List of busiest airports in North America

This is a list of the 50 busiest airports in North America. List is ranked by total passengers per year. Data is sourced from annual reports provided by Airports Council International. Tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport as well as change in ranking in comparison to the previous year. Historic rankings dating back to 2013 are also presented.

Evolution in graph[edit]

Annual passenger traffic for the ten busiest North American airports. See Wikidata query.

2022[edit]

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the busiest airport in North America since 1998.
Mexico City International Airport has remained the busiest airport in North America outside the United States for the third year in a row.
Montréal-Trudeau International Airport saw the largest recovery in passenger traffic in 2022, with over three times as many passengers as the year prior.
Rank Rank

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21–22

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 93,699,630 Increase23.8%
2 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 73,362,946 Increase17.4%
3 Steady Denver International Airport Denver  United States 69,286,461 Increase17.8%
4 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 68,340,619 Increase26.5%
5 Steady Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 65,924,298 Increase37.3%
6 Increase8 John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 55,175,249 Increase79.2%
7 Increase1 Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas  United States 52,667,741 Increase32.6%
8 Increase2 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 50,684,396 Increase35.9%
9 Decrease2 Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 50,178,499 Increase24.4%
10 Decrease4 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 47,758,605 Increase10.3%
11 Increase1 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[1] 46,200,529 Increase28.23%
12 Decrease1 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 45,964,321 Increase27.1%
13 Decrease4 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 44,397,854 Increase14.3%
14 Increase1 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 43,402,059 Increase49.4%
15 Increase3 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 42,281,641 Increase73.7%
16 Decrease3 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 40,977,839 Increase21.7%
17 Increase3 Logan International Airport Boston  United States 36,090,176 Increase59.1%
18 Increase16 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 35,600,000 Increase180.8%
19 Decrease3 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 31,686,404 Increase12.9%
20 Decrease3 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 31,241,822 Increase24.0%
21 Increase1 Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[1] 30,342,961 Increase35.95%
22 Increase6 LaGuardia Airport New York City  United States 29,040,963 Increase87%
23 Decrease4 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 28,160,572 Increase19.3%
24 Decrease3 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 25,752,783 Increase15.1%
25 Decrease2 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 25,242,133 Increase28.5%
26 Increase5 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington  United States 23,961,442 Increase70.6%
27 Decrease3 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 22,804,744 Increase20.9%
28 Decrease1 San Diego International Airport San Diego  United States 22,009,921 Increase41.1%
29 Decrease4 Tampa International Airport Tampa  United States 21,527,863 Increase18.8%
30 Steady Dulles International Airport Washington  United States 21,376,896 Increase42.4%
31 Increase1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin  United States 21,089,289 Increase55.4%
32 Decrease3 Nashville International Airport Nashville  United States 20,045,685 Increase29.2%
33 Decrease7 Midway International Airport Chicago  United States 19,916,643 Increase25.3%
34 New entry Vancouver International Airport Vancouver  Canada 19,013,416 Increase168.3%
35 Increase1 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu  United States 18,346,044 Increase52.1%
36 New entry Montréal-Trudeau International Airport Montréal  Canada 15,973,242 Increase207.1%
37 Decrease4 Dallas Love Field Dallas  United States 15,685,850 Increase17.8%
38 Decrease3 Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara  Mexico[1] 15,574,002 Increase27.56%
39 Decrease2 Portland International Airport Portland  United States 14,818,654 Increase25.5%
40 New entry Calgary International Airport Calgary  Canada 14,452,059 Increase128.4%
41 Decrease2 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis  United States 13,665,517 Increase32.0%
42 Decrease4 William P. Hobby Airport Houston  United States 13,113,866 Increase15.9%
43 Decrease2 Sacramento International Airport Sacramento  United States 12,313,370 Increase26.9%
44 Decrease2 Tijuana International Airport Tijuana  Mexico[1] 12,308,370 Increase27.34%
45 Increase1 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans  United States 11,895,985 Increase47.5%
46 Decrease3 Raleigh–Durham International Airport Raleigh, Durham  United States 11,842,330 Increase34.6%
47 Steady John Wayne Airport Santa Ana/Orange County, California  United States 11,360,839 Increase47.5%
48 Increase2 San Jose International Airport San Jose  United States 11,333,723 Increase54.0%
49 Decrease4 Oakland International Airport Oakland  United States 11,146,229 Increase36.9%
50 Decrease6 Monterrey International Airport Monterrey  Mexico[1] 10,943,186 Increase32.33%

