Did you know that the United States contains one-third of the world’s airports, the most of any country in the world?
All 50 states and administrative territories have at least one airport, and there are almost 20,000 airports in the U.S. with over 5,000 open for public use. Some of the airports in the U.S. are also among the busiest and biggest airports in the world.
With nearly three million passengers flying in and out of U.S. airports everyday, you may wonder what the busiest airports in the U.S. are. If so, we have the answers for you...
According to World Atlas, the following are the busiest airports in the U.S., based on 2019 pre-COVID numbers:
To complete this achievement you must depart from each of the top 10 busiest airports in the US and complete a 150 nm fligth to any destination you like.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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07APR24 1047Z | KCLT | KOAJ | Ernest Maillet | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -118 ft/m | 172 nm | 01:01 | View | |
06APR24 1143Z | KSEA | EGLL | Kirk Flores-Oishi | Boeing 777-200 (B772) | -185 ft/m | 4259 nm | 08:50 | View | |
04APR24 0308Z | KSFO | KBOI | SilverKila | Airbus A300-600R (A306) | -344 ft/m | 495 nm | 01:03 | View | |
01APR24 0949Z | KSEA | KTVL | MDA009 | Airbus A320 (A320) | -283 ft/m | 562 nm | 01:15 | View | |
30MAR24 1616Z | KJFK | KORF | Matt Gabrielli | Airbus A300-600R (A306) | -273 ft/m | 274 nm | 00:46 | View | |
30MAR24 1500Z | KCLT | KRDU | VAF125 Antonino | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -276 ft/m | 167 nm | 00:56 | View | |
30MAR24 0109Z | KSFO | NZCH | Junior Savain | Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (B788) | -188 ft/m | 6421 nm | 13:53 | View | |
28MAR24 1635Z | KCLT | KMSP | PVPilot | Airbus A330-900 (A339) | -213 ft/m | 836 nm | 02:04 | View | |
25MAR24 0417Z | KLAS | KPDX | Skudd | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -202 ft/m | 743 nm | 01:50 | View | |
19MAR24 1753Z | KSEA | KSLE | VAF276 Giulio | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -284 ft/m | 156 nm | 00:27 | View | |
18MAR24 2332Z | KDEN | KPHX | RP1 | Airbus A320 (A320) | -167 ft/m | 576 nm | 01:29 | View | |
18MAR24 1246Z | KSEA | KEUG | VAF118 Gennaro | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -177 ft/m | 237 nm | 00:57 | View | |
16MAR24 1814Z | KCLT | KFLL | jae170 | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -182 ft/m | 610 nm | 01:32 | View | |
12MAR24 0507Z | KJFK | KDTW | Mike Larry | Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 (CRJ9) | -99 ft/m | 477 nm | 01:22 | View | |
10MAR24 2310Z | KDFW | MUHA | Daniel Guzman | Airbus A320 (A320) | -117 ft/m | 1083 nm | 02:22 | View | |
04MAR24 0131Z | KORD | KMCI | AJ.KOOL | Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) | -424 ft/m | 360 nm | 01:19 | View | |
03MAR24 2040Z | KLAS | KIAD | Tyler | Boeing 757-300 (B753) | -506 ft/m | 1858 nm | 03:57 | View | |
03MAR24 0725Z | KSFO | 5KS8 | Cpt Howdy | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -484 ft/m | 1016 nm | 02:08 | View | |
01MAR24 0216Z | KJFK | KMCO | Flex54srsrwy | Airbus A320 (A320) | -92 ft/m | 904 nm | 02:17 | View | |
17FEB24 2123Z | KCLT | KMYR | VAF187 Angelo | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -42 ft/m | 193 nm | 00:41 | View |