Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large U .S. Carriers: 2002, 2011, 2012
| Airport | Rank in 2012 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| Atlanta, GA ( Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | 1 | 37,098,528 | 43,869,381 | 45,192,870 |
| Chicago, IL ( Chicago O'Hare International)) | 2 | 28,762,254 | 29,781,567 | 29,983,544 |
| Dallas/Fort Worth, TX ( Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 3 | 24,221,233 | 27,184,184 | 27,555,896 |
| Denver, CO ( Denver International) | 4 | 16,262,860 | 25,397,404 | 25,511,455 |
| Los Angeles, CA ( Los Angeles International) | 5 | 20,635,458 | 24,433,941 | 24,982,954 |
| Charlotte, NC ( Charlotte Douglas International) | 6 | 10,588,836 | 18,926,433 | 19,928,299 |
| Phoenix, AZ ( Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | 7 | 16,231,688 | 19,444,304 | 19,221,241 |
| San Francisco, CA ( San Francisco International) | 8 | 12,406,057 | 17,410,143 | 18,567,216 |
| Las Vegas, NV ( McCarran International) | 9 | 15,699,600 | 18,503,661 | 18,467,290 |
| Houston, TX ( George Bush Intercontinental/Houston) | 10 | 15,234,668 | 18,414,660 | 18,155,248 |
| New York, NY ( John F. Kennedy International) | 11 | 9,964,147 | 16,806,285 | 17,107,144 |
| Minneapolis, MN ( Minneapolis-St Paul International) | 12 | 15,196,550 | 15,845,329 | 15,892,286 |
| Orlando, FL ( Orlando International) | 13 | 12,174,877 | 15,851,778 | 15,594,968 |
| Seattle, WA ( Seattle/Tacoma International) | 14 | 12,609,157 | 15,356,755 | 15,460,449 |
| Detroit, MI ( Detroit Metro Wayne County) | 15 | 15,053,286 | 15,544,032 | 15,424,226 |
| Newark, NJ ( Newark Liberty International) | 16 | 13,149,990 | 15,042,794 | 15,349,610 |
| Miami, FL ( Miami International) | 17 | 11,167,866 | 14,910,122 | 15,316,047 |
| Philadelphia, PA ( Philadelphia International) | 18 | 10,669,435 | 14,628,841 | 14,360,774 |
| Boston, MA ( Logan International) | 19 | 9,636,524 | 12,848,016 | 12,857,791 |
| New York, NY ( LaGuardia) | 20 | 10,019,003 | 11,597,664 | 12,313,701 |
| Baltimore, MD ( Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | 21 | 9,021,507 | 10,982,822 | 11,094,061 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL ( Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | 22 | 7,705,717 | 10,495,199 | 10,644,055 |
| Salt Lake City, UT ( Salt Lake City International) | 23 | 7,717,798 | 9,701,539 | 9,579,427 |
| Washington, DC ( Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 24 | 5,728,315 | 8,950,426 | 9,359,654 |
| Chicago, IL ( Chicago Midway International) | 25 | 7,839,442 | 9,013,361 | 9,264,895 |
| Washington, DC ( Washington Dulles International) | 26 | 5,833,583 | 9,492,271 | 9,120,494 |
| San Diego, CA ( San Diego International) | 27 | 7,154,502 | 8,304,909 | 8,479,221 |
| Tampa, FL ( Tampa International) | 28 | 7,329,123 | 7,966,060 | 8,005,320 |
| Honolulu, HI ( Honolulu International) | 29 | 7,769,305 | 7,489,193 | 7,961,154 |
| Portland, OR ( Portland International) | 30 | 5,824,077 | 6,737,919 | 7,076,710 |
| St. Louis, MO ( Lambert-St. Louis International) | 31 | 11,942,685 | 6,129,378 | 6,178,781 |
| Houston, TX ( William P Hobby) | 32 | 3,817,886 | 4,752,568 | 5,040,709 |
| Kansas City, MO ( Kansas City International) | 33 | 5,115,415 | 4,999,806 | 4,856,267 |
| Oakland, CA ( Metropolitan Oakland International) | 34 | 6,005,435 | 4,454,792 | 4,851,495 |
| Nashville, TN ( Nashville International) | 35 | 3,832,390 | 4,652,635 | 4,777,315 |
| Austin, TX ( Austin - Bergstrom International) | 36 | 3,171,120 | 4,436,486 | 4,605,401 |
| Raleigh/Durham, NC ( Raleigh-Durham International) | 37 | 3,844,928 | 4,429,872 | 4,458,715 |
| Sacramento, CA ( Sacramento International) | 38 | 4,107,981 | 4,354,762 | 4,326,178 |
| Cleveland, OH ( Cleveland-Hopkins International) | 39 | 5,062,799 | 4,382,545 | 4,305,839 |
| Santa Ana, CA ( John Wayne Airport-Orange County) | 40 | 3,916,778 | 4,209,864 | 4,300,976 |
| New Orleans, LA ( Louis Armstrong New Orleans International) | 41 | 4,558,425 | 4,229,707 | 4,273,944 |
| San Juan, PR ( Luis Munoz Marin International) | 42 | 4,484,454 | 3,871,192 | 4,073,344 |
| San Jose, CA ( Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | 43 | 5,096,173 | 4,057,137 | 4,028,860 |
| Dallas, TX ( Dallas Love Field) | 44 | 2,817,130 | 3,851,525 | 3,900,854 |
| Pittsburgh, PA ( Pittsburgh International) | 45 | 7,869,004 | 4,047,004 | 3,866,507 |
| San Antonio, TX ( San Antonio International) | 46 | 3,113,965 | 3,906,700 | 3,863,661 |
| Milwaukee, WI ( General Mitchell International) | 47 | 2,562,945 | 4,662,528 | 3,698,097 |
| Indianapolis, IN ( Indianapolis International) | 48 | 3,263,867 | 3,657,025 | 3,569,115 |
| Fort Myers, FL ( Southwest Florida International) | 49 | 2,479,163 | 3,633,111 | 3,507,186 |
| Memphis, TN ( Memphis International) | 50 | 4,717,111 | 4,336,363 | 3,352,014 |
| Top 50 airports, total1 | 489,565,065 | 567,985,993 | 573,663,258 | |
| United States, all airports | 622,460,712 | 687,860,706 | 692,260,306 | |
| Top 50 as percent of all enplanements | 78.6 | 82.6 | 82.9 | |
1The total for the top 50 airports will not sum from the individual airports because some top 50 airports in 2012 were not in the top 50 in the earlier years.
NOTES: Data for 2011 are revised. 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. Large certificated air carriers hold Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation authorizing the performance of air transportation. Large certificated air carriers operate at least one aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for commuter, small-certificated and foreign-flag air carriers are not included.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TranStats Database, T3: U.S. Air Carrier Airport Activity Statistics, available at www.transtats.bts.gov as of April 2013.