Ranked by Passenger & Cargo Volumes
On this page, a list of the Top 100 U.S. Airports in 2021 is provided. Airports are ranked by both total no. of departing passengers and total tons of departing cargo.
In 2021, airports in the U.S. handled a total of 660.4 million departing passengers
- up from 371.1 million in 2020
- of which 613.4 million or 92.9% were departing for domestic destinations
while the remaining 37.0 million or 7.1% departed for destinations abroad.
In 2021, the #1 airport by departing passengers was Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL)
with 36.9 million or 5.6% of all passengers departing from U.S. airports.
Runner-up was Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) with 30.0 million passengers (4.5%)
followed by Denver International Airport (DEN) in third place with 28.9 million (4.4%).
Chicago O'Hare (ORD) with 26.4 million (4.0%) and Los Angeles International (LAX)
with 23.8 million (3.6%) take 4th and 5th place, respectively.
In 2021, the #1 airport by tons of departing cargo was Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC)
with 3.1 million tons or 14.2% of all cargo departing from U.S. airports.
Runner-up was Memphis International (MEM), the global "SuperHub" of FedEx,with 2.5 million tons (11.6%) followed by Louisville International (SDF),
home of the UPS Worldport), in third place with 1.8 million tons (8.0%).
Los Angeles International (LAX) with 1.4 million tons (6.3%) and Miami International (MIA) with 1.1 million tons (4.8%)
take 4th and 5th place, respectively.
Anchorage - Ted Stevens has experienced rapid freight growth in recent years and took the #1 spot from Memphis International in 2020.
Top 10 U.S. Airports
Passengers (million) |
% of Total |
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW)
Denver, CO (DEN)
Chicago, IL (ORD)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)
Miami, FL (MIA)
36.86 30.04 28.89 26.43 23.77 20.92 19.71 19.25 19.13 17.53
5.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.0% 3.6% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.7%
# |
Airport Name |
Passengers (PAX) |
Domestic PAX |
Int'l PAX |
Departures |
Seats per Aircraft |
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)
Denver, CO (DEN)
Chicago, IL (ORD)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)
Miami, FL (MIA)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
Houston, TX (IAH)
New York, NY (JFK)
Newark, NJ (EWR)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Tampa, FL (TPA)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
Chicago, IL (MDW)
New York, NY (LGA)
Nashville, TN (BNA)
Washington, DC (IAD)
Austin, TX (AUS)
Washington, DC (DCA)
Dallas, TX (DAL)
Honolulu, HI (HNL)
Portland, OR (PDX)
Houston, TX (HOU)
St. Louis, MO (STL)
Fort Myers, FL (RSW)
Sacramento, CA (SMF)
San Juan, PR (SJU)
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)
Oakland, CA (OAK)
New Orleans, LA (MSY)
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)
Kansas City, MO (MCI)
San Antonio, TX (SAT)
San Jose, CA (SJC)
Cleveland, OH (CLE)
Indianapolis, IN (IND)
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
Kahului, HI (OGG)
Columbus, OH (CMH)
West Palm Beach, FL (PBI)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Ontario, CA (ONT)
Anchorage, AK (ANC)
Charleston, SC (CHS)
Burbank, CA (BUR)
Omaha, NE (OMA)
Boise, ID (BOI)
Memphis, TN (MEM)
Reno, NV (RNO)
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
Norfolk, VA (ORF)
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)
Richmond, VA (RIC)
Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)
Spokane, WA (GEG)
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ)
Louisville, KY (SDF)
El Paso, TX (ELP)
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)
Buffalo, NY (BUF)
Kona, HI (KOA)
Savannah, GA (SAV)
Tucson, AZ (TUS)
Pensacola, FL (PNS)
Tulsa, OK (TUL)
Sanford, FL (SFB)
Providence, RI (PVD)
Long Beach, CA (LGB)
Birmingham, AL (BHM)
Des Moines, IA (DSM)
Palm Springs, CA (PSP)
Lihue, HI (LIH)
St. Petersburg, FL (PIE)
Colorado Springs, CO (COS)
Knoxville, TN (TYS)
Valparaiso, FL (VPS)
Bozeman, MT (BZN)
Albany, NY (ALB)
Fresno, CA (FAT)
Greer, SC (GSP)
Portland, ME (PWM)
Little Rock, AR (LIT)
Syracuse, NY (SYR)
