Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa
Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa
(Ranked by Passenger Enplanements in 2009)
| Airport | Code | 1999 | (R) 2008 | 2009 | Percent change 1999-2009 | Percent change 2008-2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | ||||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | ATL | 1 | 37,232,485 | 1 | 43,251,133 | 1 | 41,875,839 | 12.5 | -3.2 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | ORD | 2 | 31,657,965 | 2 | 31,357,564 | 2 | 28,994,466 | -8.4 | -7.5 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | DFW | 3 | 27,592,758 | 3 | 26,838,812 | 3 | 26,332,812 | -4.6 | -1.9 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | DEN | 5 | 17,502,449 | 4 | 23,940,617 | 4 | 23,721,549 | 35.5 | -0.9 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | LAX | 4 | 24,043,891 | 5 | 22,669,005 | 5 | 21,676,680 | -9.8 | -4.4 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | IAH | 13 | 14,735,065 | 7 | 19,413,743 | 6 | 18,610,288 | 26.3 | -4.1 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | PHX | 8 | 16,089,706 | 8 | 19,224,795 | 7 | 18,329,229 | 13.9 | -4.7 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | LAS | 10 | 15,367,358 | 6 | 19,897,410 | 8 | 18,314,373 | 19.2 | -8.0 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | CLT | 21 | 9,442,282 | 9 | 17,193,157 | 9 | 17,078,366 | 80.9 | -0.7 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | JFK | 20 | 10,138,272 | 10 | 16,752,675 | 10 | 16,191,561 | 59.7 | -3.3 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | SFO | 7 | 16,563,022 | 15 | 15,760,022 | 11 | 15,997,148 | -3.4 | 1.5 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) | MSP | 9 | 15,390,844 | 12 | 16,317,285 | 12 | 15,505,689 | 0.7 | -5.0 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | EWR | 12 | 14,912,219 | 13 | 16,117,237 | 13 | 15,208,723 | 2.0 | -5.6 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | MCO | 16 | 12,563,805 | 14 | 16,099,283 | 14 | 15,062,650 | 19.9 | -6.4 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) | DTW | 6 | 16,570,055 | 11 | 16,751,796 | 15 | 15,042,151 | -9.2 | -10.2 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | SEA | 14 | 13,063,780 | 17 | 15,230,851 | 16 | 14,719,937 | 12.7 | -3.4 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | PHL | 19 | 10,346,557 | 16 | 15,266,795 | 17 | 14,714,285 | 42.2 | -3.6 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | MIA | 15 | 12,763,958 | 18 | 13,577,795 | 18 | 13,389,575 | 4.9 | -1.4 |
| Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) | BOS | 17 | 11,090,707 | 19 | 11,586,556 | 19 | 11,377,851 | 2.6 | -1.8 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | LGA | 18 | 10,805,389 | 20 | 11,172,540 | 20 | 10,750,986 | -0.5 | -3.8 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | BWI | 25 | 8,004,113 | 22 | 10,082,852 | 21 | 10,228,317 | 27.8 | 1.4 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake International) | SLC | 22 | 8,717,529 | 23 | 9,991,736 | 22 | 9,903,028 | 13.6 | -0.9 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles International) | IAD | 29 | 6,838,523 | 24 | 9,974,636 | 23 | 9,713,816 | 42.0 | -2.6 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | FLL | 32 | 6,223,985 | 21 | 10,372,202 | 24 | 9,568,333 | 53.7 | -7.8 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | DCA | 30 | 6,663,275 | 27 | 8,606,060 | 25 | 8,413,506 | 26.3 | -2.2 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | SAN | 27 | 7,252,579 | 25 | 8,931,012 | 26 | 8,380,119 | 15.5 | -6.2 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | MDW | 33 | 6,137,767 | 28 | 8,015,533 | 27 | 8,223,625 | 34.0 | 2.6 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | TPA | 28 | 6,912,306 | 26 | 8,691,544 | 28 | 8,081,857 | 16.9 | -7.0 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | HNL | 23 | 8,576,055 | 29 | 7,785,516 | 29 | 7,548,395 | -12.0 | -3.0 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | PDX | 31 | 6,541,043 | 30 | 6,959,281 | 30 | 6,351,480 | -2.9 | -8.7 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) | STL | 11 | 14,929,887 | 31 | 6,722,736 | 31 | 6,069,458 | -59.3 | -9.7 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | CVG | 26 | 7,615,588 | 32 | 6,640,219 | 32 | 5,192,501 | -31.8 | -21.8 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | MEM | 39 | 4,533,738 | 34 | 5,375,882 | 33 | 5,053,691 | 11.5 | -6.0 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | MCI | 35 | 5,601,445 | 36 | 5,371,296 | 34 | 4,909,175 | -12.4 | -8.6 |
| Cleveland, OH (Hopkins International) | CLE | 34 | 5,921,429 | 35 | 5,371,709 | 35 | 4,693,669 | -20.7 | -12.6 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland International) | OAK | 37 | 4,738,024 | 33 | 5,503,373 | 36 | 4,569,637 | -3.6 | -17.0 |
| Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | RDU | 43 | 4,026,007 | 38 | 4,755,384 | 37 | 4,407,859 | 9.5 | -7.3 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | SMF | 44 | 3,658,148 | 37 | 4,912,781 | 38 | 4,406,386 | 20.5 | -10.3 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | BNA | 42 | 4,064,137 | 40 | 4,622,908 | 39 | 4,368,811 | 7.5 | -5.5 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | SNA | 45 | 3,642,580 | 42 | 4,463,009 | 40 | 4,310,909 | 18.3 | -3.4 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | HOU | 41 | 4,214,715 | 45 | 4,224,298 | 41 | 4,084,737 | -3.1 | -3.3 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | SJC | 36 | 5,487,338 | 39 | 4,713,840 | 42 | 4,045,393 | -26.3 | -14.2 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) | AUS | 49 | 3,292,114 | 44 | 4,257,503 | 43 | 4,013,002 | 21.9 | -5.7 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | SJU | 40 | 4,531,970 | 41 | 4,547,000 | 44 | 3,980,766 | -12.2 | -12.5 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | PIT | 24 | 8,021,249 | 43 | 4,277,612 | 45 | 3,941,423 | -50.9 | -7.9 |
| New Orleans, LA (Louis Armstrong International) | MSY | 38 | 4,571,895 | 48 | 3,983,636 | 46 | 3,911,524 | -14.4 | -1.8 |
| Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell Field) | MKE | 56 | 2,724,913 | 50 | 3,830,969 | 47 | 3,881,158 | 42.4 | 1.3 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | SAT | 48 | 3,340,356 | 49 | 3,951,928 | 48 | 3,731,117 | 11.7 | -5.6 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | IND | 46 | 3,539,523 | 46 | 4,046,353 | 49 | 3,721,862 | 5.2 | -8.0 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas Love Field) | DAL | 47 | 3,414,304 | 47 | 4,030,526 | 50 | 3,672,970 | 7.6 | -8.9 |
| Top 50 U.S. Airports, totalb | NA | NA | 512,005,341 | NA | 573,432,405 | NA | 546,272,682 | 6.7 | -4.7 |
| All airports | NA | NA | 611,582,354 | NA | 699,024,406 | NA | 663,172,829 | 8.4 | -5.1 |
KEY: NA = not applicable.
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 2009 were not in the top 50 in the earlier years.
NOTES
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.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Summary Data (Form 41 and 298C Summary Data), T-3 Data, available at http://transtats.bts.gov/DataIndex.asp as of Apr. 26, 2010.