750
37 Sacramento International Airport SMF Sacramento CA 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 4,357,899
38 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport SJU San Juan PR 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 4,204,478
39 Raleigh-Durham International Airport RDU Raleigh NC 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 4,490,374
40 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY New Orleans LA 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 4,293,624
41 Oakland International Airport OAK Oakland CA 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 4,926,683
42 John Wayne Airport SNA Orange County CA 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 4,381,172
43 Kansas City International Airport MCI Kansas City MO 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 4,866,850
44 San Antonio International Airport SAT San Antonio TX 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 4,036,625
45 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport SJC San Jose CA 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 4,077,654
46 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport CLE Cleveland OH 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 4,346,941
47 Indianapolis International Airport IND Indianapolis IN 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 3,586,422
48 Pittsburgh International Airport PIT Pittsburgh PA 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 3,892,338
49 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport CVG Cincinnati/Covington OH/KY 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 2,937,850
50 Kahului Airport OGG Kahului HI 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 2,861,278
51 John Glenn Columbus International Airport CMH Columbus OH 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 3,095,575
52 Palm Beach International Airport PBI West Palm Beach FL 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 2,796,359
53 Jacksonville International Airport JAX Jacksonville FL 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 2,579,023
54 Bradley International Airport BDL Hartford CT 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 2,647,610
55 Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport MKE Milwaukee WI 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 3,710,384
56 Ontario International Airport ONT Ontario CA 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 2,142,393
57 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ANC Anchorage AK 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 2,249,717
58 Charleston International Airport CHS Charleston SC 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 1,283,970
59 Hollywood Burbank Airport BUR Burbank CA 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 2,027,203
60 Eppley Airfield OMA Omaha NE 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 2,018,738
61 Boise Airport BOI Boise ID 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 1,307,505
62 Memphis International Airport MEM Memphis TN 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 3,359,668
63 Reno–Tahoe International Airport RNO Reno NV 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 1,685,333
64 Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ Albuquerque NM 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 2,630,574
65 Norfolk International Airport ORF Norfolk VA 1,658,024 884,882 1,990,864 1,846,031 1,694,329 1,602,631 1,515,200 1,488,114 1,560,754 1,651,440

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

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.

2020[edit]

Rank Rank
change 		Airport name Location IATA
Code 		Traffic Aircraft
Passengers % chg.
2019/20 		Movements % chg.
2019/20
1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport College Park, Georgia ATL 42,918,685 Decrease 61.2 0
2 Increase 2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW 39,364,990 Decrease 47.6
3 Increase 2 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 33,741,129 Decrease 51.1
4 Decrease 1 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 30,860,251 Decrease 63.5
5 Decrease 3 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 28,779,527 Decrease 67.3
6 Increase 5 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 27,205,082 Decrease 45.8
7 Increase 2 Harry Reid International Airport Paradise, Nevada LAS 22,201,479 Decrease 56.9
8 Increase 5 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 21,978,708 Decrease 52.5
9 Increase 1 Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO 21,617,803 Decrease 57.3
10 Decrease 2 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA 20,061,507 Decrease 61.3
11 Increase 3 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 18,663,858 Decrease 59.4
12 Increase 3 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 18,213,571 Decrease 59.8
13 Decrease 7 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York JFK 16,630,642 Decrease 73.4
14 Increase 5 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL 16,484,132 Decrease 55.1
15 Decrease 8 San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California SFO 16,409,625 Decrease 71.5
16 Decrease 4 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 15,892,892 Decrease 65.7
17 Steady Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 14,851,289 Decrease 59.8
18 Steady Detroit Metropolitan Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 14,105,007 Decrease 61.6
19 Decrease 3 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 12,618,128 Decrease 70.3
20 Increase 3 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 12,559,026 Decrease 53.2
21 Decrease 1 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 11,865,006 Decrease 64.1
22 Steady Baltimore/Washington International Airport Linthicum Heights, Maryland BWI 11,204,511 Decrease 58.5
23 Increase 4 Tampa International Airport Tampa, Florida TPA 10,238,151 Decrease 54.5
24 Steady San Diego International Airport San Diego, California SAN 8,991,533 Decrease 64.3
25 Increase 4 Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois MDW 8,853,948 Decrease 57.5
26 Decrease 1 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 8,333,460 Decrease 66.4
27 Increase 4 Nashville International Airport Nashville, Tennessee BNA 8,284,570 Decrease 54.7
28 Decrease 7 LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York LGA 8,245,192 Decrease 73.5
29 Increase 4 Dallas Love Field Dallas, Texas DAL 7,684,653 Decrease 54.2
30 Decrease 4 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Arlington, Virginia DCA 7,574,966 Decrease 68.4
31 Decrease 1 Portland International Airport Portland, Oregon PDX 7,084,543 Decrease 64.4
32 Decrease 4 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu, Hawaii HNL 6,656,825 Decrease 69.6
33 Steady William P. Hobby Airport Houston, Texas HOU 6,476,309 Decrease 55.2
34 Decrease 2 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin, Texas AUS 6,472,579 Decrease 62.7
35 Decrease 1 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St Louis, Missouri STL 6,302,402 Decrease 60.3