Panama City, FL (ECP)
Phoenix, AZ (AZA)
Punta Gorda, FL (PGD)
36,864,399
30,037,430
28,893,541
26,431,747
23,771,678
20,920,077
19,714,586
19,251,110
19,126,052
17,531,484
17,403,320
16,347,767
15,311,433
14,535,610
13,651,040
12,230,636
11,750,704
11,541,599
10,938,209
10,869,765
9,824,801
9,356,780
8,929,831
7,892,084
7,858,207
7,850,636
7,783,408
7,242,172
6,817,600
6,760,474
6,734,789
5,820,502
5,776,966
5,743,490
5,221,656
5,121,413
4,827,867
4,754,340
4,346,540
4,083,142
4,073,539
3,872,626
3,860,712
3,735,512
3,671,337
3,575,243
3,517,758
3,100,793
3,071,750
2,933,543
2,856,198
2,584,796
2,446,806
2,281,045
2,265,765
2,252,046
2,165,851
2,036,800
2,033,142
1,859,205
1,825,478
1,823,312
1,797,233
1,723,218
1,676,976
1,676,762
1,616,778
1,610,580
1,593,588
1,589,124
1,560,965
1,460,414
1,459,796
1,435,601
1,404,438
1,375,644
1,341,090
1,191,596
1,180,854
1,174,867
1,163,245
1,111,524
1,108,511
1,072,074
1,059,506
1,023,329
1,022,059
986,119
983,399
983,272
982,016
970,654
964,190
896,759
854,147
846,109
843,181
813,478
795,717
783,743
34,079,743
27,130,364
27,976,462
23,794,071
19,906,415
19,923,553
18,791,127
18,881,782
18,538,126
11,603,413
16,638,824
13,133,532
8,948,098
11,305,402
11,691,273
11,856,284
10,150,226
11,057,792
9,887,522
10,579,782
9,306,786
9,026,175
8,849,545
7,786,240
7,598,268
7,678,201
7,750,407
5,613,607
6,698,562
6,733,168
6,734,517
5,743,740
5,671,879
5,409,078
5,121,198
5,094,723
4,679,630
4,504,957
4,309,968
3,940,405
4,055,728
3,801,265
3,848,669
3,399,715
3,484,452
3,540,816
3,506,320
3,077,170
3,050,786
2,902,386
2,843,436
2,582,521
2,446,547
2,255,942
2,258,239
2,194,987
2,165,253
2,036,782
2,032,549
1,859,188
1,825,476
1,821,698
1,774,146
1,723,216
1,676,723
1,676,762
1,616,637
1,610,578
1,593,479
1,588,877
1,560,883
1,457,536
1,459,792
1,435,480
1,400,089
1,375,485
1,341,073
1,191,596
1,180,834
1,172,146
1,163,205
1,111,382
1,108,500
1,072,063
1,016,849
1,020,734
1,020,740
986,116
983,386
983,272
981,998
970,627
833,326
896,759
854,144
846,101
843,054
813,466
790,512
783,743
2,784,656
2,907,066
917,079
2,637,676
3,865,263
996,524
923,459
369,328
587,926
5,928,071
764,496
3,214,235
6,363,335
3,230,208
1,959,767
374,352
1,600,478
483,807
1,050,687
289,983
518,015
330,605
80,286
105,844
259,939
172,435
33,001
1,628,565
119,038
27,306
272
76,762
105,087
334,412
100,458
26,690
148,237
249,383
36,572
142,737
17,811
71,361
12,043
335,797
186,885
34,427
11,438
23,623
20,964
31,157
12,762
2,275
259
25,103
7,526
57,059
598
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1,614
23,087
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2,878
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2,721
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42,657
2,595
1,319
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130,864
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5,205
0
344,979
316,200
281,407
329,255
237,060
236,529
146,651
151,729
179,298
168,997
183,609
189,596
141,924
138,491
112,474
139,908
117,980
138,394
120,030
127,931
118,224
85,928
76,179
68,701
65,886
89,274
79,238
94,003
65,772
84,236
58,590
71,967
68,946
51,516
59,531
42,376
48,397
55,578
47,125
51,232
38,877
40,003
40,147
34,875
40,332
37,162
61,133
41,835
58,826
39,911
32,902
23,683
27,488
25,315
29,222
40,110
84,129
25,740
25,306
24,302
26,911
94,510
24,495
22,895
20,387
20,857
22,288
17,075
24,030
16,248
73,072
17,643
19,212
18,519
19,702
18,521
16,113
15,389
16,164
9,600
14,403
12,390
15,058
15,401
14,331
13,291
7,751
12,433
16,816
11,718
12,291
12,948
13,673
15,129
12,851
12,647
14,112
9,996
6,764
5,882
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# |
Airport |
Freight (t) |
Domestic Freight (t) |
Int'l |
Anchorage, AK (ANC)
Memphis, TN (MEM)
Louisville, KY (SDF)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Miami, FL (MIA)
Chicago, IL (ORD)
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
Indianapolis, IN (IND)
New York, NY (JFK)
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)
Ontario, CA (ONT)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Newark, NJ (EWR)
Oakland, CA (OAK)
Honolulu, HI (HNL)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
Houston, TX (IAH)
Rockford, IL (RFD)
