4-7b Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 2006 and 2007
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-7b Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 2006 and 2007
Thousands of international passengersa
| 2007 rank | Gateway airport | R2006 | 2007 | % change 2006-2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York (JFK), NY | 19,450 | 21,443 | 10.2 |
| 2 | Los Angeles, CA | 16,500 | 16,869 | 2.2 |
| 3 | Miami, FL | 14,852 | 15,586 | 4.9 |
| 4 | Chicago (O'Hare), IL | 11,517 | 11,539 | 0.2 |
| 5 | Newark, NJ | 9,895 | 10,538 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Atlanta, GA | 8,482 | 9,113 | 7.4 |
| 7 | San Francisco, CA | 8,164 | 8,601 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Houston (G. Bush), TX | 7,147 | 7,476 | 4.6 |
| 9 | Washington (Dulles), DC | 5,184 | 5,773 | 11.4 |
| 10 | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX | 5,288 | 5,105 | -3.5 |
| 11 | Detroit, MI | 3,695 | 3,830 | 3.7 |
| 12 | Boston, MA | 3,776 | 3,808 | 0.8 |
| 13 | Honolulu, HI | 4,050 | 3,757 | -7.2 |
| 14 | Philadelphia, PA | 3,517 | 3,611 | 2.7 |
| 15 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2,420 | 2,883 | 19.1 |
| 16 | Guam Island, GU | 2,699 | 2,780 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Seattle-Tacoma, WA | 2,302 | 2,576 | 11.9 |
| 18 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 2,487 | 2,522 | 1.4 |
| 19 | Las Vegas, NV | 1,988 | 2,229 | 12.1 |
| 20 | Orlando, FL | 2,073 | 2,214 | 6.8 |
| Total, top 20 U.S. international airports | 135,487 | 142,251 | 5.0 | |
| Top 20, percentage of total | 87.2 | 88.1 | 1.0 | |
| Total, all U.S. international airports | 155,394 | 161,468 | 3.9 |
a International passengers are residents of any country traveling nonstop to and from the United States on U.S. and foreign carriers.
Key: R = revised.
Note: The data cover all passengers arriving and departing from U.S. airports on nonstop commercial international flights with 60 seats or more.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Segment Data, October 2008.