Top 100 busiest airports in North America

UPDATED 2025-10-27

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) 1019 flights every day
2
Dallas (DFW) 792 flights every day
3
Denver (DEN) 753 flights every day
4
Charlotte (CLT) 634 flights every day
5
Atlanta (ATL) 598 flights every day
6
Houston (IAH) 545 flights every day
7
Los Angeles (LAX) 540 flights every day
8
Phoenix (PHX) 491 flights every day
9
Newark (EWR) 464 flights every day
10
Miami (MIA) 460 flights every day
11
New York (JFK) 436 flights every day
12
San Francisco (SFO) 423 flights every day
13
New York (LGA) 413 flights every day
14
Seattle (SEA) 409 flights every day
15
Orlando (MCO) 398 flights every day
16
Boston (BOS) 394 flights every day
17
Las Vegas (LAS) 392 flights every day
18
Toronto (YYZ) 388 flights every day
19
Washington (DCA) 364 flights every day
20
Mexico City (MEX) 352 flights every day
21
Minneapolis (MSP) 308 flights every day
22
Philadelphia (PHL) 308 flights every day
23
Washington (IAD) 305 flights every day
24
Detroit (DTW) 297 flights every day
25
Vancouver (YVR) 258 flights every day
26
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 252 flights every day
27
San Diego (SAN) 232 flights every day
28
Nashville (BNA) 229 flights every day
29
Salt Lake City (SLC) 225 flights every day
30
Cancun (CUN) 202 flights every day
31
Panama City (PTY) 196 flights every day
32
Montreal (YUL) 192 flights every day
33
Honolulu (HNL) 192 flights every day
34
Austin (AUS) 189 flights every day
35
Baltimore (BWI) 185 flights every day
36
Tampa (TPA) 179 flights every day
37
Portland (PDX) 169 flights every day
38
Calgary (YYC) 166 flights every day
39
Durham (RDU) 156 flights every day
40
Guadalajara (GDL) 154 flights every day
41
Monterrey (MTY) 152 flights every day
42
Saint Louis (STL) 143 flights every day
43
San Juan (SJU) 135 flights every day
44
San Jose (SJO) 131 flights every day
45
Chicago (MDW) 130 flights every day
46
Dallas (DAL) 125 flights every day
47
Sacramento (SMF) 124 flights every day
48
New Orleans (MSY) 115 flights every day
49
Pittsburgh (PIT) 110 flights every day
50
Belize City (BZE) 109 flights every day
51
Indianapolis (IND) 107 flights every day
52
Houston (HOU) 106 flights every day
53
Kansas City (MCI) 106 flights every day
54
Santa Ana (SNA) 104 flights every day
55
Tijuana (TIJ) 104 flights every day
56
Columbus (CMH) 99 flights every day
57
Cleveland (CLE) 96 flights every day
58
San Antonio (SAT) 93 flights every day
59
San Jose (SJC) 93 flights every day
60
Fort Myers (RSW) 88 flights every day
61
Cincinnati (CVG) 87 flights every day
62
Kahului (OGG) 83 flights every day
63
West Palm Beach (PBI) 77 flights every day
64
Punta Cana (PUJ) 74 flights every day
65
Mexico City (NLU) 73 flights every day
66
Ottawa (YOW) 72 flights every day
67
Anchorage (ANC) 71 flights every day
68
Edmonton (YEG) 70 flights every day
69
Oakland (OAK) 69 flights every day
70
Charleston (CHS) 69 flights every day
71
Jacksonville (JAX) 66 flights every day
72
Burbank (BUR) 66 flights every day
73
Milwaukee (MKE) 65 flights every day
74
Boise (BOI) 63 flights every day
75
Richmond (RIC) 62 flights every day
76
San Jose Del Cabo (SJD) 61 flights every day
77
San Salvador (SAL) 60 flights every day
78
Puerto Vallarta (PVR) 60 flights every day
79
Ontario (ONT) 59 flights every day
80
Saint Barthelemy (SBH) 59 flights every day
81
Windsor Locks (BDL) 59 flights every day
82
Norfolk (ORF) 58 flights every day
83
Memphis (MEM) 58 flights every day
84
Guatemala City (GUA) 57 flights every day
85
Kirtland (ABQ) 57 flights every day
86
San Pedro (SPR) 56 flights every day
87
Oklahoma City (OKC) 55 flights every day
88
Louisville (SDF) 54 flights every day
89
Buffalo (BUF) 54 flights every day
90
Omaha (OMA) 54 flights every day
91
Toronto (YTZ) 53 flights every day
92
Reno (RNO) 50 flights every day
93
Savannah (SAV) 48 flights every day
94
Tucson (TUS) 48 flights every day
95
Santo Domingo (SDQ) 47 flights every day
96
Palm Springs (PSP) 47 flights every day
97
Providence (PVD) 46 flights every day
98
Spokane (GEG) 46 flights every day
99
Knoxville (TYS) 45 flights every day
100
Halifax (YHZ) 45 flights every day