Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked By Passenger Enplanements in 2006),,,,,,,,,
Airport,Code,1996,,2005,,2006,,Percent change 1996-2006,Percent change 2005-2006
,,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,,
"Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International)",ATL,2,"30,407,111",1,"41,659,180",1,"40,561,055",33.4,-2.6
"Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International)",ORD,1,"30,526,401",2,"34,513,840",2,"34,538,523",13.1,0.1
"Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International)",DFW,3,"26,639,351",3,"27,781,723",3,"28,333,481",6.4,2.0
"Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International)",LAX,4,"22,799,083",4,"22,966,374",4,"23,120,782",1.4,0.7
"Denver, CO (Denver International)",DEN,6,"15,246,315",6,"20,261,091",5,"22,239,718",45.9,9.8
"Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International)",LAS,9,"14,116,485",5,"20,690,104",6,"21,147,480",49.8,2.2
"Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International)",PHX,7,"14,807,863",7,"20,077,737",7,"20,330,995",37.3,1.3
"Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental)",IAH,14,"11,621,912",8,"18,249,888",8,"19,613,422",68.8,7.5
"Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County)",DTW,8,"14,117,157",10,"17,380,159",9,"17,281,152",22.4,-0.6
"Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain)",MSP,12,"12,616,095",9,"17,886,902",10,"17,134,607",35.8,-4.2
"Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International)",EWR,11,"12,952,399",12,"14,878,468",11,"16,271,958",25.6,9.4
"Orlando, FL (Orlando International)",MCO,16,"10,846,685",11,"15,535,919",12,"15,378,208",41.8,-1.0
"Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International)",JFK,19,"9,703,787",13,"14,456,484",13,"14,965,019",54.2,3.5,,
"New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International)",PHL,24,"8,571,888",14,"14,411,122",14,"14,438,445",68.4,0.2,,
"Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International)",SEA,15,"11,486,892",15,"13,964,482",15,"14,291,086",24.4,2.3,,
"Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International)",CLT,18,"10,007,911",17,"13,279,429",16,"14,107,603",41.0,6.2,,
"San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International)",SFO,5,"16,308,203",16,"13,829,903",17,"13,906,724",-14.7,0.6,,
"Miami, FL (Miami International)",MIA,13,"11,907,895",18,"12,192,270",18,"12,780,840",7.3,4.8,,
"Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International)",BOS,17,"10,653,824",20,"11,707,169",19,"12,093,139",13.5,3.3,,
"New York, NY (LaGuardia)",LGA,20,"9,593,965",19,"12,119,157",20,"12,071,453",25.8,-0.4,,
"Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International)",SLC,21,"9,462,849",23,"10,589,843",21,"10,277,654",8.6,-2.9,,
"Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall)",BWI,29,"5,907,427",25,"9,563,821",22,"10,019,927",69.6,4.8,,
"Washington, DC (Dulles International)",IAD,35,"4,758,242",21,"11,599,100",23,"9,553,095",100.8,-17.6,,
"Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International)",FLL,32,"4,848,058",24,"10,036,938",24,"9,425,289",94.4,-6.1,,
"Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway)",MDW,38,"4,436,034",29,"8,343,201",25,"8,913,135",100.9,6.8,,
"Tampa, FL (Tampa International)",TPA,30,"5,720,761",26,"8,996,109",26,"8,846,722",54.6,-1.7,,
"Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National)",DCA,26,"6,771,891",28,"8,507,707",27,"8,838,646",30.5,3.9,,
"San Diego, CA (San Diego International)",SAN,27,"6,549,170",27,"8,568,237",28,"8,611,784",31.5,0.5,,
"Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International)",HNL,23,"9,035,709",30,"8,107,456",29,"8,304,573",-8.1,2.4,,,,
"Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International)",CVG,25,"7,301,767",22,"11,225,311",30,"7,939,156",8.7,-29.3,,,,
"Oakland, CA (Oakland International)",OAK,36,"4,684,494",31,"6,936,037",31,"6,990,359",49.2,0.8,,,,
"St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International)",STL,10,"13,546,822",32,"6,742,592",32,"6,937,174",-48.8,2.9,,,,
"Portland, OR (Portland International)",PDX,28,"6,125,579",33,"6,667,403",33,"6,811,500",11.2,2.2,,,,
"Memphis, TN (Memphis International)",MEM,41,"3,944,376",34,"5,627,970",34,"5,508,105",39.6,-2.1,,,,
"Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International)",MCI,34,"4,820,290",39,"5,023,692",35,"5,417,680",12.4,7.8,,,,
"Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins International)",CLE,31,"5,286,823",35,"5,374,470",36,"5,288,819",0.0,-1.6,,,,
"San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International)",SJC,33,"4,825,943",36,"5,233,950",37,"5,196,515",7.7,-0.7,,,,
"Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International)",SMF,45,"3,321,408",38,"5,049,631",38,"5,124,995",54.3,1.5,,,,
"San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International)",SJU,37,"4,549,722",37,"5,157,226",39,"5,069,747",11.4,-1.7,,,,
"Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County)",SNA,43,"3,532,746",40,"4,791,169",40,"4,775,825",35.2,-0.3,,,,
"Nashville, TN (Nashville International)",BNA,48,"3,254,956",43,"4,518,169",41,"4,703,808",44.5,4.1,,,,
"Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International)",RDU,52,"2,879,935",42,"4,662,943",42,"4,597,105",59.6,-1.4,,,,
"Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International)",PIT,22,"9,348,286",41,"4,749,997",43,"4,568,569",-51.1,-3.8,,,,
"Houston, TX (William P. Hobby)",HOU,40,"4,026,140",45,"3,959,941",44,"4,113,486",2.2,3.9,,,,
"Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International)",IND,44,"3,328,005",44,"4,144,250",45,"3,966,788",19.2,-4.3,,
"Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International)",AUS,53,"2,829,581",48,"3,637,262",46,"3,918,155",38.5,7.7,,
"San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International)",SAT,46,"3,319,535",50,"3,524,520",47,"3,822,380",15.1,8.5,,
"Fort Myers, FL (Southwest Florida Regional.)",RSW,60,"1,945,044",47,"3,644,301",48,"3,642,754",87.3,0.0,,
"Dallas, TX (Love Field)",DAL,42,"3,540,539",56,"2,948,373",49,"3,439,110",-2.9,16.6,,
"Hartford, CT (Bradley International)",BDL,56,2549669,49,"3,542,051",50,"3,333,430",30.7,-5.9,,
Total top 50b,NA,NA,"464,893,952",NA,"570,252,224",NA,"572,561,975",23.2,0.4,,
All airports,NA,NA,"558,559,160",NA,"690,256,949",NA,"691,170,716",23.7,0.1,,
KEY:  NA = not applicable.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a  Rank order by total enplaned passengers on large certificated U.S. air carriers (Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals, and Medium Regionals), scheduled and nonscheduled operations, at all airports served within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. areas designated by the Federal Aviation Administration.  ",,,,,,,,,,,
b The total for the top 50 airports will not sum from the individual airports because some top 50 airports in 2006 were not in the top 50 in the earlier years.,,,,,,,,,,,
NOTE,,,,,,,,,,,
"Large certificated air carriers hold Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation authorizing the performance of air transportation. Large certificated air carriers operate at least one aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for commuter, small-certificated and foreign-flag air carriers are not included. ",,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-3 data, various years (Washington, DC: 2008).",,,,,,,,,