Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 1-41: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airportsa
(Ranked By Passenger Enplanments in 2004)
| Airport | Code | 1994 | 2003 | 2004 | Percent change 1994-2004 | Percent change 2003-2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | ||||
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield-Atlanta Intl.) | ATL | 2 | 25,630,394 | 1 | 38,177,371 | 1 | 40,399,034 | 57.6 | 5.8 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare Intl.) | ORD | 1 | 29,699,672 | 2 | 30,812,162 | 2 | 33,652,789 | 13.3 | 9.2 |
| Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (Dallas/Ft Worth Intl.) | DFW | 3 | 25,117,383 | 3 | 24,545,327 | 3 | 27,563,022 | 9.7 | 12.3 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Intl.) | LAX | 4 | 19,720,695 | 4 | 20,905,026 | 4 | 22,892,208 | 16.1 | 9.5 |
| Denver, CO (Denver Intl.) | DEN | 5 | 14,640,436 | 5 | 17,275,174 | 5 | 19,855,508 | 35.6 | 14.9 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran Intl.) | LAS | 14 | 10,435,471 | 7 | 16,844,129 | 6 | 19,412,617 | 86.0 | 15.2 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.) | PHX | 7 | 12,426,722 | 6 | 17,175,590 | 7 | 19,122,960 | 53.9 | 11.3 |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl.) | MSP | 13 | 10,455,509 | 9 | 15,429,330 | 8 | 17,282,235 | 65.3 | 12.0 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metro Wayne County) | DTW | 8 | 11,822,011 | 10 | 14,680,619 | 9 | 16,784,352 | 42.0 | 14.3 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | IAH | 17 | 9,625,775 | 8 | 15,576,520 | 10 | 16,706,616 | 73.6 | 7.3 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Intl.) | EWR | 9 | 11,782,200 | 11 | 13,116,172 | 11 | 14,026,230 | 19.0 | 6.9 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando Intl.) | MCO | 21 | 8,862,593 | 14 | 12,054,025 | 12 | 13,752,278 | 55.2 | 14.1 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma Intl.) | SEA | 15 | 9,935,504 | 12 | 12,792,325 | 13 | 13,744,095 | 38.3 | 7.4 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Intl.) | SFO | 6 | 14,309,256 | 13 | 12,230,829 | 14 | 13,503,664 | -5.6 | 10.4 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy Intl.) | JFK | 20 | 8,893,657 | 16 | 10,806,822 | 15 | 13,221,715 | 48.7 | 22.3 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Intl.) | PHL | 24 | 7,537,233 | 18 | 10,184,519 | 16 | 12,480,087 | 65.6 | 22.5 |
| Miami, FL (Miami Intl.) | MIA | 11 | 10,809,616 | 15 | 11,123,520 | 17 | 11,520,708 | 6.6 | 3.6 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte-Douglas Intl.) | CLT | 18 | 9,370,478 | 20 | 9,567,544 | 18 | 11,305,547 | 20.7 | 18.2 |
| Boston, MA (Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan Intl.) | BOS | 12 | 10,609,237 | 21 | 9,562,082 | 19 | 11,093,972 | 4.6 | 16.0 |
| New York, NY (La Guardia) | LGA | 16 | 9,780,202 | 19 | 10,148,718 | 20 | 10,979,770 | 12.3 | 8.2 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Greater Cincinnati) | CVG | 28 | 5,440,570 | 17 | 10,263,667 | 21 | 10,593,720 | 94.7 | 3.2 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore-Washington Intl.) | BWI | 27 | 5,481,212 | 22 | 9,426,012 | 22 | 9,734,797 | 77.6 | 3.3 |
