which airport is busier

Which Airport Is Busier?

Pick the airport with more CY 2024 passenger boardings. This is a public-data guessing mode built from FAA commercial service enplanement records and USGuess lower-48 airport anchors.

Play now Airport Code Quiz Major U.S. Airports

Launch set 87 airports

Traffic year 2024 FAA ACAIS

Busiest in set ATL 52,511,402

Smallest in set JAN 616,695

South 40 airports

Which Airport Is Busier?

Which airport had more CY 2024 passenger boardings?

Choose the busier airport. The launch set uses FAA commercial service enplanement records.

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launch set

87 airport traffic records

The first version uses airports already present in the lower-48 USGuess airport bank. It compares annual enplanements, not aircraft operations, route count, terminal size, or international passenger share.

Rank Code Airport Metro Region CY 2024 Enplanements

1 ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia South 52,511,402

2 DFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas South 42,351,316

3 DEN Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado West 40,012,895

4 ORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois Midwest 38,575,693

5 LAX Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California West 37,760,834

6 JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City, New York Northeast 31,466,102

7 CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina South 28,523,822

8 LAS Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada West 28,244,966

9 MCO Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida South 27,859,783

10 MIA Miami International Airport Miami, Florida South 26,588,002

11 PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona West 25,595,723

12 SEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington West 25,414,592

13 SFO San Francisco International Airport San Francisco Bay Area, California West 25,078,968

14 EWR Newark Liberty International Airport New York metro, New Jersey Northeast 24,544,320

15 IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas South 23,349,157

16 BOS Boston Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts Northeast 21,090,721

17 MSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Twin Cities, Minnesota Midwest 18,054,481

18 FLL Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale, Florida South 17,096,131

19 LGA LaGuardia Airport New York City, New York Northeast 16,715,567

20 DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan Midwest 16,110,696

21 PHL Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Northeast 15,102,261

22 SLC Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah West 13,543,570

23 BWI Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Baltimore-Washington, Maryland South 13,221,461

24 IAD Washington Dulles International Airport Washington, DC, Virginia South 13,003,234

25 SAN San Diego International Airport San Diego, California West 12,780,013

26 DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington, DC, Virginia South 12,750,892

27 TPA Tampa International Airport Tampa Bay, Florida South 12,075,591

28 BNA Nashville International Airport Nashville, Tennessee South 12,058,688

29 AUS Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Austin, Texas South 10,678,073

30 MDW Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois Midwest 10,360,093

31 DAL Dallas Love Field Dallas, Texas South 8,654,991

32 PDX Portland International Airport Portland, Oregon West 8,639,088

33 STL St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis, Missouri Midwest 7,807,362

34 RDU Raleigh-Durham International Airport Research Triangle, North Carolina South 7,584,394

35 HOU William P. Hobby Airport Houston, Texas South 7,116,967

36 SMF Sacramento International Airport Sacramento, California West 6,679,426

37 MSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans, Louisiana South 6,537,092

38 MCI Kansas City International Airport Kansas City, Missouri Midwest 5,915,078

39 SJC San Jose Mineta International Airport San Jose, California West 5,822,019

40 SAT San Antonio International Airport San Antonio, Texas South 5,466,684

41 RSW Southwest Florida International Airport Fort Myers, Florida South 5,425,293

42 SNA John Wayne Airport Orange County, California West 5,370,273

43 OAK Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport Oakland, California West 5,292,736

44 IND Indianapolis International Airport Indianapolis, Indiana Midwest 5,181,947

45 CLE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Cleveland, Ohio Midwest 4,950,345

46 PIT Pittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Northeast 4,862,376

