Multi achievement

Departing the 10 Busiest Airports in the US

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

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:

  1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) (Atlanta, GA)
  2. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (Los Angeles, CA)
  3. O’Hare International Airport (ORD) (Chicago, IL)
  4. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) (Dallas, TX)
  5. Denver International Airport (DEN) (Denver, CO)
  6. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) (New York, NY)
  7. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (San Francisco, CA)
  8. McCarran International Airport (LAS) (Las Vegas, NV)
  9. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) (Seattle, WA)
  10. Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) (Charlotte, NC)

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.

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
18MAR25 1618Z KLAX KJAC Robert B Dickerson Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -263 ft/m 728 nm 01:46 View
18MAR25 1007Z KLAS KLAX Nexus 11 Airbus A330-900 (A339) -630 ft/m 296 nm 01:09 View
18MAR25 0219Z KJFK KPXE El Prez Piaggio P.180 Avanti (P180) -115 ft/m 720 nm 02:33 View
16MAR25 0501Z KORD CYYZ Maity Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -168 ft/m 401 nm 01:04 View
08MAR25 1914Z KCLT KTEX Bobo Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -221 ft/m 1419 nm 00:36 View
13FEB25 1422Z KCLT KFFA Hockeydan99 Cessna Caravan (C208) -78 ft/m 274 nm 00:43 View
13FEB25 0536Z KJFK KSAN Max Roberts Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -432 ft/m 2214 nm 05:49 View
06FEB25 0504Z KDFW KMIA Claude Pierre Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -163 ft/m 1013 nm 02:08 View
31JAN25 0110Z KORD KCLE T.J. Turner Boeing 737-800 (B738) -86 ft/m 303 nm 00:44 View
28JAN25 0127Z KSFO KLAS Nathan Airbus A300-600R (A306) -416 ft/m 435 nm 01:09 View
27JAN25 2009Z KDFW EFHK Denthibbe Airbus A330-900 (A339) -29 ft/m 4733 nm 09:39 View
22JAN25 1402Z KDFW KEGE Marwan Alee Airbus A321 (A321) -532 ft/m 844 nm 02:21 View
21JAN25 2240Z KDFW KLIT Robert Brimer Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -101 ft/m 267 nm 01:30 View
18JAN25 2350Z KSFO KPHX Twin Wheels Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -218 ft/m 642 nm 01:41 View
15JAN25 0410Z KCLT KLGA Ssicaku Boeing 737-800 (B738) -248 ft/m 648 nm 01:29 View
01JAN25 1723Z KCLT KMSY AndyAnt Boeing 777-200LR/F (B77L) -153 ft/m 785 nm 02:06 View
31DEC24 1045Z KSEA KGEG Nexus 15 Pilatus PC-21 (PC21) -20 ft/m 195 nm 00:37 View
29DEC24 0958Z KDFW KSAN Nexus 03 Airbus A321 (A321) -118 ft/m 1043 nm 02:39 View
29DEC24 0509Z KSFO SCEL Dylan14 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -84 ft/m 5305 nm 11:13 View
24DEC24 1050Z KCLT KDFW MrBurns971 Airbus A321 (A321) -269 ft/m 981 nm 02:33 View