200 Busiest US Airports List [Dec 2020 Update]
Last update: December 2020. Some figures not available for some airports at this time.
Table of Contents
- Which airport is the busiest in the United States?
- What are the top 5 busiest airports in the United States?
- What are the top 10 busiest airports in America?
- What are the top 20 busiest airports in the US?
- What are the top 200 busiest airports in North America?
The US has some of the busiest airports in the world, but which ones are THE busiest?
Here’s a mega-list of the 200 busiest airports in the US ordered from most busy to least busy.
2020 monthly figures are based on the airports own reporting of their traffic numbers. Yearly figures are based on the most recent 2019 enplaned passenger figures from the US Dept of Transportation.
Which airport is the busiest in the United States?
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the United States. It handles 53.4 million passengers on 362,713 flights per year. That’s almost 1,000 flights per day. This makes Atlanta one of the busiest airports in the world.
Atlanta was also the busiest airport in the US in 2018. In 2018, it handled 51.8 million passengers.
Atlanta saw 3.2% increase in passenger numbers between 2018 and 2019.
What are the top 5 busiest airports in the United States?
- Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
- Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
- Denver International Airport – 33.6 million passengers
Here is a further breakdown of the top 5 busiest airports in the US. See below the comparison between 2019 and 2020 data. As you can see there has been a massive drop off in March 2020 in all airports due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Atlanta International (Total passengers)
October 2020 – 3,589,319 passengers
October 2019 – 9,513,870 passengers
YoY Change: -62%
September 2020 – 3,124,231 passengers
September 2019 – 8,733,259 passengers
YoY Change: -64%
August 2020 – 2,995,139 passengers
August 2019 – 9,885,232 passengers
YoY Change: -70%
July 2020 – 1,523,462 passengers
July 2019 – 8,469,815 passengers
YoY Change: -82%
Jun 2020 – 1,583,500 passengers
Jun 2019 – 9,942,237 passengers
YoY Change: -84%
May 2020 – 846,919 passengers
May 2019 – 9,889,920 passengers
YoY Change: -91%
April 2020 – 453,362 passengers
April 2019 – 9,233,034 passengers
YoY Change: -95%
March 2020 – 4,612,678 passengers
March 2019 – 9,620,308 passengers
YoY Change: -52%
Feb 2020 – 7,790,620 passengers
Feb 2019 – 7,638,788 passengers
YoY Change: +2%
Jan 2020 – 8,310,329 passengers
Jan 2019 – 8,064,004 passengers
YoY Change: +3%
Los Angeles International Airport (Total passengers)
October 2020 – 2,088,438 passengers
October 2019 – 7,194,872 passengers
YoY Change: -71%
September 2020 – 1,749,360 passengers
September 2019 – 7,007,201 passengers
YoY Change: -75%
August 2020 – 1,707,500 passengers
August 2019 – 8,136,870 passengers
YoY Change: -79%
July 2020 – 1,523,462 passengers
July 2019 – 8,469,815 passengers
YoY Change: -82%
June 2020 – 1,033,861 passengers
June 2019 – 8,035,567 passengers
YoY Change: -87%
May 2020 – 575,728 passengers
May 2019 – 7,613,486 passengers
YoY Change: -92%
April 2020 – 299,364 passengers
April 2019 – 7,233,370 passengers
YoY Change: -96%
March 2020 – 3,287,411 passengers
March 2019 – 7,368,798 passengers
YoY Change: -55%
Feb 2020 – 5,821,460 passengers
Feb 2019 – 6,050,003 passengers
YoY Change: -4%
Jan 2020 – 6,678,451 passengers
Jan 2019 – 6,748,074 passengers
YoY Change: -1%
O’Hare International Airport (Total passengers)
September 2020 – 2,331,635 passengers
September 2019 – 7,065,560 passengers
YoY Change: -67%
August 2020 – 2,281,478 passengers
August 2019 – 7,867,165 passengers
YoY Change: -71%
July 2020 – 2,055,969 passengers
July 2019 – 8,223,876 passengers
YoY Change: -75%