2021[edit]

Rank Rank

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20–21

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 75,704,760 Increase76.4%
2 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 62,465,756 Increase58.7%
3 Steady Denver International Airport Denver  United States 58,828,552 Increase74.4%
4 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 54,020,399 Increase75.0%
5 Steady Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 48,007,284 Increase66.8%
6 Steady Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 43,302,230 Increase59.2%
7 Increase3 Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 40,351,068 Increase86.7%
8 Decrease1 Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas  United States 39,710,493 Increase78.9%
9 Steady Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 38,846,713 Increase76.7%
10 Increase2 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 37,302,456 Increase99.9%
11 Steady Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 36,154,015 Increase80.2%
12 Decrease4 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[2] 36,028,389 Increase63.93%
13 Steady George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 33,677,118 Increase84.9%
14 Steady John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 30,788,322 Increase85.1%
15 Increase2 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 29,049,552 Increase82.8%
16 Decrease1 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 28,076,808 Increase70.3%
17 Increase1 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 25,202,120 Increase69.7%
18 Decrease2 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 24,343,627 Increase48.3%
19 Steady Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 23,610,765 Increase67.4%
20 Increase1 Logan International Airport Boston  United States 22,678,499 Increase79.7%
21 Increase1 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 22,383,878 Increase78.2%
22 Increase1 Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[2] 22,318,467 Increase82.06%
23 Increase1 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 19,638,387 Increase65.5%
24 Increase1 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 18,868,429 Increase68.4%
25 Increase1 Tampa International Airport Tampa  United States 18,115,213 Increase76.9%
26 Increase2 Midway International Airport Chicago  United States 15,893,595 Increase79.5%
27 Steady San Diego International Airport San Diego  United States 15,602,505 Increase73.5%
28 Increase2 LaGuardia Airport New York City  United States 15,526,712 Increase88.3%
29 Steady Nashville International Airport Nashville  United States 15,516,601 Increase87.3%
30 Increase1 Dulles International Airport Washington  United States 15,006,955 Increase80.1%
31 Increase3 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington  United States 14,044,724 Increase85.4%
32 Increase7 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin  United States 13,570,711 Increase109.7%
33 Steady Dallas Love Field Dallas  United States 13,315,498 Increase73.3%
34 Decrease14 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 12,700,000 Decrease4.5%
35 Decrease3 Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara  Mexico[2] 12,208,828 Increase50.84%
36 Increase1 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu  United States 12,064,992 Increase81.2%
37 Decrease1 Portland International Airport Portland  United States 11,806,921 Increase66.7%
38 Steady William P. Hobby Airport Houston  United States 11,307,392 Increase74.6%
39 Increase2 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis  United States 10,351,533 Increase64.2%
40 Increase2 Southwest Florida International Airport Fort Myers  United States 10,322,434 Increase72.7%
41 Increase3 Sacramento International Airport Sacramento  United States 9,702,030 Increase73.8%
42 Decrease2 Tijuana International Airport Tijuana  Mexico[2] 9,665,844 Increase53.16%
43 Increase5 Raleigh–Durham International Airport Raleigh, Durham  United States 8,795,128 Increase80.1%
44 Increase3 Monterrey International Airport Monterrey  Mexico[2] 8,269,834 Increase65.59%
45 Increase5 Oakland International Airport Oakland  United States 8,142,320 Increase76.2
46 Steady Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans  United States 8,066,869 Increase52.5%
47 New entry John Wayne Airport Santa Ana/Orange County, California  United States 7,700,489 Increase30.8%
48 New entry Kansas City International Airport Kansas City  United States 7,666,162 Increase76.7%
49 New entry San Antonio International Airport San Antonio  United States 7,464,662 Increase85.3%
50 Decrease1 San Jose International Airport San Jose  United States 7,357,441 Increase56.2%

2020[edit]

