4-10 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports: 1996 and 2006
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-10 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports: 1996 and 2006
(Thousands of enplaned passengers on large certificated air carriers)
| Airport | 1996 | 2006 | % change 1996-2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total enplaned passengers | Rank | Total enplaned passengers | ||
| Atlanta (Hartsfield), GA | 2 | 30,407 | 1 | 40,777 | 34 |
| Chicago (O'Hare), IL | 1 | 30,526 | 2 | 34,538 | 13 |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | 3 | 26,640 | 3 | 28,351 | 6 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 22,799 | 4 | 23,112 | 1 |
| Denver, CO | 6 | 15,246 | 5 | 22,481 | 47 |
| Las Vegas (McCarran), NV | 9 | 14,166 | 6 | 21,152 | 49 |
| Phoenix (Sky Harbor), AZ | 7 | 14,808 | 7 | 20,362 | 38 |
| Houston (George Bush), TX | 14 | 11,622 | 8 | 19,706 | 70 |
| Detroit (Wayne County), MI | 8 | 14,117 | 9 | 17,291 | 22 |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN | 12 | 12,616 | 10 | 17,135 | 36 |
| Newark, NJ | 11 | 12,952 | 11 | 16,272 | 26 |
| Orlando, FL | 16 | 10,847 | 12 | 15,859 | 46 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 24 | 8,572 | 13 | 15,049 | 76 |
| New York (John F. Kennedy), NY | 19 | 9,704 | 14 | 15,041 | 55 |
| Charlotte (Douglas), NC | 18 | 10,008 | 15 | 14,677 | 47 |
| Seattle, WA | 15 | 11,487 | 16 | 14,291 | 24 |
| San Francisco, CA | 5 | 16,308 | 17 | 13,907 | -15 |
| Miami, FL | 12 | 11,908 | 18 | 12,955 | 9 |
| New York (La Guardia), NY | 20 | 9,594 | 19 | 12,472 | 30 |
| Boston, MA | 17 | 10,654 | 20 | 12,275 | 15 |
| Top 20 airports | 309,906 | 387,706 | 25 | ||
| All airports | 592,891 | 703,377 | 19 | ||
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 2007.