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 Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (cropped).jpg
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the world's and nation's busiest airport
The top 500 U.S. airports by enplanements as of 2023 Top 500 airports by enplanements in the United States.webp
The top 500 U.S. airports by enplanements as of 2023

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

Contents

Statistics

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

Busiest U.S. airports by total commercial aircraft enplanements

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 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]

Large hubs

Rank
(2024)
Airports (large)IATA
Code
Major cities servedMetro areaState2024 [2] 2023 [3] 2022 [4] 2021 [5] 2020 [6] 2019 [7] 2018 [8] 2017 [9] 2016 [10] 2015 [11]
1 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL Atlanta Metro Atlanta GA52,511,40250,950,06845,396,00136,676,01020,559,86653,505,79551,865,79750,251,96450,501,85849,340,732
2 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport DFW Dallas and Fort Worth Dallas–Fort Worth TX42,351,31639,246,21235,345,13830,005,26618,593,42135,778,57332,821,79931,816,93331,283,57931,589,839
3 Denver International Airport DEN Denver Greater Denver CO40,012,89537,863,96733,773,83228,645,52716,243,21633,592,94531,362,94129,809,09728,267,39426,280,043
4 O'Hare International Airport ORD Chicago Chicagoland IL38,575,69335,843,10433,120,47426,350,97614,606,03440,871,22339,873,92738,593,02837,589,89936,305,668
5 Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles Greater Los Angeles CA37,760,83440,956,67332,326,61623,663,41014,055,77742,939,10442,624,05041,232,43239,636,04236,351,272
6 John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK New York City New York Metro NY31,201,17030,804,35527,154,88515,273,3428,269,81931,036,65530,620,76929,533,15429,239,15127,782,369
7 Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT Charlotte Greater Charlotte NC28,523,82225,896,22423,100,30020,900,87512,952,86924,199,68822,281,94922,011,25121,511,88021,913,166
8 Harry Reid International Airport LAS Las Vegas Las Vegas Valley NV28,183,40327,896,19925,480,50019,160,34210,584,05924,728,36123,795,01223,364,39322,833,26721,857,693
9 Orlando International Airport MCO Orlando Greater Orlando FL27,859,78328,033,20524,469,73319,618,83810,467,72824,562,27123,202,48021,565,44820,283,54118,759,938
10 Miami International Airport MIA Miami Miami Metro FL26,588,00224,717,04823,949,89217,500,0968,786,00721,421,03121,021,64020,709,22520,875,81320,986,349
11 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Phoenix Metro Phoenix AZ25,595,72323,880,50421,852,58618,940,28710,531,43622,433,55221,622,58021,185,45820,896,26521,351,504
12 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SEA Seattle and Tacoma Seattle Metro WA25,414,59224,594,21022,157,86217,430,1959,462,41125,001,76224,024,90822,639,12421,887,11020,148,980
13 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area CA25,078,96824,191,15920,411,42011,725,3477,745,05727,779,23027,790,71726,900,04825,707,10124,190,560
