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Compare America's 30 busiest airports
See 2025 passenger boardings, national rank and year-over-year movement. Choose any two airports for a direct comparison, then search the full table.
JFK recorded 7,328,314 more departing passenger boardings in 2025.
| Rank | Airport | City | 2025 boardings | vs. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ATL · Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | Atlanta, GA | 51,459,786 | -2.00% |
| #2 | DFW · Dallas Fort Worth International | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | 41,297,009 | -2.49% |
| #3 | ORD · Chicago O'Hare International | Chicago, IL | 40,680,735 | +5.46% |
| #4 | DEN · Denver International | Denver, CO | 39,976,695 | -0.09% |
| #5 | LAX · Los Angeles International | Los Angeles, CA | 36,497,303 | -3.35% |
| #6 | JFK · John F. Kennedy International | New York, NY | 30,792,806 | -2.14% |
| #7 | MCO · Orlando International | Orlando, FL | 27,999,709 | +0.50% |
| #8 | LAS · Harry Reid International | Las Vegas, NV | 26,531,765 | -6.07% |
| #9 | MIA · Miami International | Miami, FL | 26,450,972 | -0.52% |
| #10 | SFO · San Francisco International | San Francisco, CA | 26,251,850 | +4.68% |
| #11 | CLT · Charlotte Douglas International | Charlotte, NC | 25,873,555 | -9.29% |
| #12 | SEA · Seattle-Tacoma International | Seattle, WA | 25,417,071 | +0.01% |
| #13 | PHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International | Phoenix, AZ | 25,094,817 | -1.96% |
| #14 | EWR · Newark Liberty International | Newark, NJ | 23,464,492 | -4.40% |
| #15 | IAH · George Bush Intercontinental | Houston, TX | 23,265,028 | -0.36% |
| #16 | BOS · Boston Logan International | Boston, MA | 21,021,153 | -0.33% |
| #17 | MSP · Minneapolis-Saint Paul International | Minneapolis, MN | 17,488,261 | -3.14% |
| #18 | DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County | Detroit, MI | 16,294,768 | +1.14% |
| #19 | LGA · LaGuardia | New York, NY | 16,278,532 | -2.61% |
| #20 | FLL · Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 15,646,752 | -8.48% |
| #21 | PHL · Philadelphia International | Philadelphia, PA | 14,779,849 | -2.13% |
| #22 | IAD · Washington Dulles International | Washington, VA | 13,859,569 | +6.59% |
| #23 | SLC · Salt Lake City International | Salt Lake City, UT | 13,429,128 | -0.84% |
| #24 | SAN · San Diego International | San Diego, CA | 12,675,684 | -0.82% |
| #25 | BNA · Nashville International | Nashville, TN | 12,549,304 | +4.07% |
| #26 | BWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | Baltimore, MD | 12,274,134 | -7.17% |
| #27 | TPA · Tampa International | Tampa, FL | 12,110,427 | +0.29% |
| #28 | DCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National | Washington, VA | 12,003,594 | -5.86% |
| #29 | AUS · Austin-Bergstrom International | Austin, TX | 10,651,727 | -0.25% |
| #30 | HNL · Daniel K. Inouye International | Honolulu, HI | 10,430,353 | -0.18% |
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