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Top-US-AirportsAccording to the 2011-2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), there are over 19,700 airports in the United States. 5,170 of these airports are open to the general public and 503 of them serve commercial flights.

A great deal of flights within the USA are domestic flights as North America is over 9,826,675 km² in total which would be a considerable amount of driving if you were to travel by car. This contributes to a large amount of air travel travellers through the popular and smaller airports.

These are the Top 30 busiest airports by passenger numbers in the US for 2019:

Rank
(2020)		 Airports (large hubs) IATA
Code		 Major cities served State 2020** 2019[3] 2018[4] 2017[5] 2016[6] 2015[7] 2014[8] 2013[9] 2012[10] 2011[11] 2010[12] 2009[13]
1 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ATL Atlanta GA 42,918,685 53,505,795 51,866,464 50,251,964 50,501,858 49,340,732 46,604,273 45,308,407 45,798,809 44,414,121 43,130,585 42,280,868
2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW Dallas & Ft. Worth TX 39,364,990 35,778,573 32,800,721 31,816,933 31,283,579 31,589,832 30,766,940 29,038,128 28,022,877 27,518,358 27,100,656 26,663,984
3 Denver International Airport DEN Denver CO 33,741,129 33,592,945 31,363,573 29,809,097 28,267,394 26,280,043 26,000,591 25,496,885 25,799,832 25,667,499 25,241,962 24,013,669
4 O'Hare International Airport ORD Chicago IL 30,860,251 40,871,223 39,874,879 38,593,028 37,589,899 36,305,668 33,686,811 32,317,835 32,171,743 31,892,301 32,171,831 31,135,732
5 Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles CA 28,779,527 42,939,104 42,626,783 41,232,432 39,636,042 36,351,226 34,314,197 32,425,892 31,326,268 30,528,737 28,857,755 27,439,897
6 Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT Charlotte NC 27,205,082 24,199,688 22,283,574 22,011,251 21,511,880 21,913,166 21,542,277 21,346,601 20,032,426 19,022,535 18,629,181 18,165,476
7 McCarran International Airport LAS Las Vegas NV 22,201,479 24,728,361 23,655,285 23,364,393 22,833,267 21,824,231 20,551,016 19,946,179 19,941,173 19,854,759 18,996,738 19,445,952
8 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Phoenix AZ 21,978,708 22,433,552 21,623,842 21,185,458 20,896,265 21,351,445 20,344,867 19,525,109 19,556,189 19,750,306 18,907,171 18,559,647
9 Orlando International Airport MCO Orlando FL 21,617,803 24,562,271 23,184,634 21,565,448 20,283,541 18,759,938 17,278,608 16,884,524 17,159,425 17,250,415 17,017,491 16,371,016
10 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SEA Seattle WA 20,061,507 25,001,762 24,894,338 22,639,124 21,887,110 21,231,781 18,781,489 17,450,425 16,625,787 16,425,732 15,406,243 15,273,092
11 Miami International Airport MIA Miami FL 18,663,858 21,421,031 21,025,210 20,709,225 20,875,813 20,986,341 19,468,523 19,420,089 18,987,488 18,342,158 17,017,654 16,187,768
12 George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH Houston TX 18,213,571 21,905,309 21,157,948 19,603,731 20,062,072 20,595,874 19,772,054 18,952,840 19,038,958 19,306,660 19,528,631 19,290,239
13 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport FLL Fort Lauderdale FL 16,484,132 17,950,989 17,613,957 15,817,043 14,263,270 13,061,607 11,987,607 11,538,140 11,445,101 11,332,466 10,829,810 10,258,118
14 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco CA 16,427,801 27,779,230 27,794,154 26,900,048 25,707,101 24,190,549 22,756,008 21,704,626 21,284,224 20,038,679 19,359,003 18,467,908