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (AFW)
Portland, OR (PDX)
Denver, CO (DEN)
Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Wilmington, OH (ILN)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Minneapolis, MN (MSP)
Tampa, FL (TPA)
Washington, DC (IAD)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
San Juan, PR (SJU)
Greensboro/High Point, NC (GSO)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Sacramento, CA (SMF)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
San Bernardino, CA (SBD)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
Kansas City, MO (MCI)
San Antonio, TX (SAT)
Lakeland, FL (LAL)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Allentown/Bethlehem, PA (ABE)
St. Louis, MO (STL)
Columbus, OH (LCK)
Austin, TX (AUS)
El Paso, TX (ELP)
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Seattle, WA (BFI)
Reno, NV (RNO)
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)
Cleveland, OH (CLE)
Manchester, NH (MHT)
Omaha, NE (OMA)
Riverside, CA (RIV)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Richmond, VA (RIC)
Nashville, TN (BNA)
Sacramento, CA (MHR)
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)
Stockton, CA (SCK)
Spokane, WA (GEG)
Greer, SC (GSP)
Huntsville, AL (HSV)
Columbia, SC (CAE)
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
Tulsa, OK (TUL)
New Orleans, LA (MSY)
Sioux Falls, SD (FSD)
Boise, ID (BOI)
Burbank, CA (BUR)
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA (CID)
Syracuse, NY (SYR)
Aguadilla, PR (BQN)
Rochester, NY (ROC)
Lubbock, TX (LBB)
Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY (SWF)
Billings, MT (BIL)
Fargo, ND (FAR)
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)
Kona, HI (KOA)
Buffalo, NY (BUF)
San Jose, CA (SJC)
Knoxville, TN (TYS)
Guam, TT (GUM)
Des Moines, IA (DSM)
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)
Kahului, HI (OGG)
Harlingen/San Benito, TX (HRL)
Tucson, AZ (TUS)
Bethel, AK (BET)
Wichita, KS (ICT)
Albany, GA (ABY)
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)
Fort Wayne, IN (FWA)
Madison, WI (MSN)
3,124,132
2,543,347
1,759,095
1,389,566
1,056,056
996,364
875,544
692,663
685,287
520,761
499,997
438,206
393,927
352,685
309,810
309,770
293,232
292,686
274,877
262,225
219,079
209,214
192,190
150,361
143,852
141,368
136,946
126,070
114,713
114,036
113,413
107,034
90,812
89,488
87,356
85,509
81,446
80,093
72,996
72,317
66,788
65,089
64,651
59,887
57,781
57,518
56,503
53,929
52,479
52,425
51,626
49,073
48,734
47,403
45,899
44,703
44,555
40,838
40,072
38,810
38,739
37,236
37,079
36,601
34,349
33,749
33,076
32,843
32,822
31,533
31,196
30,507
30,293
29,129
26,929
26,336
25,872
25,094
24,597
24,496
22,003
21,872
21,450
21,443
21,067
20,584
19,815
18,747
18,501
17,636
16,675
16,668
16,179
15,200
14,456
14,317
13,831
13,416
13,354
13,174
2,386,759
2,252,381
1,637,950
686,622
327,189
499,985
598,596
624,261
297,517
407,207
499,939
309,413
309,630
342,023
207,308
249,567
124,514
203,625
172,453
245,089
218,918
209,177
192,142
146,544
143,687
141,365
109,678
125,537
110,433
107,969
113,359
46,428
86,540
78,434
87,351
70,025
81,446
80,093
72,996
69,744
66,765
59,759
64,651
53,791
57,646
57,518
56,303
40,245
50,979
52,044
51,515
49,064
48,596
47,403
45,826
44,703
44,555
40,838
40,023
38,810
38,739
37,214
37,079
36,467
34,349
33,744
15,708
17,736
32,822
31,533
31,114
30,504
20,815
29,129
26,929
26,336
25,872
15,556
24,589
24,496
21,991
21,872
20,637
21,443
21,066
20,100
19,800
18,747
10,956
17,636
16,675
16,644
16,137
15,186
14,456
14,317
13,831
13,416
13,345
13,174
737,373
290,967
121,145
702,944
728,867
496,379
276,948
68,402
387,770
113,554
58
128,793
84,297
10,662
102,503
60,203
168,718
89,061
102,424
17,136
160
37
48
3,817
165
3
27,268
533
4,279
6,067
54
60,606
4,271
11,054
5
15,484
0
0
0
2,572
24
5,331
0
6,096
134
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13,684
1,500
381
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134
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17,369
15,106
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9,477
0
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9,538
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7,544
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