47 CVG Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati, Kentucky South 4,500,414

48 CMH John Glenn Columbus International Airport Columbus, Ohio Midwest 4,387,395

49 PBI Palm Beach International Airport West Palm Beach, Florida South 4,127,211

50 JAX Jacksonville International Airport Jacksonville, Florida South 3,749,791

51 ONT Ontario International Airport Inland Empire, California West 3,494,554

52 BUR Hollywood Burbank Airport Los Angeles, California West 3,383,237

53 BDL Bradley International Airport Hartford, Connecticut Northeast 3,285,194

54 CHS Charleston International Airport Charleston, South Carolina South 3,115,194

55 MKE Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport Milwaukee, Wisconsin Midwest 3,104,054

56 ABQ Albuquerque International Sunport Albuquerque, New Mexico West 2,690,218

57 OMA Eppley Airfield Omaha, Nebraska Midwest 2,583,212

58 BUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo, New York Northeast 2,499,295

59 BOI Boise Airport Boise, Idaho West 2,475,370

60 RIC Richmond International Airport Richmond, Virginia South 2,456,422

61 ORF Norfolk International Airport Hampton Roads, Virginia South 2,444,897

62 MEM Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee South 2,439,366

63 RNO Reno-Tahoe International Airport Reno, Nevada West 2,377,780

64 SDF Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Louisville, Kentucky South 2,343,305

65 OKC Will Rogers World Airport Oklahoma City, Oklahoma South 2,243,575

66 SRQ Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida South 2,112,417

67 ELP El Paso International Airport El Paso, Texas South 2,071,894

68 GRR Gerald R. Ford International Airport Grand Rapids, Michigan Midwest 2,065,053

69 GEG Spokane International Airport Spokane, Washington West 2,064,142

70 SAV Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Savannah, Georgia South 2,020,753

71 PVD Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport Providence, Rhode Island Northeast 1,984,916

72 TUS Tucson International Airport Tucson, Arizona West 1,959,789

73 MYR Myrtle Beach International Airport Myrtle Beach, South Carolina South 1,894,929

74 TYS McGhee Tyson Airport Knoxville, Tennessee South 1,639,080

75 TUL Tulsa International Airport Tulsa, Oklahoma South 1,627,181

76 BHM Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Birmingham, Alabama South 1,596,510

77 PNS Pensacola International Airport Pensacola, Florida South 1,528,204

78 ALB Albany International Airport Albany, New York Northeast 1,490,673

79 SYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport Syracuse, New York Northeast 1,486,554

80 GSP Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Upstate South Carolina, South Carolina South 1,412,702

81 ROC Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport Rochester, New York Northeast 1,331,837

82 PWM Portland International Jetport Portland, Maine Northeast 1,221,913

83 AVL Asheville Regional Airport Asheville, North Carolina South 1,096,465

84 HSV Huntsville International Airport Huntsville, Alabama South 804,665

85 BTV Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport Burlington, Vermont Northeast 670,636

86 MHT Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Manchester, New Hampshire Northeast 633,257

87 JAN Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Jackson, Mississippi South 616,695

source and asset policy

FAA facts, no media guessing

Airport comparison records use FAA CY 2024 ACAIS commercial service enplanements. USGuess excludes current out-of-map airports from this game until Alaska, Hawaii, and territory insets are implemented.

The page does not use airport logos, airline logos, airport photos, terminal maps, route maps, map screenshots, or copied airport artwork.

FAA enplanements PDF

faq

Which Airport Is Busier FAQ

Quick answers about the game format, data sources, and asset policy.

How do you play Which Airport Is Busier?

Each round shows two U.S. airports. Pick the airport with more passenger boardings for the traffic year shown on the page.

What traffic year does the game use?

The current launch set uses FAA CY 2024 ACAIS commercial service enplanement records.

Does busier mean more flights or more passengers?

This game compares annual enplanements, which are passenger boardings. It does not compare aircraft operations, route count, terminal size, or international passenger share.

Does this game use airport logos, photos, or route maps?

No. Which Airport Is Busier uses FAA public traffic facts and USGuess airport anchors. It does not use airport logos, airline logos, airport photos, terminal maps, route maps, copied map screenshots, or copied airport artwork.