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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[3] 2019[4] 2018[5] 2017[6] 2016[7] 2015[8] 2014[9] 2013[10] 2012[11] 2011[12]
1 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ATL Atlanta GA 20,559,866 53,505,795 51,865,797 50,251,964 50,501,858 49,340,732 46,604,273 45,308,407 45,798,928 44,414,121
2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW Dallas & Ft. Worth TX 18,593,421 35,778,573 32,821,799 31,816,933 31,283,579 31,589,839 30,804,567 29,038,128 28,022,904 27,518,358
3 Denver International Airport DEN Denver CO 16,243,216 33,592,945 31,362,941 29,809,097 28,267,394 26,280,043 26,000,591 25,496,885 25,799,841 25,667,499
4 O'Hare International Airport ORD Chicago IL 14,606,034 40,871,223 39,873,927 38,593,028 37,589,899 36,305,668 33,843,426 32,317,835 32,171,795 31,892,301
5 Los Angeles International Airport LAX Los Angeles CA 14,055,777 42,939,104 42,624,050 41,232,432 39,636,042 36,351,272 34,314,197 32,425,892 31,326,268 30,528,737
6 Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT Charlotte NC 12,952,869 24,199,688 22,281,949 22,011,251 21,511,880 21,913,166 21,537,725 21,346,601 20,033,816 19,022,535
7 Harry Reid International Airport LAS Las Vegas NV 10,584,059 24,728,361 23,795,012 23,364,393 22,833,267 21,857,693 20,620,248 19,946,179 19,959,651 19,872,617
8 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Phoenix AZ 10,531,436 22,433,552 21,622,580 21,185,458 20,896,265 21,351,504 20,344,867 19,525,109 19,560,870 19,750,306
9 Orlando International Airport MCO Orlando FL 10,467,728 24,562,271 23,202,480 21,565,448 20,283,541 18,759,938 17,278,608 16,884,524 17,159,427 17,250,415
10 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SEA Seattle WA 9,462,411 25,001,762 24,024,908 22,639,124 21,887,110 20,148,980 17,888,080 16,690,295 16,121,123 15,971,676
11 Miami International Airport MIA Miami FL 8,786,007 21,421,031 21,021,640 20,709,225 20,875,813 20,986,349 19,471,466 19,420,089 18,987,488 18,342,158
12 George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH Houston TX 8,682,558 21,905,309 21,157,398 19,603,731 20,062,072 20,595,881 19,772,087 18,952,840 19,039,000 19,306,660
13 John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK New York City NY 8,269,819 31,036,655 30,620,769 29,533,154 29,239,151 27,782,369 26,244,928 25,036,358 24,520,981 23,664,832
14 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport FLL Fort Lauderdale FL 8,015,744 17,950,989 17,612,331 15,817,043 14,263,270 13,061,632 12,031,860 11,538,140 11,445,103 11,332,466
15 Newark Liberty International Airport EWR Newark & New York City NJ 7,985,474 23,160,763 22,797,602 21,571,198 19,923,009 18,684,818 17,773,405 17,546,506 17,055,993 16,814,092
16 San Francisco International Airport SFO San Francisco CA 7,745,057 27,779,230 27,790,717 26,900,048 25,707,101 24,190,560 22,770,783 21,704,626 21,284,236 20,056,568
17 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport MSP Minneapolis & Saint Paul MN 7,069,720 19,192,917 18,361,942 18,409,704 18,123,844 17,634,273 16,972,678 16,280,835 15,943,878 15,895,653
18 Detroit Metropolitan Airport DTW Detroit MI 6,822,324 18,143,040 17,436,837 17,036,092 16,847,135 16,255,520 15,775,941 15,683,523 15,599,879 15,716,865
19 Logan International Airport BOS Boston MA 6,035,452 20,699,377 20,006,521 18,759,742 17,759,044 16,290,362 15,507,561 14,810,153 14,293,695 14,180,730
20 Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Salt Lake City UT 5,753,239 12,840,841 12,226,730 11,615,954 11,143,738 10,634,538 10,139,065 9,668,048 9,579,840 9,701,756
21 Philadelphia International Airport PHL Philadelphia PA 5,753,239 16,006,389 15,292,670 14,271,243 14,564,419 15,101,349 14,792,339 14,727,945 14,589,337 14,883,180
22 Baltimore/Washington International Airport BWI Baltimore & Washington, D.C. MD 5,451,355 13,284,687 13,371,816 12,976,554 12,340,972 11,738,845 11,022,200 11,132,731 11,186,444 11,067,319
23 Tampa International Airport TPA Tampa FL 4,966,775 10,978,756 10,368,514 9,548,580 9,194,994 9,150,458 8,531,561 8,267,752 8,218,487 8,174,194
24 San Diego International Airport SAN San Diego CA 4,637,856 12,648,692 12,174,224 11,139,933 10,340,164 9,985,763 9,333,152 8,878,772 8,686,621 8,465,683
25 Midway International Airport MDW Chicago IL 4,236,603 10,081,781 10,678,018 10,912,074 11,044,387 10,830,850 10,311,996 9,915,646 9,436,387 9,134,576
26 LaGuardia Airport LGA New York City NY 4,147,116 15,393,601 15,058,501 14,614,802 14,762,593 14,319,924 13,535,372 13,372,269 12,818,717 11,989,227
27 Nashville International Airport BNA Nashville TN 4,013,995 8,935,654 8,017,347 6,902,771 6,338,517 5,715,205 5,396,958 5,050,989 4,797,102 4,673,047
28 Washington Dulles International Airport IAD Washington, D.C. VA 3,862,658 11,884,117 11,621,623 11,024,306 10,596,942 10,363,974 10,415,948 10,570,993 10,816,216 11,044,383

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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