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Figure 8Top 20 Foreign Gateways for Nonstop Bidirectional Air Travel with the United States: 1990 and 2000

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Figure 8
Top 20 Foreign Gateways for Nonstop Bidirectional Air Travel with the United States: 1990 and 2000

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Rank in 2000 Foreign airport 1990 2000
  Total U.S. international passengers 84,864,396 143,537,419
1 London Heathrow 5,590,443 10,671,705
2 Tokyo 8,644,356 9,818,747
3 Toronto 6,109,925 8,375,698
4 London Gatwick 3,725,390 6,059,998
5 Frankfurt 3,735,158 6,058,283
6 Paris De Gaulle 2,354,015 5,970,160
7 Amsterdam 1,768,458 4,786,579
8 Mexico City 3,347,729 4,631,131
9 Cancun, Mexico 1,967,676 4,057,442
10 Vancouver, Canada 2,154,304 3,902,985
11 Osaka, Japan NA 3,176,946
12 Seoul 1,603,702 2,830,979
13 Montreal 2,345,775 2,508,800
14 Taipei, Taiwan 650,933 2,272,197
15 Sao Paulo, Brazil 238,018 2,118,927
16 Nassau, Bahamas 1,706,815 2,034,063
17 Zurich 1,038,026 2,002,639
18 Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic 1,223,802 1,998,333
19 Montego Bay, Jamaica 1,226,069 1,938,862
20 Guadalajara, Mexico 1,253,967 1,731,783

KEY: NA = not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Segment data, 2001.