Table 4-5: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large Certificated U.S. Air Carriers
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-5: Top 50 Airports by Passengers Enplaned on Large Certificated U.S. Air Carriers
| Airport | Rank in 2002 | Number of enplanements | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield Intl.) | 1 | 19,705,107 | 36,384,264 | 37,070,492 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare Intl.) | 2 | 28,947,832 | 28,626,694 | 28,356,224 |
| Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (Dallas / Ft. Worth Intl.) | 3 | 24,671,160 | 25,198,256 | 24,072,162 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Intl.) | 4 | 18,394,652 | 22,873,307 | 20,320,299 |
| Denver, CO (Denver Intl.) | 5 | 13,594,753 | 16,397,390 | 16,053,940 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.) | 6 | 10,787,302 | 16,540,686 | 15,897,012 |
| Las Vegas, NV (McCarran Intl.) | 7 | 9,346,568 | 16,121,009 | 15,575,101 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 8 | 8,358,305 | 15,639,781 | 15,223,638 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl.) | 9 | 10,055,330 | 15,648,295 | 15,045,630 |
| Detroit, MI (Wayne County) | 10 | 10,424,778 | 15,467,012 | 14,859,952 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark) | 11 | 10,479,157 | 13,822,541 | 13,113,997 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma Intl.) | 12 | 8,571,972 | 12,705,320 | 12,577,597 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Intl.) | 13 | 14,208,463 | 13,862,994 | 12,250,289 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando Intl.) | 14 | 8,764,938 | 12,619,918 | 12,127,425 |
| St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St. Louis Muni.) | 15 | 10,435,595 | 12,864,472 | 11,765,453 |
| Miami, FL (Miami Intl.) | 16 | 9,076,473 | 11,505,040 | 11,125,611 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Intl.) | 17 | 6,968,466 | 10,386,872 | 10,323,655 |
| Charlotte, NC (Douglas Muni.) | 18 | 8,239,025 | 10,226,010 | 10,154,889 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy Intl.) | 19 | 8,468,339 | 9,647,313 | 9,930,102 |
| New York, NY (La Guardia) | 20 | 9,252,185 | 10,311,470 | 9,713,965 |
| Cincinnati, OH (Greater Cincinnati) | 21 | 4,916,046 | 8,352,434 | 9,492,938 |
| Boston, MA (Logan Intl.) | 22 | 9,320,420 | 10,016,801 | 9,484,401 |
| Baltimore, MD (Baltimore-Washington Intl.) | 23 | 3,647,868 | 9,450,749 | 8,962,712 |
| Chicago, IL (Midway) | 24 | 1,983,291 | 7,062,993 | 7,829,471 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Intl.) | 25 | 8,741,806 | 7,794,787 | 7,734,079 |
| Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl.) | 26 | 3,498,548 | 7,372,417 | 7,662,281 |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Greater Pittsburgh) | 27 | 8,582,058 | 8,710,821 | 7,528,104 |
| Tampa, FL (Tampa Intl.) | 28 | 4,397,533 | 7,458,091 | 7,260,166 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City Intl.) | 29 | 6,095,518 | 7,839,933 | 7,254,485 |
| San Diego, CA (San Diego Intl.-Lindbergh) | 30 | 5,656,546 | 7,254,291 | 7,082,934 |
| Oakland, CA (Oakland Metropolitan Intl.) | 31 | 3,104,087 | 5,487,002 | 5,968,718 |
| Portland, OR (Portland Intl.) | 32 | 3,587,641 | 6,005,120 | 5,784,838 |
| Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan National) | 33 | 6,836,877 | 5,784,639 | 5,551,990 |
| Washington, DC (Dulles Intl.) | 34 | 4,478,719 | 5,753,870 | 5,404,106 |
| Kansas City, MO (Kansas City Intl.) | 35 | 3,514,701 | 5,495,846 | 5,073,709 |
| San Jose, CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.) | 36 | 3,137,190 | 5,865,995 | 5,067,502 |
| Cleveland, OH (Hopkins Intl.) | 37 | 3,785,012 | 5,528,765 | 5,016,032 |
| New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Intl.) | 38 | 3,252,133 | 4,682,763 | 4,545,152 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis Intl.) | 39 | 3,338,772 | 4,786,581 | 4,537,659 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin Intl.) | 40 | 3,991,597 | 4,537,774 | 4,472,230 |
| Sacramento, CA (Sacramento Intl.) | 41 | 2,488,628 | 3,874,856 | 4,052,945 |
| Santa Ana, CA (John Wayne Intl.) | 42 | 2,679,000 | 3,618,717 | 3,889,774 |
| Houston, TX (William P. Hobby) | 43 | 4,004,722 | 4,120,895 | 3,817,754 |
| Raleigh-Durham, NC (Raleigh-Durham) | 44 | 4,386,144 | 4,483,332 | 3,753,975 |
| Nashville, TN (Metropolitan) | 45 | 4,469,736 | 4,080,530 | 3,753,291 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis Intl.) | 46 | 2,835,446 | 3,410,636 | 3,206,486 |
| Austin, TX (Robert Muller Muni.) | 47 | 2,134,157 | 3,430,348 | 3,150,412 |
| San Antonio, TX (San Antonio Intl.) | 48 | 2,658,767 | 3,254,348 | 3,100,390 |
| Hartford / Springfield / Westfield CT (Bradley Intl.) | 49 | 2,149,924 | 3,310,346 | 3,047,535 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario Intl.) | 50 | 2,978,354 | 3,105,210 | 2,979,565 |
| Top 50 airports, total | 375,401,641 | 498,779,534 | 482,023,067 | |
| United States, all airports | 454,060,126 | 595,945,486 | 574,819,852 | |
| Top 50 as % of all enplanements | 83 | 84 | 84 | |
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 1-10, which include enplaned passengers on air carriers of all types, including foreign-flag carriers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, special tabulation, December 2003.