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Table 4. Top 10 U.S. Airports, Ranked by 2016 Enplanements on U.S. Carriers and on Foreign Carriers' U.S. Flights*

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Dataset Table:

2016 Rank Airport 2016 Enplaned Passengers 2015 Rank 2015 Enplaned Passengers Pct. Change 2015-2016
1 Atlanta 50.455 1 49.320 2.3
2 Los Angeles 39.597 2 36.438 8.7
3 Chicago O'Hare 37.404 3 36.247 3.2
4 Dallas/Fort Worth 31.251 4 31.569 -1.0
5 New York JFK 29.112 5 27.915 4.3
6 Denver 28.222 6 26.251 7.5
7 San Francisco 25.697 7 24.226 6.1
8 Las Vegas 22.609 9 21.640 4.5
9 Seattle 21.842 13 20.126 8.5
10 Charlotte 21.439 8 21.895 -2.1

Notes:

* Includes U.S. carrier scheduled domestic and international service and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States.  For U.S. carrier domestic and international service data for 2016, see the BTS December Air Traffic press release: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/2016-annual-and-december-us-airline-traffic-data

 Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market