Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1996, 2005, and 2006
Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1996, 2005, and 2006
| Airport | Rank in 2006 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20051 | 2006 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | 1 | 30,407,111 | 41,659,180 | 40,561,055 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | 2 | 30,526,401 | 34,513,840 | 34,538,523 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 3 | 26,639,351 | 27,781,723 | 28,333,481 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 4 | 22,799,083 | 22,966,374 | 23,120,782 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 5 | 15,246,315 | 20,261,091 | 22,239,718 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | 6 | 14,116,485 | 20,690,104 | 21,147,480 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | 7 | 14,807,863 | 20,077,737 | 20,330,995 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 8 | 11,621,912 | 18,249,888 | 19,613,422 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) | 9 | 14,117,157 | 17,380,159 | 17,281,152 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) | 10 | 12,616,095 | 17,886,902 | 17,134,607 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 11 | 12,952,399 | 14,878,468 | 16,271,958 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 12 | 10,846,685 | 15,535,919 | 15,378,208 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 13 | 9,703,787 | 14,456,484 | 14,965,019 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 14 | 8,571,888 | 14,411,122 | 14,438,445 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 15 | 11,486,892 | 13,964,482 | 14,291,086 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | 16 | 10,007,911 | 13,279,429 | 14,107,603 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 17 | 16,308,203 | 13,829,903 | 13,906,724 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 18 | 11,907,895 | 12,192,270 | 12,780,840 |
| Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) | 19 | 10,653,824 | 11,707,169 | 12,093,139 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | 20 | 9,593,965 | 12,119,157 | 12,071,453 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) | 21 | 9,462,849 | 10,589,843 | 10,277,654 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | 22 | 5,907,427 | 9,563,821 | 10,019,927 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles International) | 23 | 4,758,242 | 11,599,100 | 9,553,095 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | 24 | 4,848,058 | 10,036,938 | 9,425,289 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | 25 | 4,436,034 | 8,343,201 | 8,913,135 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | 26 | 5,720,761 | 8,996,109 | 8,846,722 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 27 | 6,771,891 | 8,507,707 | 8,838,646 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | 28 | 6,549,170 | 8,568,237 | 8,611,784 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 29 | 9,035,709 | 8,107,456 | 8,304,573 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 30 | 7,301,767 | 11,225,311 | 7,939,156 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland International) | 31 | 4,684,494 | 6,936,037 | 6,990,359 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) | 32 | 13,546,822 | 6,742,592 | 6,937,174 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 33 | 6,125,579 | 6,667,403 | 6,811,500 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 34 | 3,944,376 | 5,627,970 | 5,508,105 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | 35 | 4,820,290 | 5,023,692 | 5,417,680 |
| Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins International) | 36 | 5,286,823 | 5,374,470 | 5,288,819 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | 37 | 4,825,943 | 5,233,950 | 5,196,515 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | 38 | 3,321,408 | 5,049,631 | 5,124,995 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 39 | 4,549,722 | 5,157,226 | 5,069,747 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | 40 | 3,532,746 | 4,791,169 | 4,775,825 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | 41 | 3,254,956 | 4,518,169 | 4,703,808 |
| Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | 42 | 2,879,935 | 4,662,943 | 4,597,105 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | 43 | 9,348,286 | 4,749,997 | 4,568,569 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | 44 | 4,026,140 | 3,959,941 | 4,113,486 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 45 | 3,328,005 | 4,144,250 | 3,966,788 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) | 46 | 2,829,581 | 3,637,262 | 3,918,155 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | 47 | 3,319,535 | 3,524,520 | 3,822,380 |
| Fort Myers, FL (Southwest Florida Reg.) | 48 | 1,945,044 | 3,644,301 | 3,642,754 |
| Dallas, TX (Love Field) | 49 | 3,540,539 | 2,948,373 | 3,439,110 |
| Hartford, CT (Bradley International) | 50 | 2,549,669 | 3,542,051 | 3,333,430 |
| Top 50 airports, total2 | 464,893,952 | 570,252,224 | 572,561,975 | |
| United States, all airports | 558,559,160 | 690,256,949 | 691,170,716 | |
| Top 50 as percent of all enplanements | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
1 All 2005 data are revised
2 The total for the top 50 airports will not sum from the individual airports because some top 50 airports in 2006 were not in the top 50 in the earlier years.
NOTE: Rank order by total enplaned passengers on large certificated U.S. air carriers (Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals, Medium Regionals, and Commuters), 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 at least one aircraft with more than 60 seats or a payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for small-certificated, commuter and foreign-flag air carriers are not included. Data differ from those in table 1-11 which include enplaned passengers on small-certificated, commuter and 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. Data as of April 2, 2008.