| Washington, DC (Washington Dulles Intl.) | IAD | 35 | 4,217,768 | 30 | 6,931,208 | 23 | 9,389,055 | 122.6 | 35.5 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | MDW | 36 | 4,048,755 | 25 | 8,655,393 | 24 | 9,236,461 | 128.1 | 6.7 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood Intl.) | FLL | 32 | 4,500,063 | 26 | 8,059,511 | 25 | 9,173,354 | 103.8 | 13.8 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City Intl.) | SLC | 23 | 7,824,611 | 24 | 8,881,444 | 26 | 8,867,628 | 13.3 | -0.2 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego Intl./Lindbergh Field) | SAN | 26 | 6,160,246 | 28 | 7,432,269 | 27 | 8,088,510 | 31.3 | 8.8 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa Intl.) | TPA | 29 | 5,415,883 | 29 | 7,331,404 | 28 | 8,065,166 | 48.9 | 10.0 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Intl.) | HNL | 22 | 8,494,090 | 27 | 7,520,238 | 29 | 7,829,719 | -7.8 | 4.1 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | DCA | 25 | 6,974,785 | 32 | 6,070,724 | 30 | 7,183,725 | 3.0 | 18.3 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland Intl.) | OAK | 38 | 3,992,022 | 31 | 6,515,981 | 31 | 6,824,745 | 71.0 | 4.7 |
| Portland, OR (Portland Intl.) | PDX | 30 | 4,825,575 | 33 | 5,952,595 | 32 | 6,266,556 | 29.9 | 5.3 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis Intl.) | STL | 10 | 11,452,933 | 23 | 9,286,413 | 33 | 5,879,564 | -48.7 | -36.7 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh Intl.) | PIT | 19 | 8,927,511 | 34 | 5,853,664 | 34 | 5,704,271 | -36.1 | -2.6 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis Intl.) | MEM | 43 | 3,453,923 | 40 | 4,505,756 | 35 | 5,285,272 | 53.0 | 17.3 |
| San Jose, CA (San Jose Intl.) | SJC | 37 | 4,016,425 | 35 | 5,033,643 | 36 | 5,189,970 | 29.2 | 3.1 |
| Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins Intl.) | CLE | 31 | 4,664,930 | 37 | 4,803,115 | 37 | 5,151,173 | 10.4 | 7.2 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin Intl.) | SJU | 33 | 4,377,176 | 38 | 4,577,358 | 38 | 5,074,434 | 15.9 | 10.9 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City Intl.) | MCI | 34 | 4,235,601 | 36 | 4,810,622 | 39 | 5,002,828 | 18.1 | 4.0 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento Intl.) | SMF | 50 | 2,790,520 | 41 | 4,364,716 | 40 | 4,768,472 | 70.9 | 9.3 |
| New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Intl./Moisant Field) | MSY | 40 | 3,900,982 | 39 | 4,546,995 | 41 | 4,735,032 | 21.4 | 4.1 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | SNA | 45 | 3,188,095 | 42 | 4,222,103 | 42 | 4,620,808 | 44.9 | 9.4 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville Intl.) | BNA | 42 | 3,579,297 | 43 | 3,771,592 | 43 | 4,175,348 | 16.7 | 10.7 |
| Raleigh/Durham, NC (Raleigh-Durham Intl.) | RDU | 41 | 3,747,185 | 44 | 3,722,690 | 44 | 4,150,418 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | HOU | 39 | 3,907,837 | 45 | 3,703,805 | 45 | 3,960,205 | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis Intl.) | IND | 49 | 2,824,248 | 46 | 3,407,266 | 46 | 3,659,819 | 29.6 | 7.4 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom Intl.) | AUS | 53 | 2,497,300 | 47 | 3,131,505 | 47 | 3,446,175 | 38.0 | 10.0 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio Intl.) | SAT | 48 | 2,893,193 | 48 | 3,045,355 | 48 | 3,263,350 | 12.8 | 7.2 |
| Ontario/San Bernardino, CA (Ontario Intl.) | ONT | 46 | 3,132,363 | 49 | 3,021,555 | 49 | 3,237,431 | 3.4 | 7.1 |
| Hartford, CT (Bradley Intl.) | BDL | 58 | 2,183,419 | 50 | 3,016,348 | 50 | 3,236,475 | 48.2 | 7.3 |
| Total top 50 | NA | NA | 414,612,562 | NA | 494,872,751 | NA | 541,093,888 | 30.5 | 9.3 |
| All airports | NA | NA | 501,196,972 | NA | 594,301,990 | NA | 652,712,322 | 30.2 | 9.8 |
KEY: NA = not applicable; R = revised.
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.
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 aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for commuter, and foreign-flag air carriers are not included.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Market data, various years (Washington, DC: 2005).