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None of those airports are served by foreign carriers that are not already served by their larger counterparts. Whereas Newark and Ft. Lauderdale airports are served by airlines that do not serve JFK/MIA, places like Midway and San Jose airport aren't going to have carriers that don't serve O'hare/SFO.
I'm not intending to insult anybody, but it would seem that hardly anyone actually understood what you were trying to do here.
I'm not intending to insult anybody, but it would seem that hardly anyone actually understood what you were trying to do here.
I know, and I didn't think it was that difficult to understand. For example, San Jose airport is served by Mexicana but so is SFO. Therefore, San Francisco's total number of foreign carriers does not change.
I know, and I didn't think it was that difficult to understand. For example, San Jose airport is served by Mexicana but so is SFO. Therefore, San Francisco's total number of foreign carriers does not change.
Exactly.
San Jose's & Oakland's international numbers are so small, they really don't boost up the Bay Area's totals to the point of barely mentioning.
Just like Midway, Reagan and LaGuardia in their respective cities.
These are not airports that are really even going after international traffic, except in small niche situations. It's not what they were designed for.
It looks like your list shows the top cities where foreign travelers might actually want to travel directly to, rather than the standard airport hubs travelers are often forced to go to because it is convienent for some airline. One of the most annoying things is to have to change a plane at some hub airport, which you had no desire to go to in the first place!
However, if this true, then what about Las Vegas and Orlando? I would think they are both major international tourist destinations. I would also think Washington DC should be higher on foreign airline count?
You're right, I completely neglected Vegas and Orlando.
The new list:
1. New York (JFK and Newark) - 64
2. Los Angeles (LAX) - 41
3. Miami (MIA, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach) - 32
4. Chicago (O'hare) - 26
5. San Francisco (SFO and Oakland) - 25
6. Washington DC (Dulles) - 22
7. Orlando (MCO) - 16
8. (Tie) Boston (Logan) - 13
8. (Tie) Las Vegas (McCarran) - 13
9. (Tie) Seattle (Sea-Tac) 10
9. (Tie) Honolulu (HNL) - 10
9. (Tie) Houston (IAH) - 10
San Jose's & Oakland's international numbers are so small, they really don't boost up the Bay Area's totals to the point of barely mentioning.
Besides, San Jose isn't in the same MSA as San Francisco and I specifically stated that the list was confined to MSA.
Having said that, it appears that Oakland is indeed served by 2 foreign carriers (Volaris and SATA) that do not serve SFO, so I stand corrected. Add 2 to San Francisco's total. But this instance is the exception and not the rule. In general, small reliever airports aren't going to have the international carriers of primary airports.
NYC
LA
Houston
Atlanta
Chicago
San Fran
Washington DC
Boston
You really think Boston and Atlanta are more internationally connected then Miami? I can see a valid argument for the rest but to exclude Miami is incorrect. Maybe you just forgot.
As someone who works for the airlines, this is the most accurate list of which cities are the most connected internationally. It has nothing to do with demographics, but rather which airports can send the most passengers to the most places.
1 New York (JFK), NY 21,443,000
2 Los Angeles, CA 16,869,000
3 Miami, FL 15,586,000
4 Chicago (O’Hare), IL 11,539,000
5 Newark, NJ 10,538,000 6 Atlanta, GA 9,113,000
7 San Francisco, CA 8,601,000
8 Houston (G. Bush), TX 7,476,000
9 Washington DC 5,773,000
10 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 5,105,000
11 Detroit, MI 3,830,000
12 Boston, MA 3,808,000 13 Honolulu, HI 3,757,000
14 Philadelphia, PA 3,611,000
15 Fort Lauderdale, FL 2,883,000
16 Guam Island, GU 2,780,000 17 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 2,576,000
18 Minneapolis, MN 2,522,000
19 Las Vegas, NV 2,229,000
20 Orlando, FL 2,214,000
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