A look at passenger numbers by airport for calendar year 2021

Travel is back.

The number of enplanements at the top ten airports increased by 75.8 percent from 2020 to 2021, a clear sign travel is retuning following the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the number of enplanements at airports nationwide increased 77.9 percent from 2020 to 2021.

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Rank	ST	Locid	City	Airport Name	CY 21 Enplanements	CY 20 Enplanements	% Change
1	GA	ATL	Atlanta	Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International	36,676,010	20,559,866	78.39%
2	TX	DFW	Fort Worth	Dallas-Fort Worth International	30,005,266	18,593,421	61.38%
3	CO	DEN	Denver	Denver International	28,645,527	16,243,216	76.35%
4	IL	ORD	Chicago	Chicago O'Hare International	26,350,976	14,606,034	80.41%
5	CA	LAX	Los Angeles	Los Angeles International	23,663,410	14,055,777	68.35%
6	NC	CLT	Charlotte	Charlotte/Douglas International	20,900,875	12,952,869	61.36%
7	FL	MCO	Orlando	Orlando International	19,618,838	10,467,728	87.42%
8	NV	LAS	Las Vegas	Harry Reid International	19,160,342	10,584,059	81.03%
9	AZ	PHX	Phoenix	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	18,940,287	10,531,436	79.85%
10	FL	MIA	Miami	Miami International	17,500,096	8,786,007	99.18%
11	WA	SEA	Seattle	Seattle-Tacoma International	17,430,195	9,462,411	84.20%
12	TX	IAH	Houston	George Bush Intcntl/Houston	16,242,821	8,682,558	87.07%
13	NY	JFK	New York	John F Kennedy International	15,273,342	8,269,819	84.69%
14	NJ	EWR	Newark	Newark Liberty International	14,514,049	7,985,474	81.76%
15	FL	FLL	Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International	13,598,994	8,015,744	69.65%
16	MN	MSP	Minneapolis	Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain	12,211,409	7,069,720	72.73%
17	CA	SFO	San Francisco	San Francisco International	11,725,347	7,745,057	51.39%
18	MI	DTW	Detroit	Detroit Metro Wayne County	11,517,696	6,822,324	68.82%
19	MA	BOS	Boston	General Edward Lawrence Logan International	10,909,817	6,035,452	80.76%
20	UT	SLC	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City International	10,795,906	5,981,032	80.50%
21	PA	PHL	Philadelphia	Philadelphia International	9,820,222	5,753,239	70.69%
22	MD	BWI	Glen Burnie	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall	9,253,561	5,451,355	69.75%
23	FL	TPA	Tampa	Tampa International	8,847,197	4,966,775	78.13%
24	CA	SAN	San Diego	San Diego International	7,836,360	4,637,856	68.97%
25	NY	LGA	New York	Laguardia	7,827,307	4,147,116	88.74%
26	IL	MDW	Chicago	Chicago Midway International	7,680,617	4,236,603	81.29%
27	TN	BNA	Nashville	Nashville International	7,594,049	4,013,995	89.19%
28	VA	IAD	Dulles	Washington Dulles International	7,227,875	3,862,658	87.12%
29	VA	DCA	Arlington	Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl	6,731,737	3,573,489	88.38%
30	TX	AUS	Austin	Austin-Bergstrom International	6,666,215	3,141,505	112.20%
31	TX	DAL	Dallas	Dallas Love Field	6,487,563	3,669,930	76.78%
32	HI	HNL	Honolulu	Daniel K Inouye International	5,830,928	3,126,391	86.51%
33	OR	PDX	Portland	Portland International	5,759,879	3,455,877	66.67%
34	TX	HOU	Houston	William P Hobby	5,560,780	3,127,178	77.82%
35	FL	RSW	Fort Myers	Southwest Florida International	5,080,805	2,947,139	72.40%
36	MO	STL	St. Louis	St Louis Lambert International	5,070,471	3,041,765	66.70%
37	CA	SMF	Sacramento	Sacramento International	4,760,275	2,710,342	75.63%
38	PR	SJU	San Juan	Luis Munoz Marin International	4,738,725	2,362,851	100.55%
39	NC	RDU	Raleigh	Raleigh-Durham International	4,311,049	2,337,496	84.43%
40	LA	MSY	- Kenner	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International	4,017,147	2,632,606	52.59%
41	CA	OAK	Oakland	Metro Oakland International	4,011,953	2,271,294	76.64%
42	CA	SNA	Santa Ana	John Wayne/Orange County	3,807,205	1,824,836	108.63%
43	MO	MCI	Kansas City	Kansas City International	3,795,290	2,167,616	75.09%
44	TX	SAT	San Antonio	San Antonio International	3,677,643	1,919,958	91.55%
45	CA	SJC	San Jose	Norman Y Mineta San Jose International	3,619,690	2,283,186	58.54%
46	OH	CLE	Cleveland	Cleveland-Hopkins International	3,552,402	1,990,156	78.50%
47	IN	IND	Indianapolis	Indianapolis International	3,487,100	1,989,126	75.31%
48	PA	PIT	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh International	3,069,259	1,742,406	76.15%
49	KY	CVG	Hebron	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International	3,050,597	1,729,395	76.40%
50	HI	OGG	Kahului	Kahului	2,933,315	1,135,141	158.41%