Originally Posted by iheartthed
(Post 10181069)
Initial list is limited to the 34 busiest airports in the United States and four busiest in Canada.
List of major airports by land area (descending)
- Denver International Airport: 54.05 square miles
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 26.9 square miles
- Washington Dulles International Airport: 20.3 square miles
- Orlando International Airport: 18.1 square miles
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 15.6 square miles
- Salt Lake City International Airport: 12.03 square miles
- O'Hare International Airport: 11.9 square miles
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 8.68 square miles
- San Francisco International Airport: 8.13 square miles
- Calgary International Airport: 8.04 square miles
- John F. Kennedy International Airport: 7.7 square miles
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 7.57 square miles
- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 7.34 square miles
- Toronto Pearson International Airport: 7.2 square miles
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 7.06 square miles
- Nashville International Airport: 7.03 square miles
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 6.62 square miles
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 5.92 square miles
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 5.3 square miles
- Vancouver International Airport : 5.17 square miles
- Tampa International Airport: 5.15 square miles
- Miami International Airport: 5 square miles
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 4.93 square miles
- Los Angeles International Airport: 4.6 square miles
- Portland International Airport: 4.6 square miles
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 4.57 square miles
- Harry Reid International Airport: 4.4 square miles
- Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: 4.02 square miles*
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 3.9 square miles
- Logan International Airport: 3.72 square miles
- Philadelphia International Airport: 3.59 square miles
- Newark Liberty International Airport: 3.16 square miles
- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 2.15 square miles
- Dallas Love Field: 2.03 square miles
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 1.34 square miles
- LaGuardia Airport: 1.06 square miles
- San Diego International Airport: 1.03 square miles
- Chicago Midway International Airport: 1.01 square miles
Denver International and Dallas Fort Worth are as big as (or bigger than) some major cities.
Passenger count per square mile (2019)
- LaGuardia Airport: 29,325,372
- San Diego International Airport: 24,482,473
- Chicago Midway International Airport: 20,638,475
- Los Angeles International Airport: 19,145,220
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 17,869,796
- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 17,091,917
- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 15,058,760
- Newark Liberty International Airport: 14,663,434
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 13,289,548
- Harry Reid International Airport: 11,713,100
- Logan International Airport: 11,430,756
- Philadelphia International Airport: 9,197,461
- Miami International Airport: 9,184,893
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 8,733,648
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 8,655,369
- Dallas Love Field: 8,266,088
- John F. Kennedy International Airport: 8,123,516
- O'Hare International Airport: 7,113,371
- San Francisco International Airport: 7,071,098
- Toronto Pearson International Airport: 7,013,810
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 5,779,814
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 5,475,435
- Vancouver International Airport : 5,102,489
- Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: 5,051,021*
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 4,857,236
- Tampa International Airport: 4,368,535
- Portland International Airport: 4,324,210
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 3,097,832
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 2,901,542
- Orlando International Airport: 2,796,302
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 2,790,593
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 2,682,184
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 2,619,899
- Nashville International Airport: 2,599,350
- Calgary International Airport: 2,233,555
- Salt Lake City International Airport: 2,228,430
- Denver International Airport: 1,276,886
- Washington Dulles International Airport: 1,222,546
Aircraft movements per square mile (2019)
- LaGuardia Airport: 352,223
- Chicago Midway International Airport: 229,786
- San Diego International Airport: 224,616
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 218,419
- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 154,161
- Los Angeles International Airport: 150,273
- Newark Liberty International Airport: 141,241
- Harry Reid International Airport: 125,673
- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 123,202
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 115,509
- Logan International Airport: 114,832
- Dallas Love Field: 114,226
- Philadelphia International Airport: 108,725
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 88,857
- Miami International Airport: 83,355
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 82,810
- O'Hare International Airport: 77,286
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 66,620
- Vancouver International Airport : 64,258
- Toronto Pearson International Airport: 63,208
- John F. Kennedy International Airport: 59,229
- Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: 59,154*
- San Francisco International Airport: 56,396
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 53,265
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 52,432
- Portland International Airport: 51,823
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 46,293
- Tampa International Airport: 42,206
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 32,758
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 31,681
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 30,646
- Calgary International Airport: 29,707
- Salt Lake City International Airport: 28,655
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 26,766
- Orlando International Airport: 19,762
- Washington Dulles International Airport: 14,041
- Denver International Airport: 11,843
- Nashville International Airport: ?
Airports with small land areas like LaGuardia, Midway, San Diego, and Reagan National, lean a LOT on smaller aircraft, which boosts their movement to land area ratios.
? - I'm not able to locate a land area that has been published for Montreal's Pierre Trudeau Airport. I am also not able to find 2019 aircraft movement data for Nashville International. I left placeholders in case someone has those numbers.
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