Updated using the estimate for Trudeau Airport provided by Zeej:
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Originally Posted by iheartthed
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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