Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1997, 2006, and 2007
Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on U.S. Carriers: 1997, 2006, and 2007
| Airport | Rank in 2007 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 20061 | 2007 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | 1 | 32,693,206 | 40,488,253 | 42,082,208 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | 2 | 31,153,895 | 33,552,730 | 33,428,158 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 3 | 27,294,258 | 28,151,034 | 27,990,653 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 4 | 22,352,381 | 23,120,782 | 23,707,521 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 5 | 16,001,836 | 22,319,032 | 23,350,363 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | 6 | 13,689,427 | 21,152,373 | 21,466,211 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | 7 | 14,331,327 | 20,362,084 | 20,563,619 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 8 | 12,694,730 | 19,743,864 | 19,924,682 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) | 9 | 14,822,041 | 17,246,845 | 17,246,272 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) | 10 | 13,863,912 | 17,051,212 | 16,791,940 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 11 | 13,800,012 | 16,272,950 | 16,608,216 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 12 | 9,757,147 | 14,999,056 | 16,604,637 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 13 | 11,700,772 | 15,823,540 | 16,573,099 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | 14 | 10,357,765 | 14,649,517 | 16,167,281 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 15 | 11,688,347 | 14,291,585 | 14,912,461 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 16 | 16,820,188 | 13,906,724 | 14,729,772 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 17 | 9,716,289 | 14,516,917 | 14,307,665 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 18 | 12,096,973 | 12,947,354 | 13,402,286 |
| Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) | 19 | 10,463,380 | 12,267,313 | 12,450,504 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | 20 | 9,867,782 | 12,388,677 | 11,959,074 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) | 21 | 9,340,488 | 10,127,350 | 10,553,537 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | 22 | 5,371,290 | 9,670,314 | 10,491,459 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | 23 | 6,231,016 | 10,077,692 | 10,260,684 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles International) | 24 | 4,969,772 | 9,404,682 | 9,914,944 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | 25 | 5,850,638 | 9,010,949 | 9,126,330 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 26 | 8,938,773 | 8,420,135 | 9,090,457 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | 27 | 6,545,203 | 8,611,784 | 9,046,701 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway) | 28 | 4,229,569 | 8,888,222 | 8,983,454 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 29 | 7,010,224 | 8,397,142 | 8,312,829 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 30 | 7,641,140 | 7,946,562 | 7,702,652 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 31 | 6,182,270 | 6,815,179 | 7,129,505 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland International) | 32 | 4,150,803 | 6,990,359 | 7,065,844 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) | 33 | 13,835,954 | 7,008,529 | 7,039,852 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | 34 | 5,071,144 | 5,377,829 | 5,693,824 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 35 | 4,157,306 | 5,491,604 | 5,528,875 |
| Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins International) | 36 | 5,550,436 | 5,419,116 | 5,502,630 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | 37 | 3,214,732 | 5,124,995 | 5,311,618 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | 38 | 4,723,811 | 5,196,515 | 5,178,215 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 39 | 4,725,496 | 5,125,135 | 5,051,731 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne-Orange County) | 40 | 3,675,112 | 4,775,825 | 4,945,927 |
| Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | 41 | 3,043,704 | 4,542,645 | 4,884,201 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | 42 | 3,526,054 | 4,716,640 | 4,822,284 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | 43 | 9,230,914 | 4,757,639 | 4,634,320 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | 44 | 3,666,386 | 4,096,598 | 4,215,060 |
| Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) | 45 | 2,861,803 | 3,879,340 | 4,075,912 |
| Dallas, TX (Love Field) | 46 | 3,138,139 | 3,439,139 | 3,982,918 |
| Fort Myers, FL (Southwest Florida Regional) | 47 | 2,034,642 | 3,639,322 | 3,843,850 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | 48 | 3,158,086 | 3,813,119 | 3,814,823 |
| Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell International) | 49 | 2,559,560 | 3,613,956 | 3,733,749 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 50 | 3,396,856 | 3,699,339 | 3,732,973 |
| Top 50 airports, total2 | 476,222,981 | 573,329,497 | 587,939,787 | |
| United States, all airports | 570,928,380 | 697,910,434 | 717,920,039 | |
| Top 50 as percent of all enplanements | 83% | 82% | 82% | |
1 All 2006 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, as of January 2009.