2019[edit]

Rank Rank
change 		Airport name Location IATA
Code 		Traffic Aircraft
Passengers % chg.
2018/19 		Movements % chg.
2018/19
1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport College Park, Georgia ATL 110,531,300 Increase02.3 904,301 Increase01.0
2 Steady Los Angeles International Airport[13] Los Angeles, California LAX 88,068,013 Increase00.6 691,257 Decrease02.3
3 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 84,649,115 Increase01.7 919,704 Increase01.8
4 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW 75,066,956 Increase08.6 720,007 Increase07.9
5 Steady Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 69,015,703 Increase07.0 640,098 Increase06.1
6 Steady John F. Kennedy International Airport[14] Queens, New York JFK 62,551,072 Increase01.5 456,060 Increase00.1
7 Steady San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California SFO 57,488,023 Decrease00.5 458,496 Decrease02.5
8 Steady Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[15] SeaTac, Washington SEA 51,829,239 Increase04.0 450,487 Increase02.8
9 Steady Harry Reid International Airport[16] Paradise, Nevada LAS 51,537,638 Increase03.7 552,962 Increase02.4
10 Steady Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO 50,613,072 Increase06.1 357,689 Increase02.9
11 Steady Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 50,168,783 Increase08.0 578,263 Increase05.1
12 Steady Newark Liberty International Airport[17] Newark, New Jersey EWR 46,336,452 Increase01.0 446,320 Decrease01.6
13 Increase 1 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport[18] Phoenix, Arizona PHX 46,288,337 Increase03.0 438,891 Increase01.1
14 Decrease 1 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 45,924,466 Increase02.0 416,773 Increase00.2
15 Steady George Bush Intercontinental Airport[19] Houston, Texas IAH 45,264,059 Increase03.3 478,070 Increase02.4
16 Steady General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport[20] Boston, Massachusetts BOS 42,522,411 Increase03.9 427,176 Increase00.7
17 Steady Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport[21] Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 39,555,035 Increase04.0 406,076 Decrease00.3
18 Increase 1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport[22] Romulus, Michigan DTW 36,769,279 Increase04.3 396,909 Increase00.8
19 Decrease 1 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport[23] Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL 36,747,622 Increase02.2 331,447 Decrease00.6
20 Steady Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 33,018,886 Increase 4.2 390,321 Increase02.8
21 Steady LaGuardia Airport[24] Queens, New York LGA 31,084,894 Increase03.3 373,356 Increase00.4
22 Steady Baltimore/Washington International Airport Linthicum Heights, Maryland BWI 26,993,896 Decrease00.6 262,597 Decrease01.5
23 Steady Salt Lake City International Airport[25] Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 26,808,014 Increase04.9 344,715 Increase02.2
24 Steady San Diego International Airport[26] San Diego, California SAN 25,216,947 Increase04.0 231,354 Increase02.8
25 Steady Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 24,817,677 Increase03.1 285,042 Increase03.9
26 Steady Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Arlington, Virginia DCA 23,945,527 Increase01.8 292,682 Decrease00.4
27 Increase 1 Tampa International Airport[27] Tampa, Florida TPA 22,497,953 Increase05.7 217,360 Increase05.0
28 Increase 1 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport[28] Honolulu, Hawaii HNL 21,870,691 Increase04.2 326,832 Increase 10.70
29 Decrease 2 Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois MDW 20,844,860 Decrease05.4 232,084 Decrease04.6
30 Steady Portland International Airport[29] Portland, Oregon PDX 19,891,365 Increase00.0 238,384 Increase01.9
31 Increase 1 Nashville International Airport[30] Nashville, Tennessee BNA 18,273,434 Increase014.2
32 Increase 1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin, Texas AUS 17,343,729 Increase09.6 209,726 Decrease00.2
33 Decrease 2 Dallas Love Field[31] Dallas, Texas DAL 16,780,158 Increase03.4 231,879 Increase00.3
34 Steady St. Louis Lambert International Airport[32] St Louis, Missouri STL 15,878,527 Increase01.6 193,925 Decrease00.2
35 Steady Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport[33] San Jose, California SJC 15,650,444 Increase09.3 207,111 Increase019.4

