Table 1-44: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Table 1-44: Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports
(Ranked by Passenger Enplanements in 2011)
| Airport | Code | 2001 | (R) 2010 | 2011 | Percent change 2001-2011 | Percent change 2010-2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | Rank | Total Enplaned Passengers | ||||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | ATL | 1 | 36,384,264 | 1 | 42,655,392 | 1 | 33,034,788 | -9.2 | -22.6 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | ORD | 2 | 28,626,694 | 2 | 30,033,313 | 2 | 22,367,052 | -21.9 | -25.5 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | DFW | 3 | 25,198,256 | 3 | 26,785,739 | 3 | 20,430,281 | -18.9 | -23.7 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | DEN | 6 | 16,397,390 | 4 | 24,965,553 | 4 | 19,190,341 | 17.0 | -23.1 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | LAX | 4 | 22,873,307 | 5 | 22,860,849 | 5 | 18,379,418 | -19.6 | -19.6 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | PHX | 5 | 16,540,686 | 7 | 18,657,891 | 6 | 14,680,444 | -11.2 | -21.3 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | CLT | 19 | 10,226,010 | 8 | 18,539,589 | 7 | 14,207,015 | 38.9 | -23.4 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | LAS | 7 | 16,121,009 | 9 | 17,851,932 | 8 | 13,929,834 | -13.6 | -22.0 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | IAH | 9 | 15,639,781 | 6 | 18,726,696 | 9 | 13,920,435 | -11.0 | -25.7 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | SFO | 11 | 13,862,994 | 10 | 16,751,758 | 10 | 12,916,195 | -6.8 | -22.9 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | JFK | 21 | 9,647,313 | 11 | 16,389,107 | 11 | 12,737,380 | 32.0 | -22.3 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/World-Chamberlain) | MSP | 8 | 15,648,295 | 14 | 15,474,646 | 12 | 12,117,506 | -22.6 | -21.7 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | MCO | 15 | 12,619,918 | 12 | 15,727,564 | 13 | 12,040,406 | -4.6 | -23.4 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) | DTW | 10 | 15,467,124 | 13 | 15,483,222 | 14 | 11,711,660 | -24.3 | -24.4 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | SEA | 14 | 12,705,320 | 16 | 14,838,615 | 15 | 11,666,453 | -8.2 | -21.4 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | EWR | 12 | 13,822,541 | 15 | 14,927,554 | 16 | 11,325,271 | -18.1 | -24.1 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | MIA | 16 | 11,505,199 | 18 | 14,007,849 | 17 | 11,207,787 | -2.6 | -20.0 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | PHL | 17 | 10,387,030 | 17 | 14,703,670 | 18 | 11,037,928 | 6.3 | -24.9 |
| Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) | BOS | 20 | 10,016,801 | 19 | 12,282,374 | 19 | 9,672,420 | -3.4 | -21.2 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | LGA | 18 | 10,311,470 | 20 | 11,634,035 | 20 | 8,646,321 | -16.1 | -25.7 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | BWI | 22 | 9,450,749 | 21 | 10,754,424 | 21 | 8,297,931 | -12.2 | -22.8 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | FLL | 28 | 7,372,417 | 22 | 10,036,422 | 22 | 7,991,173 | 8.4 | -20.4 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake International) | SLC | 25 | 7,839,933 | 23 | 9,910,042 | 23 | 7,413,792 | -5.4 | -25.2 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles International) | IAD | 34 | 5,753,870 | 24 | 9,822,576 | 24 | 7,150,715 | 24.3 | -27.2 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | MDW | 30 | 7,062,993 | 26 | 8,469,677 | 25 | 6,738,892 | -4.6 | -20.4 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | DCA | 33 | 5,784,639 | 25 | 8,630,921 | 26 | 6,693,814 | 15.7 | -22.4 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | SAN | 29 | 7,254,291 | 27 | 8,347,443 | 27 | 6,233,324 | -14.1 | -25.3 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | TPA | 27 | 7,458,091 | 28 | 7,949,335 | 28 | 6,017,993 | -19.3 | -24.3 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | HNL | 26 | 7,794,787 | 29 | 7,484,065 | 29 | 5,666,153 | -27.3 | -24.3 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | PDX | 31 | 6,005,120 | 30 | 6,517,305 | 30 | 5,041,875 | -16.0 | -22.6 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) | STL | 13 | 12,864,472 | 31 | 6,013,884 | 31 | 4,579,048 | -64.4 | -23.9 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | MCI | 36 | 5,495,846 | 32 | 4,938,386 | 32 | 3,730,987 | -32.1 | -24.4 |
| Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell Field) | MKE | 58 | 2,557,598 | 34 | 4,753,992 | 33 | 3,615,279 | 41.4 | -24.0 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | HOU | 42 | 4,120,895 | 40 | 4,357,456 | 34 | 3,508,108 | -14.9 | -19.5 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | BNA | 43 | 4,080,700 | 38 | 4,412,689 | 35 | 3,477,547 | -14.8 | -21.2 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | MEM | 38 | 4,786,581 | 33 | 4,926,225 | 36 | 3,340,385 | -30.2 | -32.2 |
| Cleveland, OH (Hopkins International) | CLE | 35 | 5,528,785 | 35 | 4,574,472 | 37 | 3,313,734 | -40.1 | -27.6 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) | AUS | 47 | 3,430,348 | 42 | 4,200,766 | 38 | 3,296,237 | -3.9 | -21.5 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland International) | OAK | 37 | 5,487,002 | 36 | 4,566,953 | 39 | 3,288,377 | -40.1 | -28.0 |
| Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | RDU | 41 | 4,483,332 | 37 | 4,434,774 | 40 | 3,281,328 | -26.8 | -26.0 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | SMF | 44 | 3,874,856 | 39 | 4,391,998 | 41 | 3,275,109 | -15.5 | -25.4 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | SNA | 45 | 3,618,717 | 41 | 4,267,217 | 42 | 3,166,917 | -12.5 | -25.8 |
| New Orleans, LA (Louis Armstrong International) | MSY | 39 | 4,682,763 | 44 | 4,081,146 | 43 | 3,144,803 | -32.8 | -22.9 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | SJC | 32 | 5,865,995 | 45 | 3,992,074 | 44 | 3,053,598 | -47.9 | -23.5 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | PIT | 23 | 8,710,841 | 46 | 3,986,065 | 45 | 3,047,162 | -65.0 | -23.6 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | SJU | 40 | 4,537,774 | 43 | 4,151,370 | 46 | 2,991,599 | -34.1 | -27.9 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | SAT | 51 | 3,254,348 | 48 | 3,861,772 | 47 | 2,916,935 | -10.4 | -24.5 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas Love Field) | DAL | 49 | 3,350,775 | 49 | 3,782,407 | 48 | 2,866,109 | -14.5 | -24.2 |
| Fort Myers, FL (Southwest Florida International) | RSW | 59 | 2,503,843 | 51 | 3,610,618 | 49 | 2,817,684 | 12.5 | -22.0 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | IND | 48 | 3,410,636 | 50 | 3,716,884 | 50 | 2,750,105 | -19.4 | -26.0 |
| Top 50 U.S. Airports, totalb | NA | NA | 499,292,274 | NA | 558,529,011 | NA | 427,925,648 | -14.3 | -23.4 |
| All airports | NA | NA | 632,794,144 | NA | 677,624,234 | NA | 518,425,645 | -18.1 | -23.5 |
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.
b The total for the top 50 airports will not sum from the individual airports because some top 50 airports in 2010 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. 18, 2012.