Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked By Passenger Enplanments in 2005),,,,,,,,,
Airport,Code,1995,,2004 (R),,2005,,Percent change 1995-2005,Percent change 2004-2005
,,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,,
William B Hartsfield-Atlanta Intl,ATL,2,"27,509,181",1,"40,412,900",1,"41,633,082",51.3,3.0
Chicago O'Hare Intl,ORD,1,"29,685,027",2,"33,800,698",2,"33,762,185",13.7,-0.1
Dallas/Ft Worth Intl,DFW,3,"25,635,380",3,"27,563,022",3,"27,713,052",8.1,0.5
Los Angeles Intl,LAX,4,"20,964,106",4,"22,892,208",4,"22,966,430",9.6,0.3
McCarran Intl,LAS,13,"11,321,651",6,"19,412,594",5,"20,704,972",82.9,6.7
Denver Intl,DEN,6,"14,208,710",5,"19,855,508",6,"20,206,057",42.2,1.8
Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl,PHX,7,"13,517,061",7,"19,122,960",7,"20,077,766",48.5,5.0
George Bush Intercontinental,IAH,14,"10,903,917",10,"16,706,778",8,"18,185,215",66.8,8.8
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl,MSP,12,"11,397,372",8,"17,282,235",9,"17,824,111",56.4,3.1
Detroit Metro Wayne County,DTW,8,"12,882,569",9,"16,871,227",10,"17,363,929",34.8,2.9
Orlando Intl,MCO,21,"8,863,225",12,"13,752,324",11,"14,913,784",68.3,8.4
Newark Intl,EWR,11,"11,614,222",11,"14,138,863",12,"14,819,220",27.6,4.8
John F Kennedy Intl,JFK,19,"9,234,018",15,"13,243,375",13,"14,473,560",56.7,9.3
Philadelphia Intl,PHL,23,"7,939,617",16,"12,713,307",14,"14,156,540",78.3,11.4
Seattle-Tacoma Intl,SEA,15,"10,690,613",13,"13,744,095",15,"13,963,919",30.6,1.6
San Francisco Intl,SFO,5,"14,914,674",14,"13,503,664",16,"13,829,934",-7.3,2.4
Charlotte-Douglas Intl,CLT,18,"9,579,276",18,"11,394,124",17,"13,193,318",37.7,15.8
Miami Intl,MIA,10,"12,023,297",17,"11,520,848",18,"12,145,486",1.0,5.4
Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan Intl,BOS,16,"10,460,859",19,"11,094,496",19,"11,555,245",10.5,4.2
La Guardia,LGA,17,"9,665,233",20,"10,998,386",20,"11,539,054",19.4,4.9
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Intl,CVG,27,"5,943,156",21,"10,617,274",21,"11,163,853",87.8,5.1
Washington Dulles Intl,IAD,33,"4,559,895",23,"9,391,987",22,"11,022,125",141.7,17.4
Salt Lake City Intl,SLC,22,"8,223,035",26,"8,867,628",23,"10,550,853",28.3,19.0
Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood Intl,FLL,38,"4,058,730",24,"9,272,960",24,"9,706,838",139.2,4.7
Baltimore-Washington Intl,BWI,28,"5,648,707",22,"9,794,093",25,"9,546,527",69.0,-2.5
Tampa Intl,TPA,31,"4,942,461",28,"8,066,692",26,"8,811,357",78.3,9.2
San Diego Intl / Lindbergh Field,SAN,26,"(R) 6,316,545",27,"8,088,510",27,"8,568,237",35.6,5.9
Chicago Midway,MDW,37,"4,147,636",25,"9,236,461",28,"8,381,445",102.1,-9.3
Ronald Reagan Washington National,DCA,24,"6,884,068",30,"7,232,938",29,"8,351,164",21.3,15.5
Honolulu Intl,HNL,25,"6,850,420",29,"7,829,719",30,"8,107,319",18.3,3.5
Metropolitan Oakland Intl,OAK,32,"4,738,476",31,"6,824,877",31,"6,935,655",46.4,1.6
Portland Intl,PDX,29,"5,440,639",32,"6,266,556",32,"6,667,420",22.5,6.4
Lambert-St Louis Intl,STL,9,"12,633,630",34,"5,884,483",33,"6,326,714",-49.9,7.5
Memphis Intl,MEM,41,"3,750,182",35,"5,286,900",34,"5,627,533",50.1,6.4
Cleveland-Hopkins Intl,CLE,30,"4,960,354",36,"5,245,104",35,"5,373,514",8.3,2.4
San Jose Intl,SJC,36,"4,264,891",37,"5,189,970",36,"5,233,967",22.7,0.8
Luis Munoz Marin Intl,SJU,35,"4,411,732",38,"5,074,434",37,"5,166,025",17.1,1.8
Sacramento Intl,SMF,44,"3,194,528",40,"4,768,472",38,"5,049,495",58.1,5.9
Kansas City Intl,MCI,34,"4,500,383",39,"5,002,828",39,"5,009,849",11.3,0.1
John Wayne-Orange County,SNA,42,"3,452,462",42,"4,620,808",40,"4,791,169",38.8,3.7
Pittsburgh Intl,PIT,20,"9,132,086",33,"5,943,075",41,"4,644,348",-49.1,-21.9
Nashville Intl,BNA,46,"3,151,223",43,"4,179,964",42,"4,463,537",41.6,6.8
Raleigh-Durham Intl,RDU,50,"2,779,876",44,"4,161,498",43,"4,420,825",59.0,6.2
William P Hobby,HOU,40,"3,897,959",45,"3,960,205",44,"3,957,655",1.5,-0.1
New Orleans Intl / Moisant Field,MSY,39,"3,967,526",41,"4,735,032",45,"3,801,463",-4.2,-19.7
Indianapolis Intl,IND,48,"2,931,894",46,"3,660,211",46,"3,794,450",29.4,3.7
Austin-Bergstrom Intl,AUS,52,"2,632,102",47,"3,446,175",47,"3,640,264",38.3,5.6
Southwest Florida Intl,RSW,59,"1,815,812",51,"3,193,285",48,"3,604,736",98.5,12.9
San Antonio Intl,SAT,49,"2,915,914",48,"3,263,350",49,"3,499,499",20.0,7.2
Bradley Intl,BDL,56,"2,410,189",49,"3,245,392",50,"3,459,617",43.5,6.6
Total top 50,NA,NA,"430,265,360",NA,"542,418,639",NA,"564,704,312",31.2,4.1
All airports,NA,NA,"515,722,834",NA,"654,633,876",NA,"(R) 681,948,809",32.2,4.2
KEY:  NA = not applicable.; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,
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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.  ",,,,,,,,,
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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 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, T-3 data, various years (Washington, DC: 2006).",,,,,,,,,