Top 100 busiest airports in North America

UPDATED 2026-11-03

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) 1169 flights every day
2
Dallas (DFW) 896 flights every day
3
Atlanta (ATL) 880 flights every day
4
Denver (DEN) 811 flights every day
5
Charlotte (CLT) 678 flights every day
6
Los Angeles (LAX) 616 flights every day
7
Houston (IAH) 549 flights every day
8
Phoenix (PHX) 525 flights every day
9
Miami (MIA) 483 flights every day
10
San Francisco (SFO) 469 flights every day
11
New York (JFK) 463 flights every day
12
Newark (EWR) 461 flights every day
13
New York (LGA) 453 flights every day
14
Boston (BOS) 448 flights every day
15
Orlando (MCO) 439 flights every day
16
Las Vegas (LAS) 426 flights every day
17
Seattle (SEA) 413 flights every day
18
Washington (DCA) 390 flights every day
19
Detroit (DTW) 386 flights every day
20
Toronto (YYZ) 378 flights every day
21
Mexico City (MEX) 378 flights every day
22
Minneapolis (MSP) 357 flights every day
23
Philadelphia (PHL) 341 flights every day
24
Washington (IAD) 313 flights every day
25
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 296 flights every day
26
Salt Lake City (SLC) 294 flights every day
27
Nashville (BNA) 290 flights every day
28
San Diego (SAN) 275 flights every day
29
Vancouver (YVR) 253 flights every day
30
Austin (AUS) 227 flights every day
31
Baltimore (BWI) 221 flights every day
32
Tampa (TPA) 212 flights every day
33
Honolulu (HNL) 198 flights every day
34
Panama City (PTY) 198 flights every day
35
Cancun (CUN) 198 flights every day
36
Durham (RDU) 186 flights every day
37
Montreal (YUL) 184 flights every day
38
Portland (PDX) 182 flights every day
39
Chicago (MDW) 164 flights every day
40
Calgary (YYC) 163 flights every day
41
Saint Louis (STL) 160 flights every day
42
Dallas (DAL) 158 flights every day
43
Guadalajara (GDL) 156 flights every day
44
San Juan (SJU) 141 flights every day
45
Sacramento (SMF) 140 flights every day
46
Kansas City (MCI) 131 flights every day
47
Monterrey (MTY) 130 flights every day
48
Indianapolis (IND) 130 flights every day
49
Columbus (CMH) 127 flights every day
50
Houston (HOU) 125 flights every day
51
Pittsburgh (PIT) 124 flights every day
52
New Orleans (MSY) 121 flights every day
53
Cleveland (CLE) 118 flights every day
54
Santa Ana (SNA) 117 flights every day
55
Belize City (BZE) 116 flights every day
56
Cincinnati (CVG) 112 flights every day
57
San Jose (SJC) 106 flights every day
58
Fort Myers (RSW) 104 flights every day
59
San Antonio (SAT) 101 flights every day
60
San Jose (SJO) 95 flights every day
61
Tijuana (TIJ) 90 flights every day
62
Jacksonville (JAX) 86 flights every day
63
Kahului (OGG) 82 flights every day
64
Punta Cana (PUJ) 81 flights every day
65
West Palm Beach (DJT) 81 flights every day
66
Oakland (OAK) 81 flights every day
67
Charleston (CHS) 81 flights every day
68
Mexico City (NLU) 80 flights every day
69
Milwaukee (MKE) 75 flights every day
70
Ottawa (YOW) 74 flights every day
71
Richmond (RIC) 73 flights every day
72
Windsor Locks (BDL) 72 flights every day
73
Boise (BOI) 71 flights every day
74
Louisville (SDF) 71 flights every day
75
Ontario (ONT) 68 flights every day
76
Edmonton (YEG) 68 flights every day
77
Norfolk (ORF) 67 flights every day
78
Buffalo (BUF) 67 flights every day
79
Memphis (MEM) 66 flights every day
80
Omaha (OMA) 66 flights every day
81
Kirtland (ABQ) 66 flights every day
82
Saint Barthelemy (SBH) 65 flights every day
83
Burbank (BUR) 65 flights every day
84
Knoxville (TYS) 65 flights every day
85
Oklahoma City (OKC) 63 flights every day
86
Anchorage (ANC) 61 flights every day
87
San Jose Del Cabo (SJD) 61 flights every day
88
Puerto Vallarta (PVR) 59 flights every day
89
Nassau (NAS) 59 flights every day
90
Toronto (YTZ) 59 flights every day
91
Birmingham (BHM) 58 flights every day
92
Providence (PVD) 56 flights every day
93
Greenville (GSP) 56 flights every day
94
Savannah (SAV) 54 flights every day
95
Grand Rapids (GRR) 54 flights every day
96
Reno (RNO) 53 flights every day
97
Spokane (GEG) 52 flights every day
98
Tucson (TUS) 52 flights every day
99
Guatemala City (GUA) 52 flights every day
100
San Pedro (SPR) 51 flights every day