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)AirportIATACodeCity ServedState2010CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports2009CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data20082007Federal Aviation Administration 2007 passenger boarding statistics 2006Federal Aviation Administration 2006 passenger boarding statistics 2005Federal Aviation Administration 2005 passenger boarding statistics 1Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportATLAtlantaGA43,130,58542,280,86843,236,66543,236,66541,352,03842,402,6532O'Hare International AirportORDChicagoIL32,171,83131,135,73233,683,99136,521,58536,825,09736,720,0053Los Angeles International AirportLAXLos AngelesCA28,857,75527,439,89728,861,47730,113,98529,357,32729,372,2724Dallas/Fort Worth International AirportDFWDallas/Fort WorthTX27,100,65626,663,98427,219,98528,482,41728,627,74928,079,1475Denver International AirportDENDenverCO25,241,96224,013,66924,287,93920,796,17320,591,90920,315,5446John F. Kennedy International AirportJFKNew YorkNY22,934,04722,710,27223,620,94823,401,35121,071,50120,260,3597George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAHHoustonTX19,528,63119,290,23920,030,89824,117,62322,822,11120,799,8868San Francisco International AirportSFOSan FranciscoCA19,359,00318,467,90818,135,82717,280,32816,236,59216,070,1339McCarran International AirportLASLas VegasNV18,996,73819,445,95221,024,44322,537,95022,028,52121,402,67610Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPHXPhoenixAZ18,907,17118,559,64719,450,57620,767,14420,479,29119,032,19611Charlotte/Douglas International AirportCLTCharlotteNC18,629,18118,165,47619,291,42816,884,78014,949,56814,109,60812Miami International AirportMIAMiamiFL17,017,65416,187,76816,369,99816,377,48815,664,79115,092,76313Orlando International AirportMCOOrlandoFL17,017,49116,371,01617,288,48017,614,67916,807,85616,592,13314Newark Liberty International AirportEWRNewark/New YorkNJ16,571,75416,659,44117,599,57818,163,65217,804,10716,444,95915Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDTWDetroitMI15,643,89015,211,40216,998,17417,495,13517,483,46817,580,36316Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain AirportMSPMinneapolis/St PaulMN15,512,48715,551,20616,369,32416,962,56317,192,41017,971,77117Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSEASeattleWA15,406,24315,273,09215,839,50415,419,11614,703,92814,359,53018Philadelphia International AirportPHLPhiladelphiaPA14,951,25415,002,96115,586,85215,656,65315,390,84815,376,56919Logan International AirportBOSBostonMA13,561,81412,566,79712,820,48913,783,29713,544,55213,214,92320LaGuardia AirportLGANew YorkNY12,001,50111,084,30011,567,58612,529,89012,925,69713,014,31421Washington Dulles International AirportIADWashington, DCVA11,276,48111,132,09811,348,77511,789,44111,045,21713,032,50222Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportBWIBaltimore/Washington, D.C.MD10,848,63310,338,95010,215,22510,487,78910,297,6079,829,43223Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International AirportFLLFort LauderdaleFL10,829,81010,258,11811,020,09111,079,25010,204,57910,729,46824Salt Lake City International AirportSLCSalt Lake CityUT9,910,4939,903,8219,993,19810,560,90610,289,12910,601,91825Honolulu International AirportHNLHonoluluHI8,740,0778,739,3899,013,44010,393,9299,855,8389,784,40426Washington National AirportDCAWashington, D.C.VA8,736,8048,490,2888,704,4669,038,1748,973,4108,623,90727Midway International AirportMDWChicagoIL8,518,9578,253,6208,021,3839,132,8368,915,2928,383,69828San Diego International AirportSANSan DiegoCA8,430,5098,453,8549,007,6179,138,1168,724,4428,628,64829Tampa International AirportTPATampaFL8,137,2228,263,2948,871,9179,306,0369,187,8659,297,64330Portland International AirportPDXPortlandOR6,582,2276,430,1197,090,5267,281,0576,956,7126,798,97631Lambert-St. Louis International AirportSTLSt. LouisMO6,044,7606,084,0706,740,4687,130,8017,037,4006,847,22832Kansas City International AirportMCIKansas CityMO4,946,1734,894,3495,386,2425,833,0645,466,6725,063,12033Memphis International AirportMEMMemphisTN4,930,9355,054,1915,376,8185,546,3215,508,2355,630,30534General Mitchell International AirportMKEMilwaukeeWI4,760,1703,822,5423,861,3333,751,3453,630,0983,602,53635Metropolitan Oakland International AirportOAKOaklandCA4,673,4174,612,6315,583,7487,134,1277,076,9367,071,53436Cleveland-Hopkins International AirportCLEClevelandOH4,591,0974,704,3295,387,6255,571,2195,447,4825,529,62937Raleigh-Durham International AirportRDURaleighNC4,465,7364,435,6244,792,9094,979,5534,714,5874,723,98938Nashville International AirportBNANashvilleTN4,432,5274,385,7804,648,0004,887,9254,779,4744,563,25139Sacramento International AirportSMFSacramentoCA4,424,2794,460,6004,986,7715,382,4635,182,6415,108,36440William P. Hobby AirportHOUHoustonTX4,357,8354,087,5244,246,9074,239,3754,115,0213,961,64241John Wayne Airport-Orange CountySNAOrange CountyCA4,278,6234,311,3294,464,3804,948,8464,777,8964,791,78642Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSJUSan JuanPR4,243,4754,094,6624,635,7985,149,1775,226,4715,336,69043Austin-Bergstrom International AirportAUSAustinTX4,201,1364,027,1004,268,5364,181,9563,945,0203,645,95644Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportMSYNew OrleansLA4,088,8893,916,7463,990,3743,770,2463,127,9633,912,88445San Jose International AirportSJCSan JoseCA4,056,1674,103,8344,780,2645,255,2575,283,4075,309,99246Pittsburgh International AirportPITPittsburghPA3,996,6563,956,8424,292,5464,875,8834,946,2565,198,44247San Antonio International AirportSATSan AntonioTX3,916,3203,791,9284,021,9763,911,7263,915,4283,604,66548Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International AirportCVGCincinnatiKY3,906,8265,194,2146,648,6007,728,0697,984,07411,277,06849Dallas Love FieldDALDallasTX3,783,4073,675,8614,033,0053,988,1993,443,5372,949,25650Indianapolis International AirportINDIndianapolisIN3,728,6983,732,5344,061,4504,097,3984,008,6384,221,085

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.