2018[edit]

Rank Rank
change 		Airport name Location IATA
Code 		Traffic Aircraft
Passengers % chg.
2017/18 		Movements % chg.
2017/18
1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport[34] College Park, Georgia ATL 107,394,029 Increase03.3 895,682 Increase01.7
2 Steady Los Angeles International Airport[35] Los Angeles, California LAX 87,534,384 Increase03.5 707,833 Increase01.1
3 Steady O'Hare International Airport[36] Chicago, Illinois ORD 83,245,472 Increase04.3 903,747 Increase04.2
4 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport[37] Irving, Texas DFW 69,112,607 Increase03.0 667,213 Increase02.0
5 Steady Denver International Airport[38] Denver, Colorado DEN 64,494,613 Increase05.1 603,403 Increase03.6
6 Steady John F. Kennedy International Airport[39] Queens, New York JFK 61,909,148 Increase03.9 455,529 Increase01.6
7 Steady San Francisco International Airport[40] South San Francisco, California SFO 57,793,313 Increase03.5 470,164 Increase02.1
8 Increase 1 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[41] SeaTac, Washington SEA 49,849,520 Increase06.2 438,391 Increase05.4
9 Decrease 1 Harry Reid International Airport[42] Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 49,716,584 Increase02.5 539,857 Decrease00.6
10 Increase 2 Orlando International Airport[43] Orlando, Florida MCO 47,696,627 Increase06.9 347,672 Increase05.1
11 Decrease 1 Charlotte Douglas International Airport[44] Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 46,444,380 Increase01.2 550,013 Increase00.4
12 Decrease 1 Newark Liberty International Airport[45] Newark, New Jersey EWR 46,065,175 Increase06.6 458,674 Increase04.6
13 Increase 1 Miami International Airport[46] Miami, Florida MIA 45,044,312 Increase02.2 416,032 Increase00.7
14 Decrease 1 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport[47] Phoenix, Arizona PHX 44,943,686 Increase02.3 434,252 Increase00.8
15 Steady George Bush Intercontinental Airport[48] Houston, Texas IAH 43,807,539 Increase07.6 466,738 Decrease03.6
16 Steady General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport[49] Boston, Massachusetts BOS 40,941,925 Increase06.6 424,024 Increase05.6
17 Steady Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport[50] Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 38,037,381 Increase00.0 407,476 Decrease02.1
18 Increase 1 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport[51] Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL 35,963,370 Increase010.6 329,662 Increase05.4
19 Decrease 1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport[52] Romulus, Michigan DTW 35,236,676 Increase01.5 393,681 Decrease00.4
20 Steady Philadelphia International Airport[53] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 31,691,956 Increase07.1 379,665 Increase02.6
21 Steady LaGuardia Airport[54] Queens, New York LGA 30,094,074 Increase01.8 372,025 Increase00.8
22 Steady Baltimore/Washington International Airport[55] Linthicum Heights, Maryland BWI 27,145,831 Increase02.9 266,569 Increase01.9
23 Steady Salt Lake City International Airport[56] Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 25,554,244 Increase05.6 337,276 Increase03.1
24 Increase 2 San Diego International Airport[57] San Diego, California SAN 24,238,300 Increase09.3 225,058 Increase07.5
25 Steady Washington Dulles International Airport[58] Dulles, Virginia IAD 24,060,709 Increase05.1 274,281 Increase03.6
26 Decrease 2 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport[59] Arlington, Virginia DCA 23,464,618 Decrease01.8 293,827 Increase00.2
27 Steady Chicago Midway International Airport[60] Chicago, Illinois MDW 22,027,737 Decrease01.9 243,322 Decrease03.2
28 Steady Tampa International Airport[61] Tampa, Florida TPA 21,289,390 Increase08.5 206,938 Increase05.9
29 Steady Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu, Hawaii HNL 20,990,932 Decrease01.1 295,233 Decrease 5.30
30 Steady Portland International Airport[62] Portland, Oregon PDX 19,882,788 Increase04.2 233,993 Increase02.2
31 Steady Dallas Love Field[63] Dallas, Texas DAL 16,229,151 Increase03.2 231,110 Increase01.6
32 Increase 1 Nashville International Airport[64] Nashville, Tennessee BNA 15,996,194 Increase013.2 216,966 Increase05.2
33 Increase 1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport[65] Austin, Texas AUS 15,819,912 Increase013.9 210,080 Increase05.2
34 Decrease 2 St. Louis Lambert International Airport[66] St Louis, Missouri STL 15,632,586 Increase05.9 - -
35 Steady Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport[67] San Jose, California SJC 14,319,292 Increase014.7 173,389 Increase011.3

