Made using data from the US DOT’s BTS with the R package “ggplot”
Buffalo and Rochester and Syracuse dont count i guess?
Boise, ID did 5 mil in 2024
as a Memphian, I’m just glad we’re on the list
now do freight traffic
I’m always shocked by how little air traffic San Antonio has, for its city population.
Also, Kansas City is a Class Bravo airport. Kinda stands out amongst the others in this presentation.
It doesn’t make much sense to compare full decades in the past to a half decade of traffic that had several heavily pandemic impacted years where business travel was down dramatically.
Tulsa: 1.4 million passengers in 2022, on the map.
Grand Rapids: 1.7 million passengers in 2022, not on the map.
🤷♀️
It’s really hard to tell the difference between 80M and 100M. Is ATL the only 100M dot?
I’m kind of surprised TUL peaked in the 90s, as it was broadly understood to be past its prime by then.
Long ways to fall for the one time busiest airport on the planet (year 1930)…
In another sub (probably travel or geography, can’t remember), Denver is said to be very boring.
![[OC] The passenger count and decade of major American airports' peak traffic](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/73gso0jvawjf1-1920x1024.png)
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Made using data from the US DOT’s BTS with the R package “ggplot”
Buffalo and Rochester and Syracuse dont count i guess?
Boise, ID did 5 mil in 2024
as a Memphian, I’m just glad we’re on the list
now do freight traffic
I’m always shocked by how little air traffic San Antonio has, for its city population.
Also, Kansas City is a Class Bravo airport. Kinda stands out amongst the others in this presentation.
It doesn’t make much sense to compare full decades in the past to a half decade of traffic that had several heavily pandemic impacted years where business travel was down dramatically.
Tulsa: 1.4 million passengers in 2022, on the map.
Grand Rapids: 1.7 million passengers in 2022, not on the map.
🤷♀️
It’s really hard to tell the difference between 80M and 100M. Is ATL the only 100M dot?
I’m kind of surprised TUL peaked in the 90s, as it was broadly understood to be past its prime by then.
Long ways to fall for the one time busiest airport on the planet (year 1930)…
In another sub (probably travel or geography, can’t remember), Denver is said to be very boring.
Why do so many use Denver? Rgds, a European
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