Table 4-6: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large U.S. Carriers: 2003, 2012, 2013
| Airport | Rank in 2013 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2012 | 2013 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) | 1 | 38,256,038 | 45,192,870 | 44,675,318 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) | 2 | 30,835,241 | 29,983,544 | 29,991,861 |
| Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 3 | 24,724,519 | 27,555,896 | 28,490,680 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 4 | 20,939,293 | 24,982,954 | 25,859,720 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 5 | 17,744,834 | 25,511,455 | 25,184,634 |
| Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International) | 6 | 11,414,356 | 19,928,299 | 21,241,895 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) | 7 | 18,030,517 | 19,221,241 | 19,156,769 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 8 | 12,231,791 | 18,567,216 | 18,853,118 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International) | 9 | 16,898,813 | 18,467,290 | 18,480,027 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental/Houston) | 10 | 15,692,910 | 18,155,248 | 17,945,713 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 11 | 10,821,004 | 17,107,144 | 17,038,558 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International) | 12 | 16,047,432 | 15,892,286 | 16,200,673 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle/Tacoma International) | 13 | 12,799,019 | 15,460,449 | 15,979,235 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 14 | 13,154,602 | 15,370,482 | 15,879,280 |
| Detroit, MI (Detroit Metro Wayne County) | 15 | 15,603,940 | 15,424,226 | 15,507,719 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 16 | 11,288,952 | 15,316,047 | 15,442,379 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 17 | 12,579,440 | 15,594,968 | 15,278,563 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 18 | 11,511,273 | 14,362,474 | 14,508,927 |
| Boston, MA (Logan International) | 19 | 9,897,699 | 12,857,791 | 13,257,406 |
| New York, NY (LaGuardia) | 20 | 11,049,194 | 12,313,701 | 12,820,980 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) | 21 | 9,548,075 | 11,096,463 | 11,040,598 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) | 22 | 8,276,957 | 10,644,055 | 10,693,964 |
| Washington, DC (Washington Dulles International) | 23 | 6,733,062 | 9,359,654 | 9,748,489 |
| Chicago, IL (Chicago Midway International) | 24 | 8,680,635 | 9,264,895 | 9,726,623 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) | 25 | 8,932,998 | 9,579,427 | 9,666,707 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National) | 26 | 6,956,596 | 9,137,164 | 8,740,399 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego International) | 27 | 7,466,727 | 8,479,221 | 8,662,314 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 28 | 7,658,719 | 7,961,154 | 8,138,354 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa International) | 29 | 7,475,654 | 8,005,320 | 8,036,590 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 30 | 5,963,210 | 7,076,710 | 7,400,965 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St. Louis International) | 31 | 9,931,995 | 6,178,781 | 6,193,661 |
| Houston, TX (William P Hobby) | 32 | 3,703,830 | 5,040,709 | 5,371,820 |
| Nashville, TN (Nashville International) | 33 | 3,927,389 | 4,777,315 | 5,022,777 |
| Austin, TX (Austin - Bergstrom International) | 34 | 3,165,554 | 4,605,401 | 4,898,886 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) | 35 | 4,825,282 | 4,856,267 | 4,820,972 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 36 | 6,520,138 | 4,851,495 | 4,692,991 |
| New Orleans, LA (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International) | 37 | 4,589,037 | 4,273,944 | 4,554,142 |
| Raleigh/Durham, NC (Raleigh-Durham International) | 38 | 3,885,536 | 4,458,715 | 4,448,169 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne Airport-Orange County) | 39 | 4,265,963 | 4,300,976 | 4,424,745 |
| Cleveland, OH (Cleveland-Hopkins International) | 40 | 4,989,325 | 4,327,344 | 4,355,885 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International) | 41 | 5,041,304 | 4,028,860 | 4,235,676 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento International) | 42 | 4,367,111 | 4,326,178 | 4,202,425 |
| Dallas, TX (Dallas Love Field) | 43 | 2,796,140 | 3,900,854 | 4,019,531 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 44 | 4,619,347 | 4,073,344 | 4,000,152 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) | 45 | 3,066,242 | 3,863,661 | 3,825,514 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh International) | 46 | 7,035,578 | 3,868,672 | 3,786,479 |
| Fort Myers, FL (Southwest Florida International) | 47 | 2,815,861 | 3,507,186 | 3,637,929 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 48 | 3,662,734 | 3,570,149 | 3,517,235 |
| Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell International) | 49 | 3,083,674 | 3,698,097 | 3,203,231 |
| Columbus, OH (Port Columbus International) | 50 | 3,033,475 | 3,087,239 | 3,043,372 |
| Top 50 airports, total1 | 508,751,314 | 573,729,606 | 579,904,050 | |
| United States, all airports | 656,709,814 | 692,369,957 | 696,930,821 | |
| Top 50 as percent of all enplanements | 77.5 | 82.9 | 83.2 | |
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 2013 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, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TranStats Database, T3: U.S. Air Carrier Airport Activity Statistics, available at www.transtats.bts.gov as of July 2015.