Aviation
Facts and Figures: A Directory
The 10 Busiest Airports in the
US by Number of Passengers (2001)
Source: Airports Council International
|
Rank
|
Airport
Name
|
2001
Passengers
|
|
1.
|
Atlanta
Hartsfield (ATL)
|
75,849,375
|
|
2.
|
Chicago
O'Hare (ORD)
|
66,805,339
|
|
3.
|
Los
Angeles (LAX)
|
61,024,541
|
|
4.
|
Dallas/Ft
Worth (DFW)
|
55,150,689
|
|
5.
|
Denver
Stapleton (DEN)
|
36,086,751
|
|
6.
|
Phoenix
Sky Harbor (PHX)
|
35,481,950
|
|
7.
|
Las
Vegas McCarren (LAS)
|
35,195,675
|
|
8.
|
Minneapolis/St.
Paul (MSP)
|
35,170,528
|
|
9.
|
Houston
Intercontinental (IAH)
|
34,794,868
|
|
10.
|
San
Francisco (SFO)
|
34,626,668
|
The 10 Busiest Airports in the
US by Number of Operations (2001)
Source: Airports Council International
|
Rank
|
Airport
Name
|
2001
Passengers
|
|
1.
|
Chicago
O'Hare (ORD)
|
909,535
|
|
2.
|
Atlanta
Hartsfield (ATL)
|
890,320
|
|
3.
|
Dallas/Ft.
Worth (DFW)
|
783,546
|
|
4.
|
Los
Angeles (LAX)
|
738,114
|
|
5.
|
Phoenix
Sky Harbor (PHX)
|
560,827
|
|
6.
|
Detroit
(DTW)
|
522,132
|
|
7.
|
Minneapolis/St.
Paul (MSP)
|
499,939
|
|
8.
|
Las
Vegas McCarren (LAS)
|
493,722
|
|
9.
|
Denver
Stapleton (DEN)
|
484,479
|
|
10.
|
Saint
Louis (STL)
|
474,161
|
An Inventory of U.S. Airports
(2001)
|
Total
Number of Landing Facilities:
|
13,675
|
|
|
|
|
Served
by Airlines:
|
895
|
|
|
|
|
Longest
Runway:
|
|
|
<
3000':
|
8,035
|
|
3000'
- 5999':
|
4,765
|
|
6000'
- 9999':
|
690
|
|
>
10,000':
|
129
|
US Aeronautical Facilities (2001)
| Air
Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC): |
24
|
| Air
Traffic Control Towers: |
886
|
| Radar
Approach Control Facilities: |
237
|
| Flight
Service Stations (FSS): |
69
|
| Instrument
Landing Facilities: |
1,370
|
| VOR/VOR-DME/VORTAC
Facilities: |
993
|
| Nondirectional
Beacons (NDBs): |
1,199
|
Currently Active Certificated
US Pilots (2001)
| Total
Pilot Certificates Held: |
649,957
|
|
|
| Student: |
86,887
|
| Recreational: |
318
|
| Private: |
261,927
|
| Commercial: |
137,636
|
| ATP: |
146,989
|
| Instrument
Ratings: |
315,276
|
US Civil Aircraft Inventory
(2001)
|
Total Active
Civil Aircraft:
|
233,533
|
|
General Aviation:
|
214,388
|
|
Air Carrier:
|
19,145
|
|
|
|
|
Single-Engine
Piston:
|
151,640
|
|
Multi-Engine
Piston:
|
26,900
|
|
Turboprop:
|
9,476
|
|
Turbojet:
|
14,710
|
|
Rotorcraft:
|
10,027
|
|
Experimental:
|
20,780
|
|
