America's Busiest Airports for Passengers

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Frequent fliers beware, the airports below process the most passengers in North America

atlanta is busiest airport

Atlanta is the busiest airport
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  Airport Total
passengers
1. Atlanta, Ga. (ATL) 96,178,899
2. Los Angeles, Calif. (LAX) 70,633,265
3. Chicago, Ill. (ORD) 69,999,010
4. Dallas/Ft. Worth, Tex. (DFW) 63,554,402
5. Denver, Colo. (DEN) 53,472,514
6. New York, N.Y. (JFK) 53,254,533
7. San Francisco, Calif. (SFO) 47,114,631
8. Charlotte, N.C. (CLT) 44,279,504
9. Las Vegas, Nev. (LAS) 42,869,517
10. Phoenix, Ariz. (PHX) 42,134,662
NOTES: Total passengers enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
Source: Airports Council International, 2014.

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