Table 14 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 14 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
(Thousands of enplaned passengers on large certificated air carriers)
| Airport | 2002 | 1992 | % change 1992-2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total enplaned passengers | Rank | Total enplaned passengers | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield Intl.) | 1 | 37,070 | 3 | 19,705 | 88.1 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare Intl.) | 2 | 28,356 | 1 | 28,948 | -2.0 |
| Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (Dallas / Ft. Worth Intl.) | 3 | 24,072 | 2 | 24,671 | -2.4 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Intl.) | 4 | 20,320 | 4 | 18,395 | 10.5 |
| Denver, CO (Denver Intl.) | 5 | 16,054 | 6 | 13,595 | 18.1 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.) | 6 | 15,897 | 7 | 10,787 | 47.4 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran Intl.) | 7 | 15,575 | 12 | 9,347 | 66.6 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 8 | 15,224 | 21 | 8,358 | 82.1 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl.) | 9 | 15,046 | 11 | 10,055 | 49.6 |
| Detroit, MI (Wayne County) | 10 | 14,860 | 10 | 10,425 | 42.5 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark) | 11 | 13,114 | 8 | 10,479 | 25.1 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma Intl.) | 12 | 12,578 | 19 | 8,572 | 46.7 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Intl.) | 13 | 12,250 | 5 | 14,208 | -13.8 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando Intl.) | 14 | 12,127 | 16 | 8,765 | 38.4 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St. Louis Muni.) | 15 | 11,765 | 9 | 10,436 | 12.7 |
| Miami, FL (Miami Intl.) | 16 | 11,126 | 15 | 9,076 | 26.9 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Intl.) | 17 | 10,324 | 23 | 6,968 | 48.1 |
| Charlotte, NC (Douglas Muni.) | 18 | 10,155 | 22 | 8,239 | 23.3 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy Intl.) | 19 | 9,930 | 20 | 8,468 | 17.3 |
| New York, NY (La Guardia) | 20 | 9,714 | 14 | 9,252 | 5.0 |
| Top 20 airports | 315,557 | 248,750 | 26.9 | ||
| All airports | 574,820 | 454,060 | 26.6 | ||
Notes: Numbers may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Schedule T-3 data, special tabulation, Dec. 2002.