Table 17 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 17 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
(Thousands of enplaned passengers on large certificated air carriers)
| Airport | 1994 | 2004 | % change 1994-2004 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total enplaned passengers | Rank | Total enplaned passengers | ||
| Atlanta (Hartsfield), GA | 2 | 25,695 | 1 | 40,425 | 57 |
| Chicago (O'Hare), IL | 1 | 29,970 | 2 | 33,863 | 13 |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | 3 | 25,486 | 3 | 27,827 | 9 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 19,912 | 4 | 22,892 | 15 |
| Denver, CO | 5 | 14,810 | 5 | 20,102 | 36 |
| Las Vegas (McCarran), NV | 10 | 12,003 | 6 | 19,414 | 62 |
| Phoenix (Sky Harbor), AZ | 7 | 12,458 | 7 | 19,151 | 54 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 12 | 10,892 | 8 | 17,371 | 59 |
| Detroit (Wayne County), MI | 8 | 12,258 | 9 | 16,891 | 38 |
| Houston (Intercontinental), TX | 17 | 9,681 | 10 | 16,749 | 73 |
| Orlando, FL | 19 | 9,183 | 11 | 14,363 | 56 |
| Newark, NJ | 9 | 12,023 | 12 | 14,188 | 18 |
| Seattle, WA | 15 | 9,963 | 13 | 13,747 | 38 |
| San Francisco, CA | 6 | 14,469 | 14 | 13,504 | -7 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 24 | 7,613 | 15 | 13,462 | 77 |
| New York (John F. Kennedy), NY | 21 | 8,949 | 16 | 13,264 | 48 |
| Charlotte (Douglas), NC | 18 | 9,388 | 17 | 12,433 | 32 |
| New York (La Guardia), NY | 16 | 9,806 | 18 | 11,917 | 22 |
| Miami, FL | 13 | 10,847 | 19 | 11,694 | 8 |
| Boston, MA | 14 | 10,677 | 20 | 11,460 | 7 |
| Top 20 airports | 276,085 | 364,719 | 32 | ||
| All airports | 540,621 | 671,723 | 24 | ||
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Schedule T-3 data, special tabulation, October 2005.