Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa,,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked By Passenger Enplanments in 2003),,,,,,,,,,
,,1993,,2002,,2003,,,,
Airport,Code,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Percent change 1993-2003,Percent change 2002-2003,
"Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield Intl.)",ATL,3,"22,295,205",1,"37,070,492",1,"38,228,500",71.5,3.1,
"Chicago, IL (O'Hare Intl.)",ORD,1,"28,459,367",2,"28,356,224",2,"30,797,513",8.2,8.6,
"Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (Dallas / Ft. Worth Intl.)",DFW,2,"24,653,530",3,"24,072,162",3,"24,502,273",-0.6,1.8,
"Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Intl.)",LAX,4,"18,445,337",4,"20,320,299",4,"20,913,455",13.4,2.9,
"Denver, CO (Denver Intl.)",DEN,5,"14,210,166",5,"16,053,940",5,"17,271,507",21.5,7.6,
"Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.)",PHX,7,"11,294,603",6,"15,897,012",6,"17,175,804",52.1,8.0,
"Las Vegas, NV (McCarran Intl.)",LAS,13,"10,117,974",7,"15,575,101",7,"16,701,764",65.1,7.2,
"Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental)",IAH,18,"8,696,901",8,"15,223,638",8,"15,495,455",78.2,1.8,
"Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl.)",MSP,10,"10,377,457",9,"15,045,630",9,"15,362,399",48.0,2.1,
"Detroit, MI (Wayne County)",DTW,8,"11,044,509",10,"14,859,952",10,"14,656,475",32.7,-1.4,
"Newark, NJ (Newark)",EWR,9,"10,969,567",11,"13,113,997",11,"13,087,544",19.3,-0.2,
"Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma Intl.)",SEA,16,"9,010,385",12,"12,577,597",12,"12,787,620",41.9,1.7,
"San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Intl.)",SFO,6,"14,003,556",13,"12,250,289",13,"12,227,636",-12.7,-0.2
"Orlando, FL (Orlando Intl.)",MCO,17,"8,724,950",14,"12,127,425",14,"12,049,112",38.1,-0.6
"Miami, FL (Miami Intl.)",MIA,12,"10,137,504",16,"11,125,611",15,"11,049,687",9.0,-0.7
"New York, NY (John F. Kennedy Intl.)",JFK,21,"8,257,682",19,"9,930,102",16,"10,745,946",30.1,8.2
"Cincinnati, OH (Greater Cincinnati)",CVG,27,"5,128,274",21,"9,492,938",17,"10,257,408",100.0,8.1
"Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Intl.)",PHL,23,"7,294,135",17,"10,323,655",18,"10,185,272",39.6,-1.3
"New York, NY (La Guardia)",LGA,15,"9,340,107",20,"9,713,965",19,"10,135,517",8.5,4.3
"Charlotte, NC (Douglas Muni.)",CLT,22,"7,805,221",18,"10,154,889",20,"9,572,721",22.6,-5.7
"Boston, MA (Logan Intl.)",BOS,11,"10,206,730",22,"9,484,401",21,"9,536,108",-6.6,0.5
"Baltimore, MD (Baltimore-Washington Intl.)",BWI,34,"3,952,301",23,"8,962,712",22,"9,408,706",138.1,5.0
"St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St. Louis Muni.)",STL,14,"9,902,321",15,"11,765,453",23,"9,302,358",-6.1,-20.9
"Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City Intl.)",SLC,25,"7,147,123",29,"7,254,485",24,"8,874,157",24.2,22.3
"Chicago, IL (Midway)",MDW,45,"2,978,283",24,"7,829,471",25,"8,655,912",190.6,10.6
"Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl.)",FLL,36,"3,879,308",26,"7,662,281",26,"8,045,678",107.4,5.0
"Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Intl.)",HNL,19,"8,484,364",25,"7,734,079",27,"7,485,240",-11.8,-3.2
"San Diego, CA (San Diego Intl.-Lindbergh)",SAN,26,"5,699,382",30,"7,082,934",28,"7,428,369",30.3,4.9
"Tampa, FL (Tampa Intl.)",TPA,28,"4,576,551",28,"7,260,166",29,"7,327,728",60.1,0.9
"Washington, DC (Dulles Intl.)",IAD,33,"3,982,251",34,"5,404,106",30,"6,926,067",73.9,28.2
"Oakland, CA (Oakland Metropolitan Intl.)",OAK,39,"3,577,588",31,"5,968,718",31,"6,542,940",82.9,9.6
"Washington, DC (Ronald  Reagan National)",DCA,24,"7,186,011",33,"5,551,990",32,"6,067,824",-15.6,9.3
"Portland, OR (Portland Intl.)",PDX,30,"4,187,972",32,"5,784,838",33,"5,950,495",42.1,2.9
"Pittsburgh, PA (Greater Pittsburgh)",PIT,20,"8,383,674",27,"7,528,104",34,"5,853,499",-30.2,-22.2
"San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)",SJC,43,"3,186,195",36,"5,067,502",35,"5,026,697",57.8,-0.8
"Kansas City, MO (Kansas City Intl.)",MCI,38,"3,778,822",35,"5,073,709",36,"4,805,884",27.2,-5.3
"Cleveland, OH (Hopkins Intl.)",CLE,35,"3,890,066",37,"5,016,032",37,"4,802,602",23.5,-4.3
"New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Intl.)",MSY,40,"3,281,874",38,"4,545,152",38,"4,553,564",38.7,0.2
"San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin Intl.)",SJU,31,"4,150,438",40,"4,472,230",39,"4,543,833",9.5,1.6
"Memphis, TN (Memphis Intl.)",MEM,41,"3,238,706",39,"4,537,659",40,"4,504,679",39.1,-0.7
"Sacramento, CA (Sacramento Intl.)",SMF,50,"2,538,181",41,"4,052,945",41,"4,361,647",71.8,7.6
"Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne Intl.)",SNA,46,"2,854,297",42,"3,889,774",42,"4,220,145",47.9,8.5
"Nashville, TN (Metropolitan)",BNA,37,"3,815,882",45,"3,753,291",43,"3,768,227",-1.2,0.4
"Raleigh-Durham, NC (Raleigh-Durham)",RDU,29,"4,203,390",44,"3,753,975",44,"3,726,659",-11.3,-0.7
"Houston, TX (William P. Hobby)",HOU,32,"4,061,425",43,"3,817,754",45,"3,702,964",-8.8,-3.0,
"Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis Intl.)",IND,48,"2,712,888",46,"3,206,486",46,"3,412,072",25.8,6.4,
"Austin, TX (Robert Muller Muni.)",AUS,54,"2,268,486",47,"3,150,412",47,"3,125,082",37.8,-0.8,
"San Antonio, TX (San Antonio Intl.)",SAT,47,"2,753,008",48,"3,100,390",48,"3,055,642",11.0,-1.4,
"Ontario, CA (Ontario Intl.)",ONT,44,"3,025,640",50,"2,979,565",49,"3,021,059",-0.2,1.4,
Hartford / Springfield / Westfield CT (Bradley Intl.),BDL,55,"2,169,082",49,"3,047,535",50,"3,011,045",38.8,-1.2,
Total top 50,,,"386,338,669",,"482,023,067",,"494,250,490",27.9,2.5,
All airports,,,"466,677,495",,"574,858,880",,"593,974,008",27.3,3.3,
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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.  Prior to 1993, all scheduled and some nonscheduled enplanements for certificated air carriers were included; no enplanements were included for air carriers offering charter service only. ",,,,,,,,,,
"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 aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds.  Data for commuter, 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, Schedule T-3 data, various years (Washington, DC 2003)",,,,,,,,,,