Rank Rank

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19–20

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 42,918,685 Decrease61.17%
2 Increase2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 39,364,990 Decrease47.56%
3 Increase2 Denver International Airport Denver  United States 33,741,129 Decrease51.11%
4 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 30,860,251 Decrease63.54%
5 Decrease2 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 28,779,527 Decrease67.32%
6 Increase7 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 27,205,082 Decrease45.57%
7 Increase2 Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas  United States 22,255,395 Decrease56.95%
8 Increase4 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[2] 21,981,711 Decrease56.31%
9 Increase6 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 21,928,708 Decrease52.63%
10 Steady Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 21,617,803 Decrease57.29%
11 Decrease3 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 20,061,507 Decrease61.29%
12 Increase4 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 18,663,858 Decrease59.36%
13 Increase4 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 18,213,913 Decrease59.77%
14 Decrease8 John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 16,630,642 Decrease73.41%
15 Increase6 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 16,484,132 Decrease55.14%
16 Decrease9 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 16,427,801 Decrease71.39%
17 Decrease3 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 15,892,892 Decrease65.70%
18 Increase1 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 14,851,289 Decrease62.45%
19 Increase1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 14,105,007 Decrease61.64%
20 Decrease9 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 13,399,694 Decrease73.47%
21 Decrease3 Logan International Airport Boston  United States 12,635,325 Decrease70.33%
22 Increase3 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 12,559,026 Decrease53.15%
23 Increase4 Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[2] 12,259,148 Decrease51.89%
24 Decrease2 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 11,865,006 Decrease64.07%
25 Decrease1 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 11,204,511 Decrease58.49%
26 Increase5 Tampa International Airport Tampa  United States 10,238,151 Decrease54.43%
27 Increase1 San Diego International Airport San Diego  United States 9,238,882 Decrease63.36%
28 Increase5 Midway International Airport Chicago  United States 8,853,948 Decrease57.52%
29 Increase7 Nashville International Airport Nashville  United States 8,309,337 Decrease54.86%
30 Decrease7 LaGuardia Airport New York City  United States 8,245,192 Decrease73.48%
31 Decrease2 Dulles International Airport Washington  United States 8,209,615 Decrease66.74%
32 Increase10 Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara  Mexico[2] 8,125,600 Decrease45.27%
33 Increase6 Dallas Love Field Dallas  United States 7,684,653 Decrease54.20%
34 Decrease4 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington  United States 7,557,405 Decrease68.40%
35 Decrease9 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver  Canada 7,301,875 Decrease72.34%
36 Decrease1 Portland International Airport Portland  United States 7,084,543 Decrease64.38%
37 Decrease5 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu  United States 6,595,351 Decrease69.66%
38 Increase5 William P. Hobby Airport Houston  United States 6,476,309 Decrease55.20%
39 Decrease1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin  United States 6,472,579 Decrease62.68%
40 New entry Tijuana International Airport Tijuana  Mexico[2] 6,316,000 Decrease29.24%
41 Decrease1 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis  United States 6,302,402 Decrease60.31%
42 New entry Southwest Florida International Airport Fort Myers  United States 5,978,414 Decrease41.53%
43 Decrease6 Calgary International Airport Calgary  Canada 5,675,483 Decrease68.40%
44 Increase3 Sacramento International Airport Sacramento  United States 5,583,052 Decrease57.62%
45 Decrease11 Montréal-Trudeau International Airport Montréal  Canada 5,435,477 Decrease73.23%
46 Decrease1 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans  United States 5,289,538 Decrease61.23%
47 Increase2 Monterrey International Airport Monterrey  Mexico[2] 4,994,170 Decrease55.32%
48 Decrease4 Raleigh–Durham International Airport Raleigh, Durham  United States 4,883,913 Decrease65.65%
49 Decrease8 San Jose International Airport San Jose  United States 4,711,577 Decrease69.89%
50 Decrease4 Oakland International Airport Oakland  United States 4,645,014 Decrease65.28%

2019[edit]

