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Thursday, July 2, 2026

13 Busiest US Airports

I am getting on a plane today (or I'm on a plane or I'm getting off a plane, depending on when you read this). I am going to visit my brother and his family in Ohio for several days. (They have internet and I am taking my computer with me. I'll be around the blogosphere, although I may not be checking in daily.) So, in honor of my travel day, I thought it would be fun to find the top 13 U.S. airports. Yes, this is a Thursday 13. 

I got my data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, ranked by passenger enplanements for the year 2025. (I used the spreadsheet which was the third sheet tab at the bottom of the chart.) 

  1. Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International)
  2. Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International)
  3. Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International)
  4. Denver, CO (Denver International)
  5. Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International)
  6. New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International)
  7. Orlando, FL (Orlando International)
  8. Las Vegas, NV (McCarran International)
  9. Miami, FL (Miami International)
  10. San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International)
  11. Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Douglas International)
  12. Seattle, WA (Seattle/Tacoma International)
  13. Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International)
None of the airports I'll be in are on this list. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I do know that when I went through Denver last year, things did not go so well. 

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7 comments:

  1. CatolicoJuly 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM

    Deus caritas est!

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  2. Alex J. CavanaughJuly 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM

    Atlanta doesn't surprise me. I have to go through there all the time.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM

    Hope your travels go smoothly.
    https://misadventuresofwidowhood.blogspot.com

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  4. colleenJuly 2, 2026 at 6:26 AM

    I'm surprised there is no Boston Logan on the list. Happy trails!

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  5. PamJuly 2, 2026 at 7:12 AM

    Its been a few years since I traveled via plane. I think it was 2021. I can just assume crap has gotten crazier in traveling and having to get off at different airports. I make it a point to fly non stop. So my trips to Calif are just at four hours. What is the time for your trip. In several post in the past yrs I have stated that I have been considered, strange, odd, etc, never whimsical, thank you, I would add that to my list.

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  6. tz_gardenJuly 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM

    Happy travels! I hope your flights go smoothly.

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  7. PaulaJuly 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM

    Glad I no longer travel! Hope your flights are smooth…

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