Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large U.S. Carriers: 1994, 2003, and 2004
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large U.S. Carriers: 1994, 2003, and 2004
| Airport | Rank in 2004 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2003 | 2004 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield-Atlanta Intl.) | 1 | 25,630,394 | 38,177,371 | 40,399,034 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare Intl.) | 2 | 29,699,672 | 30,812,162 | 33,652,789 |
| Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX (Dallas/Ft Worth Intl.) | 3 | 25,117,383 | 24,545,327 | 27,563,022 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Intl.) | 4 | 19,720,695 | 20,905,026 | 22,892,208 |
| Denver, CO (Denver Intl.) | 5 | 14,640,436 | 17,275,174 | 19,855,508 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran Intl.) | 6 | 10,435,471 | 16,844,129 | 19,412,617 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.) | 7 | 12,426,722 | 17,175,590 | 19,122,960 |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl.) | 8 | 10,455,509 | 15,429,330 | 17,282,235 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metro Wayne County) | 9 | 11,822,011 | 14,680,619 | 16,784,352 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 10 | 9,625,775 | 15,576,520 | 16,706,616 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Intl.) | 11 | 11,782,200 | 13,116,172 | 14,026,230 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando Intl.) | 12 | 8,862,593 | 12,054,025 | 13,752,278 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma Intl.) | 13 | 9,935,504 | 12,792,325 | 13,744,095 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Intl.) | 14 | 14,309,256 | 12,230,829 | 13,503,664 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy Intl.) | 15 | 8,893,657 | 10,806,822 | 13,221,715 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Intl.) | 16 | 7,537,233 | 10,184,519 | 12,480,087 |
| Miami, FL (Miami Intl.) | 17 | 10,809,616 | 11,123,520 | 11,520,708 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte-Douglas Intl.) | 18 | 9,370,478 | 9,567,544 | 11,305,547 |
| Boston, MA (Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan Intl.) | 19 | 10,609,237 | 9,562,082 | 11,093,972 |
| New York, NY (La Guardia) | 20 | 9,780,202 | 10,148,718 | 10,979,770 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Greater Cincinnati) | 21 | 5,440,570 | 10,263,667 | 10,593,720 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore-Washington Intl.) | 22 | 5,481,212 | 9,426,012 | 9,734,797 |
| Washington, DC (Washington Dulles Intl.) | 23 | 4,217,768 | 6,931,208 | 9,389,055 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | 24 | 4,048,755 | 8,655,393 | 9,236,461 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood Intl.) | 25 | 4,500,063 | 8,059,511 | 9,173,354 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City Intl.) | 26 | 7,824,611 | 8,881,444 | 8,867,628 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego Intl./Lindbergh Field) | 27 | 6,160,246 | 7,432,269 | 8,088,510 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa Intl.) | 28 | 5,415,883 | 7,331,404 | 8,065,166 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Intl.) | 29 | 8,494,090 | 7,520,238 | 7,829,719 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 30 | 6,974,785 | 6,070,724 | 7,183,725 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland Intl.) | 31 | 3,992,022 | 6,515,981 | 6,824,745 |
| Portland, OR (Portland Intl.) | 32 | 4,825,575 | 5,952,595 | 6,266,556 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis Intl.) | 33 | 11,452,933 | 9,286,413 | 5,879,564 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh Intl.) | 34 | 8,927,511 | 5,853,664 | 5,704,271 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis Intl.) | 35 | 3,453,923 | 4,505,756 | 5,285,272 |
| San Jose, CA (San Jose Intl.) | 36 | 4,016,425 | 5,033,643 | 5,189,970 |
| Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins Intl.) | 37 | 4,664,930 | 4,803,115 | 5,151,173 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin Intl.) | 38 | 4,377,176 | 4,577,358 | 5,074,434 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City Intl.) | 39 | 4,235,601 | 4,810,622 | 5,002,828 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento Intl.) | 40 | 2,790,520 | 4,364,716 | 4,768,472 |
| New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Intl./Moisant Field) | 41 | 3,900,982 | 4,546,995 | 4,735,032 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | 42 | 3,188,095 | 4,222,103 | 4,620,808 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville Intl.) | 43 | 3,579,297 | 3,771,592 | 4,175,348 |
| Raleigh/Durham, NC (Raleigh-Durham Intl.) | 44 | 3,747,185 | 3,722,690 | 4,150,418 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | 45 | 3,907,837 | 3,703,805 | 3,960,205 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis Intl.) | 46 | 2,824,248 | 3,407,266 | 3,659,819 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom Intl.) | 47 | 2,497,300 | 3,131,505 | 3,446,175 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio Intl.) | 48 | 2,893,193 | 3,045,355 | 3,263,350 |
| Ontario/San Bernardino, CA (Ontario Intl.) | 49 | 3,132,363 | 3,021,555 | 3,237,431 |
| Hartford, CT (Bradley Intl.) | 50 | 2,183,419 | 3,016,348 | 3,236,475 |
| Top 50 airports, total | 414,612,562 | 494,872,751 | 541,093,888 | |
| United States, all airports | 501,196,972 | 594,301,990 | 652,712,322 | |
| Top 50 as % of all enplanements | 83 | 83 | 83 | |
NOTE: 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. These air carriers operate aircraft with more than 60 seats or a payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for commuter and foreign-flag air carriers are not included. Data differ from those in table 1-11 which include enplaned passengers on air carriers of all types, including foreign-flag carriers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Schedule T-3 data, Washington, DC: various years.