 Rank Airport Name Location IATA Code Traffic AircraftPassengers % Chg.2009/10Movements % Chg.2009/10 1.  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport  Atlanta, Georgia  ATL  89,331,622  1.5%   950,119   2.1% 2.  O'Hare International Airport  Chicago, Illinois  ORD  66,774,738   4.1%   882,617   6.6% 3.  Los Angeles International Airport  Los Angeles, California  LAX  59,070,127   4.5%   666,938   4.8% 4.  Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas  DFW  56,906,610   1.6%   652,261   2.1% 5.  Denver International Airport  Denver, Colorado  DEN  52,209,377   4.1%   630,063   3.8% 6.  John F. Kennedy International Airport  Queens, New York  JFK  46,514,154   1.4%   399,626   4.2% 7.  George Bush Intercontinental Airport  Houston, Texas  IAH  40,479,569   1.2%   531,347   1.3% 8.  McCarran International Airport  Paradise, Nevada  LAS  39,757,359   1.8%   505,591   1.1% 9.  San Francisco International Airport  San Mateo County, California  SFO  39,253,999   5.1%  387,248  2.0% 10.  Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport  Phoenix, Arizona  PHX  38,554,215   1.9%   449,351   1.7% 11.  Charlotte/Douglas International Airport  Charlotte, North Carolina  CLT  38,254,207  10.8%   529,101   3.9% 12.  Miami International Airport  Downtown Miami, Florida  MIA  35,698,025   5.4%   376,208   7.1% 13.  Orlando International Airport  Orlando, Florida  MCO  34,877,899   3.5%   307,784   2.5% 14.  Newark Liberty International Airport  Newark, New Jersey  EWR  33,107,041   1.0%   403,880   2.1% 15.  Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport  Hennepin County, Minnesota  MSP  32,839,441   1.4%   436,625   1.0% 16.  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport  Romulus, Michigan  DTW  32,377,064   3.3%   452,616   4.6% 17.  Seattle-Tacoma International Airport  SeaTac, Washington  SEA  31,553,166   1.0%   313,954   1.2% 18.  Philadelphia International Airport  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  PHL  30,775,961   0.4%   460,779   2.5% 19.  Logan International Airport  East Boston, Massachusetts  BOS  27,428,962   7.5%   352,643   2.1% 20.  LaGuardia Airport  Long Island, New York  LGA  23,983,082   8.3%   362,137   2.0% 21.  Washington Dulles International Airport  Dulles, Virginia  IAD  23,591,554   2.2%   336,531   1.1% 22.  Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport  Broward County, Florida  FLL  22,412,627  6.4%   272,293   2.0% 23.  Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport  Anne Arundel County, Maryland  BWI  21,949,902   4.7%   276,457   3.2% 24.  Salt Lake City International Airport  Salt Lake City, Utah  SLC  21,016,686   2.9%   362,654   2.6% 25.  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport  Arlington County, Virginia  DCA  18,105,802   3.1%   271,097  0.4% 26.  Chicago Midway International Airport  Chicago, Illinois  MDW  17,566,281   3.4%   245,533   0.3% 27.  San Diego International Airport  Downtown San Diego, California  SAN  16,889,622   0.5%   190 137   4.6% 28.  Tampa International Airport  Hillsborough County, Florida  TPA  16,645,765   1.9%   195,359   2.3% 29.  Portland International Airport  Portland, Oregon  PDX  13,184,843   2.0%   223,068   1.5% 30.  Lambert-St. Louis International Airport  St. Louis County, Missouri  STL  12,331,436  3.6%   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.

 Rank Airport Name Location IATA Code TrafficPassengers % Chg.2009/10 1.  John F. Kennedy International Airport  Queens, New York  JFK  22,702,882  5.8% 2.  Miami International Airport  Downtown Miami, Florida  MIA  16,207,353  5.3% 3.  Los Angeles International Airport  Los Angeles, California  LAX  15,505,566  4.7% 4.  Newark Liberty International Airport  Newark, New Jersey  EWR  11,372,186  6.6% 5.  O'Hare International Airport  Chicago, Illinois  ORD  10,426,287  2.5% 6.  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport  Atlanta, Georgia  ATL  9,120,974  4.1% 7.  San Francisco International Airport  San Mateo County, California  SFO  8,476,172   7.4% 8.  George Bush Intercontinental Airport  Houston, Texas  IAH  8,279,513  9.5% 9.  Washington Dulles International Airport  Dulles, Virginia  IAD  6,167,501   9.5% 10.  Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas  DFW  5,045,949  8.5%

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.
 Rank Airport Name Location IATA Code CargoTonnes % Chg.2009/10 1.  Memphis International Airport  Memphis, Tennessee  MEM  3,916,811   5.9% 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  7.2% 9.  Newark Liberty International Airport  Newark, New Jersey  EWR  855,594  9.8% 10.  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport  Atlanta, Georgia  ATL  659,129  17.1%

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