List of the busiest airports in the United States

These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States.

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest single airport in the United States. However, all of the New York City metropolitan area's airports combine to create the largest airport system in the United States. They are also second in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in the world in terms of total flight operations.

50 busiest US airports by total passenger boardings

Rank (2010)	Airport	IATA Code	City Served	State	2010[1]	2009[2]	2008[2]	2007[3]	2006[4]	2005[5]
1	Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport	ATL	Atlanta	GA	43,130,585	42,280,868	43,236,665	43,236,665	41,352,038	42,402,653
2	O'Hare International Airport	ORD	Chicago	IL	32,171,831	31,135,732	33,683,991	36,521,585	36,825,097	36,720,005
3	Los Angeles International Airport	LAX	Los Angeles	CA	28,857,755	27,439,897	28,861,477	30,113,985	29,357,327	29,372,272
4	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	DFW	Dallas/Fort Worth	TX	27,100,656	26,663,984	27,219,985	28,482,417	28,627,749	28,079,147
5	Denver International Airport	DEN	Denver	CO	25,241,962	24,013,669	24,287,939	20,796,173	20,591,909	20,315,544
6	John F. Kennedy International Airport	JFK	New York	NY	22,934,047	22,710,272	23,620,948	23,401,351	21,071,501	20,260,359
7	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	IAH	Houston	TX	19,528,631	19,290,239	20,030,898	24,117,623	22,822,111	20,799,886
8	San Francisco International Airport	SFO	San Francisco	CA	19,359,003	18,467,908	18,135,827	17,280,328	16,236,592	16,070,133
9	McCarran International Airport	LAS	Las Vegas	NV	18,996,738	19,445,952	21,024,443	22,537,950	22,028,521	21,402,676
10	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	PHX	Phoenix	AZ	18,907,171	18,559,647	19,450,576	20,767,144	20,479,291	19,032,196
11	Charlotte/Douglas International Airport	CLT	Charlotte	NC	18,629,181	18,165,476	19,291,428	16,884,780	14,949,568	14,109,608
12	Miami International Airport	MIA	Miami	FL	17,017,654	16,187,768	16,369,998	16,377,488	15,664,791	15,092,763
13	Orlando International Airport	MCO	Orlando	FL	17,017,491	16,371,016	17,288,480	17,614,679	16,807,856	16,592,133
14	Newark Liberty International Airport	EWR	Newark/New York	NJ	16,571,754	16,659,441	17,599,578	18,163,652	17,804,107	16,444,959
15	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	DTW	Detroit	MI	15,643,890	15,211,402	16,998,174	17,495,135	17,483,468	17,580,363
16	Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Airport	MSP	Minneapolis/St Paul	MN	15,512,487	15,551,206	16,369,324	16,962,563	17,192,410	17,971,771
17	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport	SEA	Seattle	WA	15,406,243	15,273,092	15,839,504	15,419,116	14,703,928	14,359,530
18	Philadelphia International Airport	PHL	Philadelphia	PA	14,951,254	15,002,961	15,586,852	15,656,653	15,390,848	15,376,569
19	Logan International Airport	BOS	Boston	MA	13,561,814	12,566,797	12,820,489	13,783,297	13,544,552	13,214,923
20	LaGuardia Airport	LGA	New York	NY	12,001,501	11,084,300	11,567,586	12,529,890	12,925,697	13,014,314
21	Washington Dulles International Airport	IAD	Washington, DC	VA	11,276,481	11,132,098	11,348,775	11,789,441	11,045,217	13,032,502
22	Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport	BWI	Baltimore/Washington, D.C.	MD	10,848,633	10,338,950	10,215,225	10,487,789	10,297,607	9,829,432
