Top 100 busiest airports in North America

UPDATED 2024-09-28

This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in North America measured by scheduled departures daily (and not number of passengers. Note that we have only accounted for scheduled passenger flights and not freighters or chartered flights. The numbers are the daily avarage from next week.

Countries on this list includes the United States, Mexico, Canada and Central America.

1
Chicago (ORD) 933 flights every day
2
Dallas (DFW) 809 flights every day
3
Atlanta (ATL) 738 flights every day
4
Denver (DEN) 736 flights every day
5
Charlotte (CLT) 669 flights every day
6
Los Angeles (LAX) 521 flights every day
7
Houston (IAH) 513 flights every day
8
Newark (EWR) 465 flights every day
9
Boston (BOS) 450 flights every day
10
New York (JFK) 425 flights every day
11
Phoenix (PHX) 403 flights every day
12
Las Vegas (LAS) 401 flights every day
13
New York (LGA) 400 flights every day
14
San Francisco (SFO) 399 flights every day
15
Toronto (YYZ) 399 flights every day
16
Seattle (SEA) 389 flights every day
17
Miami (MIA) 358 flights every day
18
Washington (DCA) 347 flights every day
19
Orlando (MCO) 332 flights every day
20
Detroit (DTW) 331 flights every day
21
Philadelphia (PHL) 318 flights every day
22
Minneapolis (MSP) 314 flights every day
23
Mexico City (MEX) 312 flights every day
24
Washington (IAD) 304 flights every day
25
Vancouver (YVR) 260 flights every day
26
Salt Lake City (SLC) 230 flights every day
27
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 226 flights every day
28
Montreal (YUL) 223 flights every day
29
Nashville (BNA) 196 flights every day
30
San Diego (SAN) 194 flights every day
31
Honolulu (HNL) 194 flights every day
32
Cancun (CUN) 175 flights every day
33
Austin (AUS) 171 flights every day
34
Baltimore (BWI) 168 flights every day
35
Calgary (YYC) 167 flights every day
36
Panama City (PTY) 161 flights every day
37
Tampa (TPA) 159 flights every day
38
Portland (PDX) 156 flights every day
39
Durham (RDU) 145 flights every day
40
Guadalajara (GDL) 133 flights every day
41
Saint Louis (STL) 131 flights every day
42
Chicago (MDW) 122 flights every day
43
Sacramento (SMF) 110 flights every day
44
San Juan (SJU) 108 flights every day
45
Belize City (BZE) 108 flights every day
46
Monterrey (MTY) 108 flights every day
47
Pittsburgh (PIT) 105 flights every day
48
Cincinnati (CVG) 103 flights every day
49
Kansas City (MCI) 101 flights every day
50
Indianapolis (IND) 101 flights every day
51
Columbus (CMH) 98 flights every day
52
San Jose (SJC) 98 flights every day
53
Dallas (DAL) 97 flights every day
54
New Orleans (MSY) 97 flights every day
55
Cleveland (CLE) 96 flights every day
56
Tijuana (TIJ) 92 flights every day
57
San Antonio (SAT) 90 flights every day
58
Houston (HOU) 85 flights every day
59
Santa Ana (SNA) 84 flights every day
60
Kahului (OGG) 81 flights every day
61
Oakland (OAK) 74 flights every day
62
San Jose (SJO) 72 flights every day
63
Ottawa (YOW) 70 flights every day
64
Edmonton (YEG) 69 flights every day
65
Mexico City (NLU) 67 flights every day
66
Charleston (CHS) 65 flights every day
67
Burbank (BUR) 63 flights every day
68
Milwaukee (MKE) 61 flights every day
69
Boise (BOI) 60 flights every day
70
Jacksonville (JAX) 60 flights every day
71
Richmond (RIC) 59 flights every day
72
Fort Myers (RSW) 57 flights every day
73
Memphis (MEM) 57 flights every day
74
Windsor Locks (BDL) 57 flights every day
75
Kirtland (ABQ) 56 flights every day
76
Louisville (SDF) 56 flights every day
77
San Pedro (SPR) 56 flights every day
78
Ontario (ONT) 55 flights every day
79
Toronto (YTZ) 54 flights every day
80
Anchorage (ANC) 53 flights every day
81
Halifax (YHZ) 52 flights every day
82
Oklahoma City (OKC) 52 flights every day
83
Buffalo (BUF) 51 flights every day
84
Norfolk (ORF) 51 flights every day
85
Santo Domingo (SDQ) 51 flights every day
86
West Palm Beach (PBI) 51 flights every day
87
Punta Cana (PUJ) 48 flights every day
88
Knoxville (TYS) 48 flights every day
89
Guatemala City (GUA) 46 flights every day
90
Omaha (OMA) 46 flights every day
91
Reno (RNO) 46 flights every day
92
San Salvador (SAL) 45 flights every day
93
Winnipeg (YWG) 45 flights every day
94
Birmingham (BHM) 44 flights every day
95
San Jose Del Cabo (SJD) 43 flights every day
96
Myrtle Beach (MYR) 43 flights every day
97
Spokane (GEG) 43 flights every day
98
Providence (PVD) 43 flights every day
99
Savannah (SAV) 43 flights every day
100
Tulsa (TUL) 42 flights every day