List of The Busiest Airports in The United States - Busiest US Airports By Total Passenger Boardings

Busiest US Airports By Total Passenger Boardings

The FAA uses passenger boarding for a full calendar year to determine AIP entitlements. The term hub is used by the FAA to identify very busy commercial service airports. For instance, large hubs are those airports that each account for at least one percent of total U.S. passenger enplanements. Medium hubs are defined as airports that each account for between 0.25 percent and one percent of the total passenger enplanements.

In Calendar Year 2011 there were 29 Large Hubs (total 64.9% of passenger boardings), and 35 Medium Hubs (total 16.6% of passenger boardings).


Rank
(2011)		 Airports (Large Hubs) IATA
Code		 City Served State 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1 Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL Atlanta GA 44,414,121 43,130,585 42,280,868 43,236,665 43,236,665 41,352,038 42,402,653
2 O'Hare International Airport ORD Chicago IL 31,892,301 32,171,831 31,135,732 33,683,991 36,521,585 36,825,097 36,720,005
3 Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles CA 30,528,737 28,857,755 27,439,897 28,861,477 30,113,985 29,357,327 29,372,272
4 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW Dallas/Fort Worth TX 27,518,358 27,100,656 26,663,984 27,219,985 28,482,417 28,627,749 28,079,147
5 Denver International Airport DEN Denver CO 25,667,499 25,241,962 24,013,669 24,287,939 20,796,173 20,591,909 20,315,544
6 John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK New York NY 23,664,830 22,934,047 22,710,272 23,620,948 23,401,351 21,071,501 20,260,359
7 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco CA 20,038,679 19,359,003 18,467,908 18,135,827 17,280,328 16,236,592 16,070,133
8 McCarran International Airport LAS Las Vegas NV 19,854,759 18,996,738 19,445,952 21,024,443 22,537,950 22,028,521 21,402,676
9 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Phoenix AZ 19,750,306 18,907,171 18,559,647 19,450,576 20,767,144 20,479,291 19,032,196
10 George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH Houston TX 19,306,660 19,528,631 19,290,239 20,030,898 24,117,623 22,822,111 20,799,886
11 Charlotte/Douglas International Airport CLT Charlotte NC 19,022,535 18,629,181 18,165,476 19,291,428 16,884,780 14,949,568 14,109,608
12 Miami International Airport MIA Miami FL 18,342,158 17,017,654 16,187,768 16,369,998 16,377,488 15,664,791 15,092,763
13 Orlando International Airport MCO Orlando FL 17,250,415 17,017,491 16,371,016 17,288,480 17,614,679 16,807,856 16,592,133
14 Newark Liberty International Airport EWR Newark NJ 16,814,092 16,571,754 16,659,441 17,599,578 18,163,652 17,804,107 16,444,959
15 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEA Seattle WA 15,971,676 15,406,243 15,273,092 15,839,504 15,419,116 14,703,928 14,359,530
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Airport MSP Minneapolis/St. Paul MN 15,895,653 15,512,487 15,551,206 16,369,324 16,962,563 17,192,410 17,971,771
17 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport DTW Detroit MI 15,716,865 15,643,890 15,211,402 16,998,174 17,495,135 17,483,468 17,580,363
18 Philadelphia International Airport PHL Philadelphia PA 14,883,180 14,951,254 15,002,961 15,586,852 15,656,653 15,390,848 15,376,569
19 Logan International Airport BOS Boston MA 14,171,476 13,561,814 12,566,797 12,820,489 13,783,297 13,544,552 13,214,923
20 LaGuardia Airport LGA New York NY 11,989,227 12,001,501 11,084,300 11,567,586 12,529,890 12,925,697 13,014,314
21 Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport FLL Fort Lauderdale FL 11,332,466 10,829,810 10,258,118 11,020,091 11,079,250 10,204,579 10,729,468
22 Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI Baltimore/Washington, DC MD 11,067,317 10,848,633 10,338,950 10,215,225 10,487,789 10,297,607 9,829,432
23 Washington Dulles International Airport IAD Washington, DC VA 11,043,829 11,276,481 11,132,098 11,348,775 11,789,441 11,045,217 13,032,502
24 Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Salt Lake City UT 9,701,756 9,910,493 9,903,821 9,993,198 10,560,906 10,289,129 10,601,918
25 Midway International Airport MDW Chicago IL 9,134,576 8,518,957 8,253,620 8,021,383 9,132,836 8,915,292 8,383,698
26 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA Washington, DC VA 9,053,004 8,736,804 8,490,288 8,704,466 9,038,174 8,973,410 8,623,907
27 Honolulu International Airport HNL Honolulu HI 8,643,494 8,740,077 8,739,389 9,013,440 10,393,929 9,855,838 9,784,404
28 San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego CA 8,465,683 8,430,509 8,453,854 9,007,617 9,138,116 8,724,442 8,628,648
29 Tampa International Airport TPA Tampa FL 8,174,194 8,137,222 8,263,294 8,871,917 9,306,036 9,187,865 9,297,643
Rank
(2011)		 Airports (Medium Hubs) IATA
Code		 City Served State 2011
30 Portland International Airport PDX Portland OR 6,808,486
31 Lambert-St. Louis International Airport STL St. Louis MO 6,159,090
32 Kansas City International Airport MCI Kansas City MO 5,011,000
33 William P. Hobby Airport HOU Houston TX 4,753,554
34 Nashville International Airport BNA Nashville TN 4,673,047
35 General Mitchell International Airport MKE Milwaukee WI 4,671,976
36 Metropolitan Oakland International Airport OAK Oakland CA 4,550,526
37 Raleigh-Durham International Airport RDU Raleigh/Durham NC 4,462,508
38 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport AUS Austin TX 4,436,661
39 Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport CLE Cleveland OH 4,401,033
40 Sacramento International Airport SMF Sacramento CA 4,370,895
41 Memphis International Airport MEM Memphis TN 4,344,213
42 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY New Orleans LA 4,255,411
43 John Wayne Airport-Orange County SNA Orange County CA 4,247,802
44 San Jose International Airport SJC San Jose CA 4,108,006
45 Pittsburgh International Airport PIT Pittsburgh PA 4,070,614
46 San Antonio International Airport SAT San Antonio TX 3,984,024
47 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport SJU San Juan PR 3,983,130
48 Dallas Love Field DAL Dallas TX 3,852,886
49 Southwest Florida International Airport RSW Fort Myers FL 3,748,366
50 Indianapolis International Airport IND Indianapolis IN 3,670,396
51 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport CVG Greater Cincinnati KY 3,422,466
52 Port Columbus International Airport CMH Columbus OH 3,134,379
53 Palm Beach International Airport PBI West Palm Beach FL 2,877,158
54 Bradley International Airport BDL Windsor Locks CT 2,772,315
55 Albuquerque International Sunport Airport ABQ Albuquerque NM 2,768,435
56 Jacksonville International Airport JAX Jacksonville FL 2,700,514
57 Kahului Airport OGG Kahului HI 2,683,933
58 Buffalo Niagara International Airport BUF Buffalo NY 2,582,597
59 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ANC Anchorage AK 2,354,987
60 Ontario International Airport ONT Ontario CA 2,271,458
61 Bob Hope Airport BUR Burbank CA 2,144,915
62 Eppley Airfield OMA Omaha NE 2,047,055
63 Theodore Francis Green State Airport PVD Warwick RI 1,920,699
64 Reno/Tahoe International Airport RNO Reno NV 1,821,051

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