Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1999, 2008, and 2009
Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1999, 2008, and 2009
| Airport | Rank in 2009 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | 1 | 37,232,485 | 43,251,133 | 41,875,839 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | 2 | 31,657,965 | 31,357,564 | 28,994,466 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 3 | 27,592,758 | 26,838,812 | 26,332,812 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 4 | 17,502,449 | 23,940,617 | 23,721,549 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 24,043,891 | 22,669,005 | 21,676,680 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 6 | 14,735,065 | 19,413,743 | 18,610,288 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | 7 | 16,089,706 | 19,224,795 | 18,329,229 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | 8 | 15,367,358 | 19,897,410 | 18,314,373 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | 9 | 9,442,282 | 17,193,157 | 17,078,366 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 10 | 10,138,272 | 16,752,675 | 16,191,561 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 11 | 16,563,022 | 15,760,022 | 15,997,148 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) | 12 | 15,390,844 | 16,317,285 | 15,505,689 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 13 | 14,912,219 | 16,117,237 | 15,208,723 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 14 | 12,563,805 | 16,099,283 | 15,062,650 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) | 15 | 16,570,055 | 16,751,796 | 15,042,151 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 16 | 13,063,780 | 15,230,851 | 14,719,937 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 17 | 10,346,557 | 15,266,795 | 14,714,285 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 18 | 12,763,958 | 13,577,795 | 13,389,575 |
| Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) | 19 | 11,090,707 | 11,586,556 | 11,377,851 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | 20 | 10,805,389 | 11,172,540 | 10,750,986 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | 21 | 8,004,113 | 10,082,852 | 10,228,317 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake International) | 22 | 8,717,529 | 9,991,736 | 9,903,028 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles International) | 23 | 6,838,523 | 9,974,636 | 9,713,816 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | 24 | 6,223,985 | 10,372,202 | 9,568,333 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 25 | 6,663,275 | 8,606,060 | 8,413,506 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | 26 | 7,252,579 | 8,931,012 | 8,380,119 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | 27 | 6,137,767 | 8,015,533 | 8,223,625 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | 28 | 6,912,306 | 8,691,544 | 8,081,857 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 29 | 8,576,055 | 7,785,516 | 7,548,395 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 30 | 6,541,043 | 6,959,281 | 6,351,480 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) | 31 | 14,929,887 | 6,722,736 | 6,069,458 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 32 | 7,615,588 | 6,640,219 | 5,192,501 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 33 | 4,533,738 | 5,375,882 | 5,053,691 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | 34 | 5,601,445 | 5,371,296 | 4,909,175 |
| Cleveland, OH (Hopkins International) | 35 | 5,921,429 | 5,371,709 | 4,693,669 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland International) | 36 | 4,738,024 | 5,503,373 | 4,569,637 |
| Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | 37 | 4,026,007 | 4,755,384 | 4,407,859 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | 38 | 3,658,148 | 4,912,781 | 4,406,386 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | 39 | 4,064,137 | 4,622,908 | 4,368,811 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | 40 | 3,642,580 | 4,463,009 | 4,310,909 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | 41 | 4,214,715 | 4,224,298 | 4,084,737 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | 42 | 5,487,338 | 4,713,840 | 4,045,393 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) | 43 | 3,292,114 | 4,257,503 | 4,013,002 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 44 | 4,531,970 | 4,547,000 | 3,980,766 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | 45 | 8,021,249 | 4,277,612 | 3,941,423 |
| New Orleans, LA (Louis Armstrong International) | 46 | 4,571,895 | 3,983,636 | 3,911,524 |
| Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell Field) | 47 | 2,724,913 | 3,830,969 | 3,881,158 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | 48 | 3,340,356 | 3,951,928 | 3,731,117 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 49 | 3,539,523 | 4,046,353 | 3,721,862 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas Love Field) | 50 | 3,414,304 | 4,030,526 | 3,672,970 |
| Top 50 airports, total1 | 512,005,341 | 573,432,405 | 546,272,682 | |
| United States, all airports | 611,582,354 | 699,024,406 | 663,172,829 | |
| Top 50 as percent of all enplanements | 84 | 82 | 82 | |
1 The total for the top 50 airports in 1999 and 2008 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: Rank order by total enplaned passengers on large certificated U.S. air carriers (Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals, Medium Regionals, and Commuters), 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. These air carriers operate at least one aircraft with more than 60 seats or a payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for small-certificated, commuter and foreign-flag air carriers are not included. Data differ from those in table 1-11 which include enplaned passengers on small-certificated, commuter and foreign-flag carriers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Schedule T-3 Data, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Mode_ID=1&Mode_Desc=Aviation&Subject_ID2=0 as of May. 24, 2010.