Top 100 busiest airports in North America

UPDATED 2026-06-17

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) 1113 flights every day
2
Dallas (DFW) 969 flights every day
3
Denver (DEN) 925 flights every day
4
Atlanta (ATL) 846 flights every day
5
Charlotte (CLT) 699 flights every day
6
Los Angeles (LAX) 625 flights every day
7
New York (JFK) 546 flights every day
8
Seattle (SEA) 538 flights every day
9
Boston (BOS) 534 flights every day
10
Phoenix (PHX) 530 flights every day
11
Houston (IAH) 524 flights every day
12
Miami (MIA) 486 flights every day
13
San Francisco (SFO) 462 flights every day
14
Orlando (MCO) 461 flights every day
15
Las Vegas (LAS) 456 flights every day
16
New York (LGA) 454 flights every day
17
Toronto (YYZ) 444 flights every day
18
Newark (EWR) 442 flights every day
19
Philadelphia (PHL) 427 flights every day
20
Washington (DCA) 401 flights every day
21
Minneapolis (MSP) 400 flights every day
22
Detroit (DTW) 378 flights every day
23
Washington (IAD) 325 flights every day
24
Nashville (BNA) 323 flights every day
25
San Diego (SAN) 314 flights every day
26
Salt Lake City (SLC) 312 flights every day
27
Vancouver (YVR) 310 flights every day
28
Mexico City (MEX) 308 flights every day
29
Baltimore (BWI) 271 flights every day
30
Austin (AUS) 256 flights every day
31
Montreal (YUL) 247 flights every day
32
Chicago (MDW) 242 flights every day
33
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 236 flights every day
34
Portland (PDX) 235 flights every day
35
Tampa (TPA) 209 flights every day
36
Honolulu (HNL) 208 flights every day
37
Panama City (PTY) 206 flights every day
38
Cancun (CUN) 198 flights every day
39
Calgary (YYC) 194 flights every day
40
Dallas (DAL) 194 flights every day
41
Saint Louis (STL) 192 flights every day
42
Durham (RDU) 190 flights every day
43
San Juan (SJU) 165 flights every day
44
Houston (HOU) 159 flights every day
45
Guadalajara (GDL) 159 flights every day
46
Sacramento (SMF) 155 flights every day
47
Monterrey (MTY) 144 flights every day
48
Kansas City (MCI) 141 flights every day
49
Indianapolis (IND) 140 flights every day
50
Pittsburgh (PIT) 134 flights every day
51
Columbus (CMH) 127 flights every day
52
Cleveland (CLE) 125 flights every day
53
Santa Ana (SNA) 121 flights every day
54
San Jose (SJC) 121 flights every day
55
Cincinnati (CVG) 121 flights every day
56
Anchorage (ANC) 119 flights every day
57
New Orleans (MSY) 117 flights every day
58
San Jose (SJO) 113 flights every day
59
San Antonio (SAT) 113 flights every day
60
Belize City (BZE) 109 flights every day
61
Oakland (OAK) 93 flights every day
62
Tijuana (TIJ) 92 flights every day
63
Punta Cana (PUJ) 91 flights every day
64
Jacksonville (JAX) 87 flights every day
65
Charleston (CHS) 85 flights every day
66
Kahului (OGG) 85 flights every day
67
Ottawa (YOW) 84 flights every day
68
Edmonton (YEG) 83 flights every day
69
Milwaukee (MKE) 82 flights every day
70
Burbank (BUR) 79 flights every day
71
Mexico City (NLU) 78 flights every day
72
Ontario (ONT) 77 flights every day
73
Norfolk (ORF) 75 flights every day
74
Boise (BOI) 74 flights every day
75
Kirtland (ABQ) 73 flights every day
76
Omaha (OMA) 72 flights every day
77
Louisville (SDF) 72 flights every day
78
Windsor Locks (BDL) 72 flights every day
79
Richmond (RIC) 72 flights every day
80
Buffalo (BUF) 71 flights every day
81
Halifax (YHZ) 70 flights every day
82
Oklahoma City (OKC) 70 flights every day
83
Fort Myers (RSW) 70 flights every day
84
Memphis (MEM) 69 flights every day
85
West Palm Beach (PBI) 65 flights every day
86
San Salvador (SAL) 65 flights every day
87
Reno (RNO) 63 flights every day
88
Knoxville (TYS) 62 flights every day
89
Nassau (NAS) 61 flights every day
90
Spokane (GEG) 59 flights every day
91
San Jose Del Cabo (SJD) 58 flights every day
92
Juneau (JNU) 58 flights every day
93
Toronto (YTZ) 58 flights every day
94
Savannah (SAV) 57 flights every day
95
Nantucket (ACK) 57 flights every day
96
Greenville (GSP) 57 flights every day
97
Providence (PVD) 56 flights every day
98
Santo Domingo (SDQ) 56 flights every day
99
Winnipeg (YWG) 54 flights every day
100
Tulsa (TUL) 54 flights every day