Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked By Passenger Enplanements in 2008),,,,,,,,,
Airport,Code,1998,,2007,,2008,,Percent change 1998-2008,Percent change 2007-2008
,,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,Rank,Total Enplaned Passengers,,
"Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International)",ATL,1,"34,950,624",1,"42,703,925",1,"43,238,440",23.7,1.3
"Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International)",ORD,2,"33,001,514",2,"34,213,375",2,"31,351,227",-5.0,-8.4
"Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International)",DFW,3,"28,288,866",3,"28,183,932",3,"26,830,947",-5.2,-4.8
"Denver, CO (Denver International)",DEN,5,"16,928,800",5,"23,731,431",4,"23,919,713",41.3,0.8
"Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International)",LAX,4,"22,873,919",4,"23,795,604",5,"22,439,873",-1.9,-5.7
"Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International)",LAS,11,"14,033,044",6,"21,490,456",6,"19,887,290",41.7,-7.5
"Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental)",IAH,13,"13,784,260",8,"20,091,915",7,"19,239,836",39.6,-4.2
"Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International)",PHX,8,"15,045,207",7,"20,563,619",8,"19,209,392",27.7,-6.6
"Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International)",CLT,20,"10,242,126",14,"16,506,672",9,"17,185,243",67.8,4.1
"New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International)",JFK,21,"10,076,141",11,"16,758,684",10,"16,955,540",68.3,1.2
"Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County)",DTW,7,"15,113,361",9,"17,278,955",11,"16,749,472",10.8,-3.1
"Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain)",MSP,12,"13,908,618",10,"16,895,507",12,"16,302,227",17.2,-3.5
"Orlando, FL (Orlando International)",MCO,16,"11,931,179",13,"16,590,473",13,"16,112,383",35.0,-2.9
"Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International)",EWR,9,"14,563,610",12,"16,613,652",14,"16,105,083",10.6,-3.1
"San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International)",SFO,6,"16,684,337",17,"14,848,757",15,"15,727,533",-5.7,5.9
"Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International)",PHL,19,"10,286,199",15,"15,314,929",16,"15,257,081",48.3,-0.4
"Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International)",SEA,15,"12,242,768",16,"14,912,461",17,"15,206,521",24.2,2.0
"Miami, FL (Miami International)",MIA,14,"13,265,268",18,"13,478,811",18,"13,577,782",2.4,0.7
"Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International)",BOS,17,"10,703,631",19,"12,485,079",19,"11,588,988",8.3,-7.2
"New York, NY (LaGuardia)",LGA,18,"10,356,421",20,"12,107,802",20,"11,159,038",7.7,-7.8
"Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International)",FLL,32,"5,479,331",22,"10,501,414",21,"10,370,421",89.3,-1.2
"Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall)",BWI,28,"6,842,133",24,"10,293,320",22,"10,078,747",47.3,-2.1
"Washington, DC (Dulles International)",IAD,33,"5,380,822",23,"10,392,788",23,"9,917,944",84.3,-4.6
"Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International)",SLC,22,"9,096,235",21,"10,560,244",24,"9,887,540",8.7,-6.4
"San Diego, CA (San Diego International)",SAN,27,"6,996,325",28,"9,046,701",25,"8,931,211",27.7,-1.3
"Tampa, FL (Tampa International)",TPA,29,"6,276,284",26,"9,126,330",26,"8,689,410",38.4,-4.8
"Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National)",DCA,26,"7,067,065",29,"8,934,441",27,"8,599,934",21.7,-3.7
"Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway)",MDW,36,"5,031,271",25,"9,127,993",28,"8,012,938",59.3,-12.2
"Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International)",HNL,24,"8,604,618",27,"9,090,457",29,"7,785,515",-9.5,-14.4
"Portland, OR (Portland International)",PDX,30,"6,208,415",31,"7,129,505",30,"6,942,236",11.8,-2.6
"St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International)",STL,10,"14,211,362",32,"7,086,758",31,"6,626,545",-53.4,-6.5
"Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International)",CVG,25,"7,782,586",30,"7,727,495",32,"6,480,292",-16.7,-16.1
"Oakland, CA (Oakland International)",OAK,38,"4,410,001",33,"7,065,844",33,"5,482,324",24.3,-22.4
"Memphis, TN (Memphis International)",MEM,41,"4,075,300",36,"5,545,451",34,"5,375,733",31.9,-3.1
"Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International)",MCI,34,"5,280,221",34,"5,816,563",35,"5,346,702",1.3,-8.1
"Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins International)",CLE,31,"5,714,330",35,"5,554,813",36,"5,277,778",-7.6,-5.0
"Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International)",SMF,45,"3,494,596",37,"5,315,066",37,"4,891,967",40.0,-8.0
"Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International)",RDU,48,"3,289,286",41,"4,940,504",38,"4,741,753",44.2,-4.0
"San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International)",SJC,37,"4,994,765",38,"5,183,513",39,"4,698,523",-5.9,-9.4
"Nashville, TN (Nashville International)",BNA,42,"3,776,545",42,"4,866,911",40,"4,615,999",22.2,-5.2
"San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International)",SJU,35,"5,178,870",39,"5,051,731",41,"4,546,996",-12.2,-10.0
"Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County)",SNA,43,"3,633,053",40,"4,945,927",42,"4,462,999",22.8,-9.8
"Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International)",PIT,23,"8,968,613",43,"4,856,561",43,"4,264,809",-52.4,-12.2
"Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International)",AUS,51,"3,028,297",45,"4,173,476",44,"4,255,238",40.5,2.0
"Houston, TX (William P. Hobby)",HOU,40,"4,223,014",44,"4,236,254",45,"4,224,294",0.0,-0.3
"Dallas, TX (Love Field)",DAL,46,"3,362,850",47,"3,982,958",46,"4,030,509",19.9,1.2
"Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International)",IND,44,"3,499,207",46,"4,078,891",47,"4,025,647",15.0,-1.3
"New Orleans, LA (Louis Armstrong International)",MSY,39,"4,356,208",51,"3,763,067",48,"3,976,840",-8.7,5.7
"San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International)",SAT,47,"3,307,842",49,"3,821,638",49,"3,949,819",19.4,3.4
"Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell Field)",MKE,57,"2,599,939",52,"3,733,749",50,"3,824,181",47.1,2.4
Total top 50b,NA,NA,"495,081,931",NA,"594,674,583",NA,"572,358,453",15.6,-3.8
All airports,NA,NA,"639,052,581",NA,"726,428,614",NA,"697,365,141",9.1,-4.0
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 2008 were not in the top 50 in the earlier years.,,,,,,,,,
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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 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, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Databases.asp?Subject_ID=2&Subject_Desc=Freight%20%25Transport&Mode_ID2=0 as of May 05, 2009.",,,,,,,,,