2016[edit]

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.

Rank Airport name Location IATA
Code 		Traffic Aircraft
Passengers % chg.
2015/16 		Movements % chg.
2015/16
1 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport College Park, Georgia ATL 104,171,935 Increase02.6 898,356 Increase01.8
2 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 80,921,527 Increase08.0 697,138 Increase06.3
3 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 77,960,588 Increase01.3 867,635 Decrease00.9
4 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW 65,670,697 Increase00.2 672,748 Decrease01.3
5 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York JFK 59,105,513 Increase03.9 452,415 Increase03.0
6 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 58,266,515 Increase07.9 565,503 Increase04.5
7 San Francisco International Airport South San Francisco, California SFO 53,099,282 Increase06.1 450,388 Increase04.8
8 Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 47,496,614 Increase04.5 541,428 Increase02.1
9 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA 45,736,700 Increase08.0 412,170 Increase08.1
10 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 44,584,603 Increase00.5 414,234 Increase00.3
11 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 44,422,022 Decrease01.0 545,742 Increase00.3
12 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 43,302,381 Decrease01.6 440,643 Increase00.1
13 Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO 41,923,399 Increase08.0 316,981 Increase02.9
14 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 41,622,594 Decrease03.3 470,780 Decrease06.4
15 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 40,563,285 Increase08.2 435,907 Increase05.3
16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 37,413,728 Increase02.3 412,872 Increase02.0
17 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 36,356,917 Increase08.5 372,930 Increase02.5
18 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 34,401,254 Increase02.9 393,427 Increase03.7
19 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 30,155,090 Decrease04.1 394,022 Decrease04.2
20 LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York LGA 29,786,769 Increase04.7 369,987 Increase02.7
21 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL 29,205,002 Increase08.4 290,239 Increase04.4
22 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Linthicum Heights, Maryland BWI 25,122,651 Increase05.4 248,585 Increase00.9
23 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Arlington, Virginia DCA 23,568,586 Increase02.4 295,038 Increase00.8
24 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 23,157,445 Increase04.5 320,137 Increase02.7
25 Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois MDW 22,677,859 Increase02.1 253,046 Decrease00.2
26 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 21,817,340 Increase01.5 265,743 Decrease01.5
27 San Diego International Airport San Diego, California SAN 20,725,801 Increase03.2 197,132 Increase01.5
28 Honolulu International Airport Honolulu, Hawaii HNL 19,878,659  – 00.0 316,154 Increase01.1
29 Tampa International Airport Tampa, Florida TPA 18,931,922 Increase00.6 — —
30 Portland International Airport Portland, Oregon PDX 18,352,767 Increase08.9 227,709 Increase04.4
31 Dallas Love Field Dallas, Texas DAL 15,562,738 Increase07.3 224,193 Increase03.7
32 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St Louis, Missouri STL 13,959,126 Increase09.5 190,560 Increase02.5
33 Nashville International Airport Nashville, Tennessee BNA 12,979,803 Increase011.2 194,758 Increase05.6
34 William P. Hobby Airport Houston, Texas HOU 12,909,075 Increase06.1 200,741 Increase00.1
35 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin, Texas AUS 12,436,849 Increase04.5 192,032 Increase00.4
36 Oakland International Airport Oakland, California OAK 12,070,967 Increase07.7 222,771 Increase03.3

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

Rank Airport name Location IATA
Code 		2021[68] 2020[69] 2019[70]
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.[71]

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 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%

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