June 2020 – 1,225,304 passengers
June 2019 – 7,658,150 passengers
YoY Change: -84%
May 2020 – 700,874 passengers
May 2019 – 7,787,488 passengers
YoY Change: -91%
April 2020 – 341,670 passengers
April 2019 – 6,833,400 passengers
YoY Change: -95%
March 2020 – 3,416,628 passengers
March 2019 – 6,972,710 passengers
YoY Change: -51%
Feb 2020 – 5,576,393 passengers
Feb 2019 – 5,420,253 passengers
YoY Change: +3%
Jan 2020 – 5,881,671 passengers
Jan 2019 – 5,487,599 passengers
YoY Change: +7%
Dallas Fort Worth (Total passengers)
September 2020 – 3,392,680 passengers
September 2019 – 6,147,293 passengers
YoY Change: -45%
August 2020 – 3,266,754 passengers
August 2019 – 6,873,067 passengers
YoY Change: -53%
July 2020 – 3,235,548 passengers
July 2019 – 7,152,230 passengers
YoY Change: -55%
June 2020 – 2,213,443 passengers
June 2019 – 6,839,573 passengers
YoY Change: -68%
May 2020 – 1,353,656 passengers
May 2019 – 6,556,592 passengers
YoY Change: -79%
Apr 2020 – 483,713 passengers
Apr 2019 – 5,992,073 passengers
YoY Change: -92%
Mar 2020 – 3,327,669 passengers
Mar 2019 – 6,104,021 passengers
YoY Change: -46%
Feb 2020 – 5,557,975 passengers
Feb 2019 – 5,137,190 passengers
YoY Change: +8%
Jan 2020 – 5,783,847 passengers
Jan 2019 – 5,492,062 passengers
YoY Change: +5%
Denver International Airport (Total passengers)
October 2020 – 3,314,971 passengers
October 2019 – 6,073,368 passengers
YoY Change: -45%
September 2020 – 2,901,918 passengers
September 2019 – 5,958,431 passengers
YoY Change: -51%
August 2020 – 2,985,681 passengers
August 2019 – 6,455,071 passengers
YoY Change: -54%
July 2020 – 2,592,277 passengers
July 2019 – 6,732,686 passengers
YoY Change: -62%
June 2020 – 1,750,368 passengers
June 2019 – 6,385,666 passengers
YoY Change: -73%
May 2020 – 834,871 passengers
May 2019 – 6,041,706 passengers
YoY Change: -86%
Apr 2020 – 299,098 passengers
Apr 2019 – 5,321,437 passengers
YoY Change: -94%
March 2020 – 2,923,357 passengers
March 2019 – 5,451,215 passengers
YoY Change: -46%
Feb 2020 – 4,908,375 passengers
Feb 2019 – 4,588,397 passengers
YoY Change: +7%
Jan 2020 – 5,198,334 passengers
Jan 2019 – 4,914,602 passengers
YoY Change: +6%
What are the top 10 busiest airports in America?
- Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
- Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
- Denver International Airport – 33.6 million passengers
- New York JFK International Airport – 31 million passengers
- San Francisco International Airport – 27.7 million passengers
- Seattle International Airport – 25 million passengers
- Orlando International Airport – 24.5 million passengers
- Las Vegas International Airport – 24.4 million passengers
What are the top 20 busiest airports in the US?
- Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
- Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
- Denver International Airport – 33.6 million passengers
- New York JFK International Airport – 31 million passengers
- San Francisco International Airport – 27.7 million passengers
- Seattle International Airport – 25 million passengers
- Orlando International Airport – 24.5 million passengers
- Las Vegas International Airport – 24.4 million passengers
- Charlotte International Airport – 24 million passengers
- Newark International Airport – 23 million passengers
- Phoenix International Airport – 22.4 million passengers
- Houston Bush International Airport – 21.9 million passengers
- Miami International Airport – 21.2 million passengers
- Boston Logan International Airport – 20.7 million passengers
- Minneapolis International Airport – 19.1 million passengers
- Detroit Metro – 18.1 million passengers
- Fort Lauderdale International Airport – 17.9 million passengers
- Philadelphia International Airport – 16 million passengers
What are the top 200 busiest airports in North America?