23	Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport	FLL	Fort Lauderdale	FL	10,829,810	10,258,118	11,020,091	11,079,250	10,204,579	10,729,468
24	Salt Lake City International Airport	SLC	Salt Lake City	UT	9,910,493	9,903,821	9,993,198	10,560,906	10,289,129	10,601,918
25	Honolulu International Airport	HNL	Honolulu	HI	8,740,077	8,739,389	9,013,440	10,393,929	9,855,838	9,784,404
26	Washington National Airport	DCA	Washington, D.C.	VA	8,736,804	8,490,288	8,704,466	9,038,174	8,973,410	8,623,907
27	Midway International Airport	MDW	Chicago	IL	8,518,957	8,253,620	8,021,383	9,132,836	8,915,292	8,383,698
28	San Diego International Airport	SAN	San Diego	CA	8,430,509	8,453,854	9,007,617	9,138,116	8,724,442	8,628,648
29	Tampa International Airport	TPA	Tampa	FL	8,137,222	8,263,294	8,871,917	9,306,036	9,187,865	9,297,643
30	Portland International Airport	PDX	Portland	OR	6,582,227	6,430,119	7,090,526	7,281,057	6,956,712	6,798,976
31	Lambert-St. Louis International Airport	STL	St. Louis	MO	6,044,760	6,084,070	6,740,468	7,130,801	7,037,400	6,847,228
32	Kansas City International Airport	MCI	Kansas City	MO	4,946,173	4,894,349	5,386,242	5,833,064	5,466,672	5,063,120
33	Memphis International Airport	MEM	Memphis	TN	4,930,935	5,054,191	5,376,818	5,546,321	5,508,235	5,630,305
34	General Mitchell International Airport	MKE	Milwaukee	WI	4,760,170	3,822,542	3,861,333	3,751,345	3,630,098	3,602,536
35	Metropolitan Oakland International Airport	OAK	Oakland	CA	4,673,417	4,612,631	5,583,748	7,134,127	7,076,936	7,071,534
36	Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport	CLE	Cleveland	OH	4,591,097	4,704,329	5,387,625	5,571,219	5,447,482	5,529,629
37	Raleigh-Durham International Airport	RDU	Raleigh	NC	4,465,736	4,435,624	4,792,909	4,979,553	4,714,587	4,723,989
38	Nashville International Airport	BNA	Nashville	TN	4,432,527	4,385,780	4,648,000	4,887,925	4,779,474	4,563,251
39	Sacramento International Airport	SMF	Sacramento	CA	4,424,279	4,460,600	4,986,771	5,382,463	5,182,641	5,108,364
40	William P. Hobby Airport	HOU	Houston	TX	4,357,835	4,087,524	4,246,907	4,239,375	4,115,021	3,961,642
41	John Wayne Airport-Orange County	SNA	Orange County	CA	4,278,623	4,311,329	4,464,380	4,948,846	4,777,896	4,791,786
42	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport	SJU	San Juan	PR	4,243,475	4,094,662	4,635,798	5,149,177	5,226,471	5,336,690
43	Austin-Bergstrom International Airport	AUS	Austin	TX	4,201,136	4,027,100	4,268,536	4,181,956	3,945,020	3,645,956
44	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport	MSY	New Orleans	LA	4,088,889	3,916,746	3,990,374	3,770,246	3,127,963	3,912,884
45	San Jose International Airport	SJC	San Jose	CA	4,056,167	4,103,834	4,780,264	5,255,257	5,283,407	5,309,992
46	Pittsburgh International Airport	PIT	Pittsburgh	PA	3,996,656	3,956,842	4,292,546	4,875,883	4,946,256	5,198,442
47	San Antonio International Airport	SAT	San Antonio	TX	3,916,320	3,791,928	4,021,976	3,911,726	3,915,428	3,604,665
48	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport	CVG	Cincinnati	KY	3,906,826	5,194,214	6,648,600	7,728,069	7,984,074	11,277,068
49	Dallas Love Field	DAL	Dallas	TX	3,783,407	3,675,861	4,033,005	3,988,199	3,443,537	2,949,256
50	Indianapolis International Airport	IND	Indianapolis	IN	3,728,698	3,732,534	4,061,450	4,097,398	4,008,638	4,221,085