14 Newark Liberty International Airport EWR Newark and New York City New York Metro NJ24,313,70624,575,32021,774,69014,514,0497,985,47423,160,76322,797,60221,571,19819,923,00918,684,818
15 George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH Houston Greater Houston TX23,349,15722,228,84419,814,05216,242,8218,682,55821,905,30921,157,39819,603,73120,062,07220,595,881
16 Logan International Airport BOS Boston Greater Boston MA21,090,72119,962,67817,443,77510,909,8176,035,45220,699,37720,006,52118,759,74217,759,04416,290,362
17 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport MSP Minneapolis and Saint Paul Minneapolis–Saint Paul MN18,054,48117,019,12815,242,08912,211,4097,069,72019,192,91718,361,94218,409,70418,123,84417,634,273
18 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport FLL Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Miami Metro FL17,096,13117,063,06315,370,16513,598,9948,015,74417,950,98917,612,33115,817,04314,263,27013,061,632
19 LaGuardia Airport LGA New York City New York Metro NY16,715,56716,173,07314,367,4637,827,3074,147,11615,393,60115,058,50114,614,80214,762,59314,319,924
20 Detroit Metropolitan Airport DTW Detroit Detroit Metro MI16,110,69615,378,60113,751,19711,517,6966,822,32418,143,04017,436,83717,036,09216,847,13516,255,520
21 Philadelphia International Airport PHL Philadelphia Philadelphia Metro PA15,102,26113,656,18912,421,1689,820,2225,753,23916,006,38915,292,67014,271,24314,564,41915,101,349
22 Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Salt Lake City Wasatch Front UT13,543,57012,905,36812,383,84310,795,9065,753,23912,840,84112,226,73011,615,95411,143,73810,634,538
23 Baltimore/Washington International Airport BWI Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Baltimore metropolitan area MD13,221,46112,849,72111,151,1699,253,5615,451,35513,284,68713,371,81612,976,55412,340,97211,738,845
24 Dulles International Airport IAD Washington, D.C. Washington Metro VA13,002,43312,073,57110,266,3247,227,8753,862,65811,884,11711,621,62311,024,30610,596,94210,363,974
25 San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego Greater San Diego CA12,780,01312,190,18311,162,2247,836,3604,637,85612,648,69212,174,22411,139,93310,340,1649,985,763
26 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA Washington, D.C. Washington Metro VA12,750,89212,365,03011,553,8506,731,7373,573,48911,595,45411,367,17611,506,31011,470,85411,242,375
27 Tampa International Airport TPA Tampa Tampa Bay area FL12,075,59111,677,63210,539,4598,847,1974,966,77510,978,75610,368,5149,548,5809,194,9949,150,458
28 Nashville International Airport BNA Nashville Greater Nashville TN12,057,43511,227,2439,829,0627,594,0494,013,9958,935,6548,017,3476,902,7716,338,5175,715,205
29 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport AUS Austin Greater Austin TX10,676,24310,833,44310,382,5736,666,2153,141,5058,683,7117,921,7976,973,1156,095,5455,797,547
30 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport HNL Honolulu Oahu HI10,449,02210,149,7618,828,3955,830,9283,126,3919,988,6789,578,5059,743,9899,656,3409,656,340
31 Midway International Airport MDW Chicago Chicagoland IL10,360,09310,659,5209,650,2817,680,6174,236,60310,081,78110,678,01810,912,07411,044,38710,830,850

