List of The Busiest Airports in The United States - 30 Busiest US Airports By Total Passenger Traffic (2011)

30 Busiest US Airports By Total Passenger Traffic (2011)

Listed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total passengers during 2011.

This list has the same 30 airports as the FAA list, but the order is slightly different. The FAA ranks by passengers boarding. ACI ranks by sum of boarding, disembarking, and flying through without leaving airplane. The statistics are slightly more than twice as high.

Rank Airport Name Location IATA Code Traffic Aircraft
Passengers % Chg.
2010/11
Movements % Chg.
2010/11
1 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL 92,389,023 05.5% 923,996 02.7%
2 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 66,659,709 00.1% 878,798 00.4%
3 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 61,862,052 04.7% 702,895 05.4%
4 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas DFW 57,744,554 01.5% 646,803 00.8%
5 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 52,849,132 01.7% 628,796 00.2%
6 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York JFK 47,683,529 02.5% 411,226 03.1%
7 San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California SFO 40,810,141 04.3% 403,564 04.2%
8 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 40,591,948 05.3% 461,989 02.8%
9 McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 40,560,285 02.0% 531,538 05.1%
10 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 40,128,953 00.9% 517,262 02.7%
11 Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 39,043,708 02.1% 539,842 02.0%
12 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 38,314,389 07.3% 394,572 04.9%
13 Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO 35,426,006 01.6% 309,884 00.7 %
14 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 33,711,372 01.8% 399,141 00.2%
15 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Hennepin County, Minnesota MSP 33,118,499 00.8% 436,506 00.0%
16 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA 32,467,007 02.9% 314,947 00.3%
17 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 32,406,159 00.1% 443,028 02.1%
18 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 30,839,175 00.2% 448,129 02.7%
19 Logan International Airport East Boston, Massachusetts BOS 28,907,938 05.4% 368,987 04.6%
20 LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York LGA 24,122,478 00.6% 366,597 01.2%
21 Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport Broward County, Florida FLL 23,349,835 04.2% 267,119 01.9%
22 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 23,056,291 02.3% 327,493 02.7%
23 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Anne Arundel County, Maryland BWI 22,391,785 02.1% 276,133 00.1%
24 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 20,389,474 02.4% 358,002 02.6%
25 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Arlington County, Virginia DCA 18,802,394 03.8% 281,770 03.9%
26 Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois MDW 18,777,126 07.0% 255,227 03.9%
27 Honolulu International Airport Honolulu, Hawaii HNL 17,947,117 02.7% 262,716 00.3%
28 San Diego International Airport San Diego, California SAN 16,890,722 00.0% 185,142 02.6%
29 Tampa International Airport Tampa, Florida TPA 16,732,051 00.5% 191,315 02.1%
30 Portland International Airport Portland, Oregon PDX 13,675,924 03.7% 219,197 01.7%

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