2019 North American Top airports[3]
Rank Rank

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18–19

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 110,531,300 Increase2.92%
2 Steady Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 88,068,013 Increase0.61%
3 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 84,649,115 Increase1.69%
4 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 75,066,956 Increase8.62%
5 Steady Denver International Airport Denver  United States 69,015,703 Increase7.01%
6 Steady John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 62,551,072 Increase1.48%
7 Steady San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 57,418,574 Decrease0.67%
8 Increase1 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 51,829,239 Increase3.97%
9 Decrease1 McCarran International Airport Las Vegas  United States 51,691,066 Increase3.67%
10 Increase2 Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 50,613,072 Increase6.11%
11 Decrease1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 50,496,804 Increase2.02%
12 Decrease1 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[4] 50,308,049 Increase5.47%
13 Steady Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 50,168,783 Increase8.01%
14 Steady Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 46,336,452 Increase1.06%
15 Increase1 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 46,287,790 Increase2.99%
16 Decrease1 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 45,924,466 Increase1.95%
17 Steady George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 45,276,595 Increase3.35%
18 Steady Logan International Airport Boston  United States 42,587,664 Increase3.84%
19 Steady Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 39,555,035 Increase3.80%
20 Increase1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 36,769,279 Increase4.35%
21 Decrease1 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 36,747,622 Increase2.18%
22 Steady Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 33,018,886 Increase4.19%
23 Steady LaGuardia Airport New York City  United States 31,084,894 Increase3.29%
24 Steady Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 26,992,859 Decrease0.61%
25 Increase1 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 26,808,014 Increase4.91%
26 Decrease1 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver  Canada 26,401,443 Increase1.46%
27 Steady Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[4] 25,481,989 Increase1.11%
28 Steady San Diego International Airport San Diego  United States 25,216,947 Increase4.04%
29 Steady Dulles International Airport Washington  United States 24,686,236 Increase3.27%
30 Steady Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington  United States 23,913,359 Increase2.06%
31 Increase1 Tampa International Airport Tampa  United States 22,497,953 Increase5.68%
32 Increase1 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu  United States 21,735,558 Increase3.55%
33 Decrease2 Midway International Airport Chicago  United States 20,844,860 Decrease5.37%
34 Increase1 Montréal-Trudeau International Airport Montréal  Canada 20,305,106 Increase4.51%
35 Decrease1 Portland International Airport Portland  United States 19,891,365 Increase0.04%
36 Increase2 Nashville International Airport Nashville  United States 18,273,434 Increase14.24%
37 Decrease1 Calgary International Airport Calgary  Canada 17,957,780 Increase3.54%
38 Increase1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin  United States 17,343,729 Increase9.63%
39 Decrease2 Dallas Love Field Dallas  United States 16,780,158 Increase3.40%
40 Steady St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis  United States 15,878,527 Increase1.57%
41 Increase2 San Jose International Airport San Jose  United States 15,650,444 Increase9.30%
42 Steady Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara  Mexico[4] 14,846,329 Increase12.21%
43 Decrease2 William P. Hobby Airport Houston  United States 14,455,307 Decrease0.15%
44 Increase2 Raleigh–Durham International Airport Raleigh, Durham  United States 14,218,621 Increase11.07%
45 Steady Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans  United States 13,644,666 Increase3.98%
46 Decrease2 Oakland International Airport Oakland  United States 13,378,411 Decrease1.69%
47 Steady Sacramento International Airport Sacramento  United States 13,172,840 Increase9.31%
48 Steady Kansas City International Airport Kansas City  United States 11,795,635 Decrease0.47%
49 Steady Monterrey International Airport Monterrey  Mexico[4] 11,176,555 Increase4.13%
50 Steady John Wayne Airport Orange County  United States 10,656,986 Decrease0.07%

2018[edit]

