200 Busiest US Airports List [July 2020 Update]

Last update: 8th July 2020. May and June 2020 figures not available for some airports at this time.

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?

1. Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
2. Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
3. Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
4. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
5. 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)

June – not currently available

May – not currently available

April 2020 – 453,362

April 2019 – 9,233,034

-95%

March 2020 – 4,612,678

March 2019 – 9,620,308

-52%

Feb 2020 – 7,790,620

Feb 2019 – 7,638,788

+2%

Jan 2020 – 8,310,329

Jan 2019 – 8,064,004

+3%

Los Angeles International Airport (Total passengers)

June – not currently available

May 2020 – 575,728

May 2019 – 7,613,486

-92%

April 2020 – 299,364

April 2019 – 7,233,370

-96%

March 2020 – 3,287,411

March 2019 – 7,368,798

-55%

Feb 2020 – 5,821,460

Feb 2019 – 6,050,003

-4%

Jan 2020 – 6,678,451

Jan 2019 – 6,748,074

-1%

O’Hare International Airport (Total passengers)

June – not currently available

May – not currently available

April 2020 – 341,670

April 2019 – 6,833,400

-95%

March 2020 – 3,416,628

March 2019 – 6,972,710

-51%

Feb 2020 – 5,576,393

Feb 2019 – 5,420,253

+3%

Jan 2020 – 5,881,671

Jan 2019 – 5,487,599

+7%

Dallas Fort Worth (Total passengers)

June – not currently available

May 2020 – 1,353,656

May 2019 – 6,556,592

-79%

Apr 2020 – 483,713

Apr 2019 – 5,992,073

-92%

Mar 2020 – 3,327,669

Mar 2019 – 6,104,021

-46%

Feb 2020 – 5,557,975

Feb 2019 – 5,137,190

+8%

Jan 2020 – 5,783,847

Jan 2019 – 5,492,062

+5%

Denver International Airport (Total passengers)

June – not currently available

May 2020 – 834,871

May 2019 – 6,041,706

-86%

Apr 2020 – 299,098

Apr 2019 – 5,321,437

-94%

March 2020 – 2,923,357

March 2019 – 5,451,215

-46%

Feb 2020 – 4,908,375

Feb 2019 – 4,588,397

+7%

Jan 2020 – 5,198,334

Jan 2019 – 4,914,602

+6%

What are the top 10 busiest airports in America?

1. Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
2. Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
3. Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
4. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
5. Denver International Airport – 33.6 million passengers
6. New York JFK International Airport – 31 million passengers
7. San Francisco International Airport – 27.7 million passengers
8. Seattle International Airport – 25 million passengers
9. Orlando International Airport – 24.5 million passengers
10. Las Vegas International Airport – 24.4 million passengers

What are the top 20 busiest airports in the US?

1. Atlanta International Airport – 53.4 million passengers
2. Los Angeles International Airport – 42.8 million passengers
3. Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 40.8 million passengers
4. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 35.7 million passengers
5. Denver International Airport – 33.6 million passengers
6. New York JFK International Airport – 31 million passengers
7. San Francisco International Airport – 27.7 million passengers
8. Seattle International Airport – 25 million passengers
9. Orlando International Airport – 24.5 million passengers
10. Las Vegas International Airport – 24.4 million passengers
11. Charlotte International Airport – 24 million passengers
12. Newark International Airport – 23 million passengers
13. Phoenix International Airport – 22.4 million passengers
14. Houston Bush International Airport – 21.9 million passengers
15. Miami International Airport – 21.2 million passengers
16. Boston Logan International Airport – 20.7 million passengers
17. Minneapolis International Airport – 19.1 million passengers
18. Detroit Metro – 18.1 million passengers
19. Fort Lauderdale International Airport – 17.9 million passengers
20. Philadelphia International Airport – 16 million passengers

What are the top 200 busiest airports in North America?

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