30 busiest US airports by total passenger traffic (2010)

Listed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total passengers during 2010.^[6]

Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Traffic		Aircraft
				Passengers	% Chg. 2009/10	Movements	% Chg. 2009/10
1.	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	ATL	89,331,622	01.5%	950,119	02.1%
2.	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	66,774,738	04.1%	882,617	06.6%
3.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	59,070,127	04.5%	666,938	04.8%
4.	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas	DFW	56,906,610	01.6%	652,261	02.1%
5.	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colorado	DEN	52,209,377	04.1%	630,063	03.8%
6.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York	JFK	46,514,154	01.4%	399,626	04.2%
7.	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas	IAH	40,479,569	01.2%	531,347	01.3%
8.	McCarran International Airport	Paradise, Nevada	LAS	39,757,359	01.8%	505,591	01.1%
9.	San Francisco International Airport	San Mateo County, California	SFO	39,253,999	05.1%	387,248	02.0%
10.	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	Phoenix, Arizona	PHX	38,554,215	01.9%	449,351	01.7%
11.	Charlotte/Douglas International Airport	Charlotte, North Carolina	CLT	38,254,207	10.8%	529,101	03.9%
12.	Miami International Airport	Downtown Miami, Florida	MIA	35,698,025	05.4%	376,208	07.1%
13.	Orlando International Airport	Orlando, Florida	MCO	34,877,899	03.5%	307,784	02.5%
14.	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey	EWR	33,107,041	01.0%	403,880	02.1%
15.	Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport	Hennepin County, Minnesota	MSP	32,839,441	01.4%	436,625	01.0%
16.	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	Romulus, Michigan	DTW	32,377,064	03.3%	452,616	04.6%
17.	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport	SeaTac, Washington	SEA	31,553,166	01.0%	313,954	01.2%
18.	Philadelphia International Airport	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PHL	30,775,961	00.4%	460,779	02.5%
19.	Logan International Airport	East Boston, Massachusetts	BOS	27,428,962	07.5%	352,643	02.1%
20.	LaGuardia Airport	Long Island, New York	LGA	23,983,082	08.3%	362,137	02.0%
21.	Washington Dulles International Airport	Dulles, Virginia	IAD	23,591,554	02.2%	336,531	01.1%
22.	Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport	Broward County, Florida	FLL	22,412,627	06.4%	272,293	02.0%
23.	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	BWI	21,949,902	04.7%	276,457	03.2%
24.	Salt Lake City International Airport	Salt Lake City, Utah	SLC	21,016,686	02.9%	362,654	02.6%
25.	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport	Arlington County, Virginia	DCA	18,105,802	03.1%	271,097	00.4%
26.	Chicago Midway International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	MDW	17,566,281	03.4%	245,533	00.3%
27.	San Diego International Airport	Downtown San Diego, California	SAN	16,889,622	00.5%	190 137	04.6%
28.	Tampa International Airport	Hillsborough County, Florida	TPA	16,645,765	01.9%	195,359	02.3%
29.	Portland International Airport	Portland, Oregon	PDX	13,184,843	02.0%	223,068	01.5%
30.	Lambert-St. Louis International Airport	St. Louis County, Missouri	STL	12,331,436	03.6%	185,720	11.2%

10 busiest US airports by international passenger traffic (2010)

Listed according to data compiled by the Office of Aviation Analysis, part of the United States Department of Transportation, and ranked according to total international passengers during 2010.^[7]

Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Traffic
				Passengers	% Chg. 2009/10
1.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York	JFK	22,702,882	05.8%
2.	Miami International Airport	Downtown Miami, Florida	MIA	16,207,353	05.3%
3.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	15,505,566	04.7%
4.	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey	EWR	11,372,186	06.6%
5.	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	10,426,287	02.5%
6.	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	ATL	09,120,974	04.1%
7.	San Francisco International Airport	San Mateo County, California	SFO	08,476,172	07.4%
8.	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas	IAH	08,279,513	09.5%
9.	Washington Dulles International Airport	Dulles, Virginia	IAD	06,167,501	09.5%
10.	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas	DFW	05,045,949	08.5%

10 busiest airports in the US by total cargo throughput (2010)

Listed according to data compiled by Airports Council International North America, and ranked according to total cargo throughput in metric tonnes during 2010.^[6]

Rank	Airport Name	Location	IATA Code	Cargo
				Tonnes	% Chg. 2009/10
1.	Memphis International Airport	Memphis, Tennessee	MEM	3,916,811	05.9%
2.	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	ANC	2,646,695	36.6%
3.	Louisville International Airport	Louisville, Kentucky	SDF	2,166,656	11.2%
4.	Miami International Airport	Downtown Miami, Florida	MIA	1,835,797	17.9%
5.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California	LAX	1,747,629	15.8%
6.	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois	ORD	1,376,552	31.4%
7.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York	JFK	1,344,126	17.5%
8.	Indianapolis International Airport	Indianapolis	IND	1,012,589	07.2%
9.	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey	EWR	0855,594	09.8%
10.	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	ATL	0659,129	17.1%

References

1. CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports
2. CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
3. Federal Aviation Administration 2007 passenger boarding statistics
4. Federal Aviation Administration 2006 passenger boarding statistics
5. Federal Aviation Administration 2005 passenger boarding statistics
6. "Airport Traffic Reports". Airports Council International - North America. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
7. "U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report". Office of Aviation Analysis, U.S. Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on April 26, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2012.