2017 US Airports by International Passenger Arrivals (jet)

[marothisu]

This comes from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=1). It is a measure in 2017 of how many passengers arrived at each airport via an international flight.

2017, international arrivals by number of passengers
1. NY JFK: 16,281,108 passengers
2. Los Angeles: 12,012,484 passengers
3. Miami: 10,118,266 passengers
4. San Francisco: 6,564,588 passengers
5. Chicago O'Hare: 6,420,304 passengers
6. Newark: 6,241,804 passengers
7. Atanta: 5,915,672 passengers
8. Houston: 5,038,524 passengers
9. Dallas : 4,155,427 passengers
10. DC Dulles: 3,775,472 passengers
11. Fort Lauderdale: 3,573,448 passengers
12. Boston: 3,400,073 passengers
13. Orlando: 2,904,702 passengers
14. Seattle: 2,488,025 passengers
15. Honolulu: 2,320,237 passengers

Change in international arrivals by passenger, 2016 to 2017
1. Los Angeles: +967,744 passengers
2. Fort Lauderdale: +647,165 passengers
3. San Francisco: +418,936 passengers
4. NY JFK: +393,962 passengers
5. Chicago O'Hare: +389,217 passengers
6. Newark: +349,411 passengers
7. Atlanta: +324,851 passengers
8. Boston: +294,462 passengers
9. Miami: +261,604 passengers
10. Dallas DFW: +205,693 passengers
11. DC Dulles: +167,285 passengers
12. Orlando: +156,515 passengers
13. Denver: +148,130 passengers
14. Seattle: +117,786 passengers
15. Detroit: +80,139 passengers

Interestingly, Houston, Philadelphia, and Honolulu all declined in international passenger. Houston declined by the most: -276,640 passengers.

[Bubb Rubb]

Whenever I read these airport statistics, I'm always surprised at how DC area airports are given the fact that DC is the capital, is relatively international, etc.

[elchevere]

Good stat—thanks...pretty much in line with global/world class US cities designations as well.

Originally Posted by marothisu

This comes from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=1). It is a measure in 2017 of how many passengers arrived at each airport via an international flight.

2017, international arrivals by number of passengers
1. NY JFK: 16,281,108 passengers
2. Los Angeles: 12,012,484 passengers
3. Miami: 10,118,266 passengers
4. San Francisco: 6,564,588 passengers
5. Chicago O'Hare: 6,420,304 passengers
6. Newark: 6,241,804 passengers
7. Atanta: 5,915,672 passengers
8. Houston: 5,038,524 passengers
9. Dallas : 4,155,427 passengers
10. DC Dulles: 3,775,472 passengers
11. Fort Lauderdale: 3,573,448 passengers
12. Boston: 3,400,073 passengers
13. Orlando: 2,904,702 passengers
14. Seattle: 2,488,025 passengers
15. Honolulu: 2,320,237 passengers

Change in international arrivals by passenger, 2016 to 2017
1. Los Angeles: +967,744 passengers
2. Fort Lauderdale: +647,165 passengers
3. San Francisco: +418,936 passengers
4. NY JFK: +393,962 passengers
5. Chicago O'Hare: +389,217 passengers
6. Newark: +349,411 passengers
7. Atlanta: +324,851 passengers
8. Boston: +294,462 passengers
9. Miami: +261,604 passengers
10. Dallas DFW: +205,693 passengers
11. DC Dulles: +167,285 passengers
12. Orlando: +156,515 passengers
13. Denver: +148,130 passengers
14. Seattle: +117,786 passengers
15. Detroit: +80,139 passengers

Interestingly, Houston, Philadelphia, and Honolulu all declined in international passenger. Houston declined by the most: -276,640 passengers.

[pinytr]

Wow what is happening in Fort Lauderdale? Amazing

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by pinytr

Wow what is happening in Fort Lauderdale? Amazing

It's definitely a surprising and nice increase. FLL has a lot of flights to and from the Caribbean.

[Bubb Rubb]

Originally Posted by pinytr

Wow what is happening in Fort Lauderdale? Amazing

Spirit Airlines lol. Their hub is in Fort Lauderdale. When I was flying to the Caribbean, I went through there.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Bubb Rubb

Spirit Airlines lol. Their hub is in Fort Lauderdale. When I was flying to the Caribbean, I went through there.

JetBlue has even more. Also this is arrivals at the airport via international flight, not departure. Here's the breakdown for this for FLL by various airlines:

All Foreign Carriers: 1,239,276 passengers
JetBlue: 1,128,910 passengers
Spirit Airlines: 765,802 passengers
Southwest Airlines: 272,489 passengers
American Airlines: 89,687 passengers
United Airlines: 1174 passengers
Delta: 71 passengers

[Charlotte485]

Originally Posted by Bubb Rubb

Whenever I read these airport statistics, I'm always surprised at how DC area airports are given the fact that DC is the capital, is relatively international, etc.

Dulles is a small hub for United. There’s a lot less connecting passengers at Dulles than some of the others. Same is true for Boston — not a large connecting hub.

[Bubb Rubb]

Originally Posted by marothisu

JetBlue has even more. Also this is arrivals at the airport via international flight, not departure. Here's the breakdown for this for FLL by various airlines:

All Foreign Carriers: 1,239,276 passengers
JetBlue: 1,128,910 passengers
Spirit Airlines: 765,802 passengers
Southwest Airlines: 272,489 passengers
American Airlines: 89,687 passengers
United Airlines: 1174 passengers
Delta: 71 passengers

Ooh good find! It looks like FLL is the center for a bunch of low cost airlines lol. Off the record, I think Jet Blue gets a bad rap. Especially compared to Spirit Airlines.

[mhays25]

Seattle was up to 2,733,581 in 2018. That's up 245,556 from 2017. https://www.portseattle.org/page/airport-statistics

It's doubled in a decade or so, due in large part to the new runway that allows multiple flightpaths in bad weather. There might be another sizable jump in 2020 when the new International Arrivals Facility opens and fixes the customs logjam.