Medium hubs

Rank
(2023)
Airports (medium hubs)IATA
Code
City servedMetro AreaState2024 [2] 2023 [3] 2022 [4] 2021 [5] 2020 [6] 2019 [7] 2018 [8] 2017 [9] 2016 [10] 2015 [11]
32 Dallas Love Field DAL Dallas Dallas–Fort Worth TX8,652,8388,559,0527,819,1296,487,5633,669,9308,408,4578,134,8487,876,7697,554,5967,040,921
33 Portland International Airport PDX Portland Portland OR8,639,0888,123,0547,241,8825,759,8793,455,8779,797,4089,940,8669,435,4739,071,1548,340,234
34 St. Louis Lambert International Airport STL St. Louis St. Louis MO7,806,1467,307,5616,709,0805,070,4713,041,7657,946,9867,822,2747,372,8056,793,0766,239,231
35 Raleigh–Durham International Airport RDU Raleigh Research Triangle NC7,584,3947,119,0405,849,6654,311,0492,337,4966,919,4296,416,8225,851,0045,401,7144,954,717
36 William P. Hobby Airport HOU Houston Houston TX7,116,0206,800,3296,462,9485,560,7803,127,1787,069,6146,937,0616,741,8706,285,1815,937,944
37 Sacramento International Airport SMF Sacramento Sacramento CA6,679,4266,371,9106,040,8244,760,2752,710,3426,454,4136,031,6305,460,5264,969,3664,816,440
38 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY New Orleans New Orleans LA6,537,0926,309,2125,931,8994,017,1472,632,6066,717,1056,565,4826,005,5275,569,7055,329,696
39 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport SJU San Juan San Juan PR6,453,3315,985,0015,039,7714,738,7252,362,8514,590,1174,033,4124,163,5874,343,3544,218,785
40 Kansas City International Airport MCI Kansas City Kansas City MO5,915,0785,654,0684,796,4763,795,2902,167,6165,759,4195,935,1315,744,9185,391,5575,135,127
41 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport SJC San Jose San Francisco Bay Area CA5,822,0195,958,8555,590,1373,619,6902,283,1867,828,8857,140,6166,225,1485,321,6034,885,690
42 San Antonio International Airport SAT San Antonio San Antonio TX5,465,9945,336,6844,751,6103,677,6431,919,9585,022,9804,844,4274,521,6114,179,9944,091,389
43 Southwest Florida International Airport RSW Fort Myers Southwest Florida FL5,425,2934,963,2695,132,6945,080,8052,947,1395,144,4674,719,5684,461,3044,350,6504,231,134
44 John Wayne Airport SNA Santa Ana Greater Los Angeles CA5,370,2735,706,3325,536,3133,807,2051,824,8365,153,2765,317,1495,195,0475,217,2424,945,175
45 Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport OAK Oakland San Francisco Bay Area CA5,292,7365,520,8125,506,2324,011,9532,271,2946,560,2306,798,3216,530,3085,934,6395,506,672
46 Indianapolis International Airport IND Indianapolis Indianapolis IN5,180,9174,788,3764,209,4163,487,1001,989,1264,709,1834,695,0404,376,4324,216,7663,889,567
47 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport CLE Cleveland Cleveland OH4,950,3454,803,8224,237,7953,552,4021,990,1564,894,5414,836,5804,562,7404,205,7394,083,476
48 Pittsburgh International Airport PIT Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA4,862,3764,493,0523,918,9683,069,2591,742,4064,715,9474,670,0334,327,4313,986,1143,890,677
49 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport CVG Cincinnati Cincinnati KY4,500,4144,287,7223,702,9973,050,5971,729,3954,413,4574,269,2583,926,1583,269,9793,036,697
50 John Glenn Columbus International Airport CMH Columbus Columbus OH4,387,3954,095,1893,618,5552,825,2591,577,5964,172,0674,054,5723,765,0073,567,8643,312,496
51 Palm Beach International Airport PBI West Palm Beach Miami Metro FL4,127,2113,815,9773,257,7302,567,8971,518,7323,460,4293,263,0423,166,5323,100,6243,113,485
52 Jacksonville International Airport JAX Jacksonville Jacksonville FL3,749,7913,619,7393,177,3932,425,6851,367,5013,479,9233,118,5402,759,0672,799,5872,716,465
53 Ontario International Airport ONT Ontario Greater Los Angeles CA3,494,5543,181,1612,840,7582,201,5281,237,9462,723,0022,499,1712,247,6452,127,3872,089,801
54 Kahului Airport OGG Kahului Maui HI3,415,6153,745,8664,125,3112,933,3151,135,1413,791,8073,572,1333,442,1893,352,8133,220,753
55 Hollywood Burbank Airport BUR Burbank Greater Los Angeles CA3,383,2373,132,0293,054,7291,942,4171,056,8382,988,7202,680,2402,402,1062,077,8921,973,897
56 Bradley International Airport BDL Hartford Hartford CT3,285,1943,122,2122,844,7132,273,2591,150,0333,323,6143,330,7343,214,9762,982,1942,926,047
57 Charleston International Airport CHS Charleston Charleston SC3,115,1943,032,7682,608,4972,015,277944,6602,375,8682,192,8931,945,6991,811,6951,669,988
58 Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport MKE Milwaukee Milwaukee WI3,083,6192,959,8402,671,2812,231,0101,263,3853,374,0733,548,8173,452,5443,383,2713,229,876
59 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ANC Anchorage Anchorage AK2,767,8562,681,8182,604,3082,184,9591,157,3012,713,8432,642,9012,556,1882,563,5242,525,876
60 Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ Albuquerque Albuquerque NM2,690,2182,605,1632,317,8361,688,646868,9222,641,4502,647,2692,412,3282,341,7192,323,883
61 Eppley Airfield OMA Omaha Omaha NE2,580,1352,464,4182,204,3951,829,9121,036,2452,455,2742,457,0872,303,2232,127,3872,046,155
62 Buffalo Niagara International Airport BUF Buffalo Buffalo–Niagara Falls NY2,499,2952,291,9952,007,5081,427,891703,4012,459,1992,523,1582,348,5122,313,7242,331,636
63 Boise Airport BOI Boise Boise ID2,475,3702,369,1642,230,4671,809,000991,2412,057,7501,943,1811,777,6421,633,5071,487,777

