The largest airports in the United States

The United States is a gigantist nation in many respects. Airports in the United States are frequently marginally bigger than those in other nations. Numerous US airports consistently rank among the largest in the world according to statistics provided by international aviation organizations, and the numbers for the volume of passengers and cargo handled are astounding. US airports make up a sizable percentage of the top lists each year. US airports are thought to handle half of all aviation travel worldwide.

IATA Name Location Airline companies Flight destinations
JFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York 74 162
LAX Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles 62 149
ORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago 46 206
MIA Miami International Airport Miami 43 135
SFO San Francisco International Airport San Francisco 42 104
IAD Washington Dulles International Airport Washington 39 126
ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta 37 217
EWR Newark Liberty International Airport Newark 35 153
MCO Orlando International Airport Orlando 35 102
BOS General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston 34 103
LAS McCarran International Airport Las Vegas 34 133
SEA Seattle Tacoma International Airport Seattle 33 90
MSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Nouvelle Orléans 33 39
DFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth 33 187
IAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport Houston 32 169
SAN San Diego International Airport San Diego 29 55
HNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport Honolulu 26 51
FLL Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale 25 97
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix 24 91
DEN Denver International Airport Denver 24 169
DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit 23 135
TPA Tampa International Airport Tampa 23 68
PHL Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphie 23 122
AUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport Austin 19 42
RDU Raleigh Durham International Airport Raleigh/Durham 19 39
RSW Southwest Florida International Airport Fort Myers 19 33
MSP Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport Minneapolis 18 130
CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte 18 141
BWI Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Baltimore 17 72
STL St Louis Lambert International Airport St Louis 16 60


The biggest airlines based in the United States of America

American Airlines is the biggest airline in the nation in terms of both fleet size and scheduled passenger volume. It transported 165.68 million passengers in 2021. There are presently 1,440 aircraft in its fleet. The following are the primary US airlines that operate commercial passenger flights:

Abbreviation Name Call sign Fleet size Flight destinations
AA American Airlines American 1.440 352
UA United Airlines United 1.391 371
DL Delta Air Lines Delta 1.170 290
WN Southwest Airlines Southwest 779 121
OO SkyWest Airlines Skywest 509 244
AS Alaska Airlines Alaska 329 117
B6 JetBlue Airways Jetblue 287 104
9E Endeavor Air Endeavor 166 145
NK Spirit Airlines Spirit Wings 157 91
YV Mesa Airlines Air Shuttle 149 200
MQ Envoy Air Envoy 143 170
OH PSA Airlines Blue Streak 134 71
G4 Allegiant Air Allegiant 128 129
F9 Frontier Airlines Frontier Flight 118 110
9K Cape Air Cair 108 36