This IS America's Busiest Airport, and It's Not Even Close

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This IS America's Busiest Airport, and It's Not Even Close

This Is America’s Busiest Airport, and It’s Not Even Close

The Fourth Of July holiday is traditionally the peak of summer travel. Ahead of the holiday, TSA has already experienced a record-breaking screening day, 3 million passengers in 24 hours on June 23. They expect 32 million individuals to pass through between June 27 and July 8. “The traveling...

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

IMO - this is somewhat skewed because it doesn't differentiate between hub operations vs. origin/destination operations. While hub operations require gates and runways, they do not have the same impacts for check-in, security screening, and baggage claim. ORD is a mess because, not only is it a hub airport, but it has a lot of origin/destination operations, compounded by weather challenges. Charlotte, however, is only in the rankings because of hub operations.

Nor does it consider the airport capacity. An airport might have a lot of passengers, but if it better equipped to handle passenger volumes, it will not be as congested as a woefully undersized airport that might handle lesser passenger volumes (hello SEATAC). Even though ATL and DFW might be busy, IMO they are better equipped for the passenger volumes.

 

[Pink_Warrior]

There is a pretty good documentary about ATL.

We just came through ATL earlier this month. The train between terminals was like a NYC subway during rush hour on a holiday weekend. It was insane.

 

[pedro47]

There is a pretty good documentary about ATL.

We just came through ATL earlier this month. The train between terminals was like a NYC subway during rush hour on a holiday weekend. It was insane.

Now I fully understand why I disliked the ATL airport.

 

[DrQ]

I always knew ATL was the busiest, but I thought DFW was number 3 after ORD.