| 2019 Rank | Airport | 2019 Enplaned Passengers (Million) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta | 53.485 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 42.880 |
| 3 | Chicago O’Hare | 40.872 |
| 4 | Dallas/Fort Worth | 35.764 |
| 5 | Denver | 33.575 |
| 6 | New York JFK | 31.036 |
| 7 | San Francisco | 27.701 |
| 8 | Seattle | 24.962 |
| 9 | Orlando | 24.550 |
| 10 | Las Vegas | 24.411 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 24.181 |
| 12 | Newark | 23.140 |
| 13 | Phoenix | 22.411 |
| 14 | Houston Bush | 21.897 |
| 15 | Miami | 21.292 |
| 16 | Boston | 20.679 |
| 17 | Minneapolis | 19.152 |
| 18 | Detroit Metro | 18.122 |
| 19 | Fort Lauderdale | 17.936 |
| 20 | Philadelphia | 15.989 |
| 21 | New York LaGuardia | 15.392 |
| 22 | Baltimore | 13.231 |
| 23 | Salt Lake City | 12.829 |
| 24 | San Diego | 12.641 |
| 25 | Washington Dulles | 11.857 |
| 26 | Washington Reagan | 11.576 |
| 27 | Tampa | 10.921 |
| 28 | Chicago Midway | 10.064 |
| 29 | Honolulu | 9.893 |
| 30 | Portland | 9.790 |
| 31 | Nashville | 8.923 |
| 32 | Austin | 8.498 |
| 33 | Dallas | 8.069 |
| 34 | St. Louis | 7.750 |
| 35 | San Jose | 7.676 |
| 36 | Houston | 7.057 |
| 37 | Raleigh/Durham | 6.907 |
| 38 | New Orleans | 6.858 |
| 39 | Oakland | 6.540 |
| 40 | Sacramento | 6.448 |
| 41 | Kansas City | 5.748 |
| 42 | Santa Ana | 5.150 |
| 43 | Fort Myers | 5.039 |
| 44 | San Antonio | 5.021 |
| 45 | Cleveland | 4.884 |
| 46 | Indianapolis | 4.684 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | 4.675 |
| 48 | San Juan | 4.543 |
| 49 | Cincinnati | 4.396 |
| 50 | Columbus | 4.155 |
| 51 | Kahului | 3.776 |
| 52 | Jacksonville | 3.472 |
| 53 | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 3.453 |
| 54 | Milwaukee | 3.358 |
| 55 | Hartford | 3.318 |
| 56 | Burbank | 2.985 |
| 57 | Ontario | 2.717 |
| 58 | Anchorage | 2.654 |
| 59 | Albuquerque | 2.638 |
| 60 | Omaha | 2.450 |
| 61 | Buffalo | 2.448 |
| 62 | Charleston | 2.375 |
| 63 | Memphis | 2.307 |
| 64 | Richmond | 2.187 |
| 65 | Reno | 2.157 |
| 66 | Oklahoma City | 2.132 |
| 67 | Boise | 2.054 |
| 68 | Louisville | 2.035 |
| 69 | Norfolk | 1.987 |
| 70 | Providence | 1.965 |
| 71 | Spokane | 1.941 |
| 72 | Kona | 1.926 |
| 73 | Tucson | 1.845 |
| 74 | Grand Rapids | 1.784 |
| 75 | Long Beach | 1.749 |
| 76 | El Paso | 1.738 |
| 77 | Lihue | 1.629 |
| 78 | Birmingham | 1.511 |
| 79 | Sanford | 1.510 |
| 80 | Tulsa | 1.502 |
| 81 | Albany | 1.495 |
| 82 | Savannah | 1.458 |
| 83 | Des Moines | 1.421 |
| 84 | Palm Springs | 1.307 |
| 85 | Myrtle Beach | 1.282 |
| 86 | Rochester | 1.276 |
| 87 | Greenville-Spartanburg | 1.269 |
| 88 | Syracuse | 1.267 |
| 89 | Knoxville | 1.236 |
| 90 | Madison | 1.153 |
| 91 | St. Petersburg | 1.126 |
| 92 | Pensacola | 1.098 |
| 93 | Portland | 1.088 |
| 94 | Little Rock | 1.084 |
| 95 | Greensboro/High Point | 1.073 |
| 96 | Sarasota/Bradenton | 0.974 |
| 97 | Fresno | 0.965 |
| 98 | Fayetteville | 0.887 |
| 99 | Phoenix | 0.876 |
| 100 | White Plains | 0.863 |
| 101 | Wichita | 0.854 |
| 102 | Manchester | 0.851 |
| 103 | Dayton | 0.842 |