15 John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK New York City NY 15,602,239 31,036,655 30,541,459 29,533,154 29,239,151 27,782,369 26,244,928 25,036,358 24,520,943 23,664,830 22,934,047 22,710,272
16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport MSP Minneapolis & Saint Paul MN 14,851,289 19,192,917 18,363,493 18,409,704 18,123,844 17,634,252 16,972,678 16,280,835 15,943,751 15,895,653 15,512,487 15,551,206
17 Newark Liberty International Airport EWR Newark & New York City NJ 14,683,642 23,160,763 22,798,354 21,571,198 19,923,009 18,684,818 17,680,826 17,546,506 17,035,098 16,814,092 16,571,754 16,659,441
18 Detroit Metropolitan Airport DTW Detroit MI 14,105,007 18,143,040 17,437,716 17,036,092 16,826,287 16,255,520 15,775,941 15,683,523 15,599,877 15,716,865 15,643,890 15,211,402
19 Logan International Airport BOS Boston MA 12,618,128 20,699,377 20,010,262 18,759,742 17,749,202 16,290,362 15,425,869 14,810,153 14,293,675 14,171,476 13,561,814 12,566,797
20 Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Salt Lake City UT 12,559,026 12,840,841 12,228,677 11,615,954 11,143,738 10,634,519 10,139,065 9,668,048 9,579,836 9,701,756 9,910,493 9,903,821
21 Philadelphia International Airport PHL Philadelphia PA 11,865,006 16,006,389 15,285,948 14,271,243 14,564,419 15,101,318 14,747,112 14,727,945 14,587,631 14,883,180 14,951,254 15,002,961
22 Baltimore/Washington International Airport BWI Baltimore MD 11,204,511 13,284,687 13,373,773 12,976,554 12,340,972 11,738,828 11,022,200 11,132,731 11,183,965 11,067,317 10,848,633 10,338,950
23 Tampa International Airport TPA Tampa FL 10,238,151 10,978,756 10,369,622 9,548,580 9,194,994 9,150,414 8,531,561 8,267,752 8,216,153 8,174,194 8,137,222 8,263,294
24 San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego CA 8,991,533 12,648,692 12,176,303 11,139,933 10,340,164 9,985,739 9,333,152 8,878,772 8,686,592 8,465,683 8,430,509 8,453,854
25 Chicago Midway International Airport MDW Chicago IL 8,853,948 10,081,781 10,685,565 10,912,074 11,044,353 11,044,387 10,318,311 9,915,646 9,431,796 9,134,576 8,518,957 8,253,620
26 Washington Dulles International Airport IAD Washington, D.C. VA 8,333,460 11,884,117 11,628,309 11,024,306 10,596,942 10,363,918 10,415,948 10,570,993 10,785,683 11,043,829 11,276,481 11,132,098
27 Nashville International Airport BNA Nashville TN 8,284,570 9,132,344 8,007,049 7,015,119 6,338,517 5,708,852 5,396,958[14]
28 LaGuardia Airport LGA New York NY 7,724,374 15,393,601 15,059,648 14,614,802 14,706,123 14,762,593 13,415,797 13,372,269 12,818,717 11,989,227 12,001,501 11,084,300
29 Dallas Love Field DAL Dallas TX 7,684,653 8,408,457 8,134,848 7,876,769 7,554,596 7,040,921 4,522,341
30 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA Washington, D.C. VA 7,574,966 11,595,454 11,367,176 11,506,310 11,470,854 11,242,375 10,057,794 9,838,034 9,462,206 9,053,004 8,736,804 8,490,288
31 Portland International Airport PDX Portland OR 7,084,543 9,797,408 9,940,866 9,435,473 9,071,154 8,340,234 7,878,760 7,452,603 7,142,620 6,808,486 6,582,227 6,430,119

The above tables show the number of passengers for the top 30 busiest airports by passengers in the United States for last 2019 as well as their passenger numbers since 2009.

Airport Information Index:

1. The busiest airport are ranked depending on the number of passengers flying to or from each airport.

2. Passenger may only be catching connecting flights from an airport to another destination.

3. Passenger Number data is related to the Airport Council International estimated full year figures.

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