2018 North American Top airports[5]
Rank Rank

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17–18

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 107,394,029 Increase3.33%
2 Steady Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 87,534,384 Increase3.52%
3 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 83,245,472 Increase4.28%
4 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 69,112,607 Increase3.01%
5 Steady Denver International Airport Denver  United States 64,494,613 Increase5.08%
6 Steady John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 61,623,756 Increase3.61%
7 Steady San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 57,738,840 Increase3.43%
8 Steady McCarran International Airport Las Vegas  United States 49,863,090 Increase2.67%
9 Increase1 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 49,849,520 Increase6.21%
10 Decrease1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 49,507,418 Increase5.04%
11 Increase1 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[6] 47,700,547 Increase6.64%
12 Increase1 Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 47,696,627 Increase6.92%
13 Decrease2 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 46,447,638 Increase1.17%
14 Increase2 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 45,851,434 Increase6.08%
15 Decrease1 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 45,044,312 Increase2.21%
16 Decrease1 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 44,943,686 Increase2.33%
17 Steady George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 43,807,539 Increase7.65%
18 Steady Logan International Airport Boston  United States 41,014,471 Increase6.66%
19 Steady Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 38,107,381 Increase0.19%
20 Increase1 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 35,963,370 Increase10.62%
21 Decrease1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 35,236,676 Increase1.54%
22 Steady Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 31,691,956 Increase7.12%
23 Steady LaGuardia Airport New York City  United States 30,094,074 Increase1.80%
24 Steady Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 27,130,655 Increase2.89%
25 Steady Vancouver International Airport Vancouver  Canada 26,015,573 Increase6.93%
26 Steady Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 25,554,244 Increase5.60%
27 Steady Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[6] 25,202,016 Increase6.78%
28 Increase3 San Diego International Airport San Diego  United States 24,238,300 Increase9.31%
29 Steady Dulles International Airport Washington  United States 23,905,282 Increase5.23%
30 Decrease2 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington  United States 23,430,564 Decrease1.82%
31 Decrease1 Midway International Airport Chicago  United States 22,027,737 Decrease1.93%
32 Increase1 Tampa International Airport Tampa  United States 21,289,390 Increase8.48%
33 Decrease1 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu  United States 20,866,873 Decrease2.39%
34 Steady Portland International Airport Portland  United States 19,882,788 Increase4.20%
35 Steady Montréal-Trudeau International Airport Montréal  Canada 19,425,488 Increase6.97%
36 Steady Calgary International Airport Calgary  Canada 17,343,402 Increase6.56%
37 Steady Dallas Love Field Dallas  United States 16,229,151 Increase3.22%
38 Increase1 Nashville International Airport Nashville  United States 15,996,029 Increase13.18%
39 Increase1 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Austin  United States 15,819,912 Increase13.90%
40 Decrease2 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis  United States 15,632,586 Increase6.12%
41 Steady William P. Hobby Airport Houston  United States 14,476,469 Increase7.75%
42 Increase1 Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara  Mexico[6] 14,340,152 Increase12.21%
43 Increase1 San Jose International Airport San Jose  United States 14,319,292 Increase14.74%
44 Decrease2 Oakland International Airport Oakland  United States 13,594,251 Increase3.99%
45 Steady Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans  United States 13,122,762 Increase7.20%
46 Steady Raleigh–Durham International Airport Raleigh, Durham  United States 12,801,697 Increase9.68%
47 Increase1 Sacramento International Airport Sacramento  United States 12,050,763 Increase10.44%
48 Decrease1 Kansas City International Airport Kansas City  United States 11,850,839 Increase3.02%
49 Increase1 Monterrey International Airport Monterrey  Mexico[6] 10,733,186 Increase10.84%
50 Decrease1 John Wayne Airport Orange County  United States 10,664,038 Increase2.31%

2017[edit]

2017 North American Top airports[7]
Rank Rank

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16–17

Airport City served Country Passengers Annual
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1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 103,902,992 Decrease0.26%
2 Steady Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 84,557,968 Increase4.49%
3 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 79,828,183 Increase2.40%
4 Steady Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 67,092,194 Increase2.28%
5 Increase1 Denver International Airport Denver  United States 61,379,396 Increase5.34%
6 Decrease1 John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 59,392,500 Increase0.49%
7 Steady San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 55,822,129 Increase5.12%
8 Steady McCarran International Airport Las Vegas  United States 48,565,117 Increase2.25%
9 Increase3 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 47,130,358 Increase6.31%
10 Decrease1 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 46,934,194 Increase2.62%
11 Steady Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 45,909,899 Increase3.35%
12 Increase3 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[6] 44,732,418 Increase7.25%
13 Increase1 Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 44,611,265 Increase6.41%
14 Decrease4 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 44,071,313 Decrease1.15%
15 Decrease2 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 43,921,670 Increase1.24%
16 Increase1 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 43,234,161 Increase6.58%
17 Decrease1 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 40,696,189 Decrease2.23%
18 Increase1 Logan International Airport Boston  United States 38,454,539 Increase5.77%
19 Decrease1 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 38,034,341 Increase1.41%
20 Steady Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 34,701,497 Increase0.87%
21 Increase2 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 32,511,053 Increase11.32%
22 Decrease1 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 29,585,754 Decrease1.89%
23