America's busiest airports (go bankrupt, prices, airport)

[JMT]

This just in, Airports Council International released figures from 2007, and here are the busiest airports in America with the number of passengers in 2007 and the increase/decrease over 2006:

1. Atlanta, 89 379 287 passengers, +5.3%
2. Chicago O'Hare, 76 177 855 passengers, -0.1%
3. Los Angeles, 61 896 075 passengers, +1.4%
4. Dallas-Fort Worth, 59 786 476 passengers, -0.7%
5. Denver, 49 863 352 passengers, +5.4%
6. New York JFK, 47 716 941 passengers, +11.9%
7. Las Vegas, 46 961 011 passengers, +3.2%
8. Houston Bush, 46 961 011 passengers, +3.2%
9. Phoenix, 42 184 515 passengers, +1.8%
10. Orlando, 36 480 416 passengers, +5.3%

Busiest cargo airports in metric tonnes:

1. Memphis, 3 840 491, +4.0%
2. Louisville, 2 078 947, +4.8%
3. Miami, 1 922 985, +5.1%
4. Los Angeles, 1 884 317, -1.2%
5. New York JFK, 1 607 050, -1.9%
6. Chicago O'Hare, 1 533 606, -1.6%
7. Indianapolis, 998 675, +1.1%
8. Newark, 963 794, -0.6%
9. Dallas-Fort Worth, 724 140, -4.1%
10. Atlanta, 720 209, -3.5%

Busiest airports in terms of total aircraft movement:

1. Atlanta, 994 346, +1.8%
2. Chicago O'Hare, 926 973, -3.3%
3. Dallas-Fort Worth, 685 491, -2.0%
4. Los Angeles, 680 954, +3.7%
5. Denver, 614 065, +2.8%
6. Las Vegas, 609 472, -1.6%
7. Houston Bush, 603 656, +0.2%
8. Phoenix, 539 211, -1.3%
9. Charlotte, 522 541, +2.6%
10. Philadelphia, 499 653, -3.1%

[JerichoHW]

Sweet new figures, I love to see Orlando creeping on!!

[dxiweodwo]

not at all surprised to see ATL on the top

[JerichoHW]

It's funny but I predict that Atlanta will slowly start declining in traffic.

[Chicago60614]

They finally started lifting all the caps that have driven Chicago's numbers down the past few years. I think once all the runways are rebuilt/expanded in the next few years the traffic should get back to normal.

Of course that's if the airline industry doesn't collapse cause of fuel prices and all the airlines go bankrupty, jeesh.

[JerichoHW]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

They finally started lifting all the caps that have driven Chicago's numbers down the past few years. I think once all the runways are rebuilt/expanded in the next few years the traffic should get back to normal.

Of course that's if the airline industry doesn't collapse cause of fuel prices and all the airlines go bankrupty, jeesh.

Actually I see good days ahead for O'Hare also, and a partial decline in Midways traffic.

[thePR]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

They finally started lifting all the caps that have driven Chicago's numbers down the past few years. I think once all the runways are rebuilt/expanded in the next few years the traffic should get back to normal.

Of course that's if the airline industry doesn't collapse cause of fuel prices and all the airlines go bankrupty, jeesh.

And the EL was down for a while so I bet that hurt them. Not a huge amount but a some. I'd like to see O'Hare at number one again but

Originally Posted by JerichoHW

Actually I see good days ahead for O'Hare also, and a partial decline in Midways traffic.

I've heard good things about Midway's traffic recently.

[noid_1985]

Memphis & Indy are on there because of Fedex Corp.
Louisville because of UPS Corp.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by noid_1985

Memphis & Indy are on there because of Fedex Corp.
Louisville because of UPS Corp.

It's fascinating to see the Memphis airport at night. It's like a war zone. A couple hundred FedEx planes all land within an hour or so, unload, reload, then they all take off within another hour or so.

Right now Memphis is the busiest cargo airport on the planet, but Hong Kong will probably surpass it in the next year or two.

[JoshB]

JMT, Why is Memphis so busy?