Busiest U.S. airports by international passenger traffic

RankAirport nameLocationIATA
Code
2024 [12] 2023 [13] 2022 [14] 2021 [15] 2020 [16] 2019 [17]
1 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York JFK34,765,38732,481,05725,178,87812,466,1658,219,31733,432,159
2 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX23,438,41821,503,22715,940,3587,862,5326,246,60225,210,140
3 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA23,202,73121,382,32818,985,55111,592,4456,565,83420,735,658
4 San Francisco International Airport South San Francisco, California SFO15,083,93113,224,3569,298,7813,139,0413,210,02414,357,960
5 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR14,690,37014,080,77911,344,7326,250,8803,688,54114,087,622
6 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD13,865,43413,152,57810,746,9915,148,4943,481,86013,412,885
7 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport College Park, Georgia ATL13,813,08812,088,4449,543,3185,474,2643,347,18412,268,779
8 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Irving, Texas DFW11,841,33010,691,1908,992,9225,852,3973,268,8229,103,438
9 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH11,675,13411,279,2149,124,0436,458,4733,491,93510,764,589
10 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD10,060,8518,963,8076,690,4473,230,0271,917,5107,990,292
11 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS8,491,5187,651,6255,459,8532,046,5611,574,7127,534,504
12 Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO7,610,7766,696,9495,214,2031,837,7061,525,1776,957,048
13 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale, Florida FLL6,897,9937,430,3126,125,5004,016,5532,839,3838,524,251
14 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA6,056,7795,517,4224,004,1801,393,6031,273,1795,392,147
15 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT4,623,1434,140,5313,183,6951,989,7041,069,0013,405,907
16 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN4,444,6713,823,8713,222,1321,856,124934,5633,037,012
17 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL3,704,1763,518,5482,613,240988,733682,0303,847,253
18 Harry Reid International Airport Paradise, Nevada LAS3,592,1023,133,2242,439,479738,257711,6143,462,627
19 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu, Hawaii HNL3,533,2663,134,5481,565,985167,5021,052,6975,207,875
20 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW3,353,5012,835,9052,092,098966,375873,7443,717,775
21 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Saint Paul, Minnesota MSP3,320,8502,817,6941,942,385673,759835,7213,144,386
22 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX2,821,7362,481,0291,957,1891,223,856750,1381,958,468
23 LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York LGA1,686,3951,793,3141,334,733309,217393,0112,206,518
24 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport San Juan, Puerto Rico SJU1,458,1721,158,996802,613468,287253,114866,088
25 Tampa International Airport Tampa, Florida TPA1,384,1921,178,288780,245167,847258,7381,039,740
26 Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Tamuning, Guam GUM1,342,7931,192,615557,35998,630431,8902,327,930
27 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC1,311,6171,250,372846,680578,710302,6401,034,704
28 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Linthicum Heights, Maryland BWI1,156,8821,201,9481,006,908651,636341,0351,104,208
29 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin, Texas AUS1,064,668987,214818,072230,83581,433512,989
30 San Diego International Airport San Diego, California SAN995,537904,162538,005200,233247,2181,044,516

Busiest U.S. airports by total cargo throughput

Listed according to data compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration for the United States and ranked according to total cargo throughput in pounds during 2024. [18]

RankAirport nameLocationIATA
code
Cargo
Ibs.% chg.
2023/2024
1 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Anchorage, Alaska ANC25,468,126,865Decrease2.svg-0.365%
2 Memphis International Airport Memphis Tennessee MEM21,215,155,555Decrease2.svg-7.57%
3 Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Louisville, Kentucky SDF17,985,026,483Increase2.svg5.45%
4 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA11,700,251,448Increase2.svg2.04%
5 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Hebron, Kentucky CVG9,797,422,964Decrease2.svg-8.60%
6 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX8,348,397,632Decrease2.svg-3.16%
7 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD8,158,909,140Increase2.svg12.38%
8 Ontario International Airport Ontario, California ONT4,825,318,232Increase2.svg5.78%
9 John F. Kennedy International Airport New York, New York JFK4,791,225,787Decrease2.svg-3.14%
10 Indianapolis International Airport Indianapolis, Indiana IND4,489,767,935Decrease2.svg-12.841%

See also

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