| 104 | Punta Gorda | 0.822 |
| 105 | Colorado Springs | 0.820 |
| 106 | Valparaiso | 0.813 |
| 107 | Asheville | 0.810 |
| 108 | Bozeman | 0.782 |
| 109 | Islip | 0.774 |
| 110 | Harrisburg | 0.742 |
| 111 | Lexington | 0.703 |
| 112 | Huntsville | 0.702 |
| 113 | Burlington | 0.686 |
| 114 | Midland/Odessa | 0.671 |
| 115 | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City | 0.665 |
| 116 | Columbia | 0.638 |
| 117 | Panama City | 0.621 |
| 118 | Eugene | 0.590 |
| 119 | Hilo | 0.583 |
| 120 | Springfield | 0.581 |
| 121 | Sioux Falls | 0.572 |
| 122 | Chattanooga | 0.551 |
| 123 | Jackson/Vicksburg | 0.548 |
| 124 | Fairbanks | 0.545 |
| 125 | Wilmington | 0.539 |
| 126 | Medford | 0.527 |
| 127 | Atlantic City | 0.519 |
| 128 | Lubbock | 0.516 |
| 129 | Santa Barbara | 0.509 |
| 130 | Key West | 0.483 |
| 131 | Bend/Redmond | 0.482 |
| 132 | Fargo | 0.472 |
| 133 | Billings | 0.463 |
| 134 | Trenton | 0.461 |
| 135 | Missoula | 0.452 |
| 136 | Jackson | 0.443 |
| 137 | Pasco/Kennewick/Richland | 0.437 |
| 138 | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton | 0.433 |
| 139 | Mission/McAllen/Edinburg | 0.413 |
| 140 | Tallahassee | 0.412 |
| 141 | South Bend | 0.410 |
| 142 | Akron | 0.402 |
| 143 | Fort Wayne | 0.400 |
| 144 | Baton Rouge | 0.395 |
| 145 | Everett | 0.389 |
| 146 | Appleton | 0.386 |
| 147 | Charlottesville | 0.385 |
| 148 | Aguadilla | 0.369 |
| 149 | Juneau | 0.365 |
| 150 | Roanoke | 0.359 |
| 151 | Kalispell | 0.356 |
| 152 | Moline | 0.353 |
| 153 | Amarillo | 0.352 |
| 154 | Rapid City | 0.342 |
| 155 | Green Bay | 0.339 |
| 156 | Daytona Beach | 0.338 |
| 157 | Peoria | 0.338 |
| 158 | Harlingen/San Benito | 0.333 |
| 159 | Bellingham | 0.329 |
| 160 | Augusta | 0.328 |
| 161 | Mobile | 0.328 |
| 162 | Corpus Christi | 0.324 |
| 163 | Shreveport | 0.324 |
| 164 | Bismarck/Mandan | 0.309 |
| 165 | Aspen | 0.307 |
| 166 | Bangor | 0.304 |
| 167 | Flint | 0.300 |
| 168 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | 0.287 |
| 169 | Traverse City | 0.286 |
| 170 | Gulfport/Biloxi | 0.285 |
| 171 | Gainesville | 0.270 |
| 172 | San Luis Obispo | 0.267 |
| 173 | Newburgh/Poughkeepsie | 0.266 |
| 174 | Lafayette | 0.264 |
| 175 | Grand Junction | 0.249 |
| 176 | Evansville | 0.242 |
| 177 | Santa Rosa | 0.239 |
| 178 | Melbourne | 0.239 |
| 179 | Monterey | 0.233 |
| 180 | Charleston/Dunbar | 0.225 |
| 181 | Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport | 0.220 |
| 182 | Fayetteville | 0.217 |
| 183 | Newport News/Williamsburg | 0.210 |
| 184 | Bloomington/Normal | 0.208 |
| 185 | Durango | 0.195 |
| 186 | Montgomery | 0.192 |
| 187 | State College | 0.191 |
| 188 | Eagle | 0.191 |
| 189 | Rochester | 0.182 |
| 190 | Concord | 0.179 |
| 191 | Idaho Falls | 0.176 |
| 192 | Great Falls | 0.174 |
| 193 | Minot | 0.163 |
| 194 | Lincoln | 0.163 |
| 195 | Lansing | 0.162 |
| 196 | Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune | 0.162 |
| 197 | Montrose/Delta | 0.158 |
| 198 | Elmira/Corning | 0.156 |
| 199 | Bethel | 0.156 |
| 200 | Latrobe | 0.155 |
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