List of airports in the United States
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The list of airports in the United States is broken down into separate lists due to the large number of airports.
and territory
can be found on the following lists:
(ICAO) location indicator
can be found on the following lists:
. Delaware
is the only U.S. state
with no primary airports; see the list of airports in Delaware for other types of airports in that state.
This list of primary airports contains the following information:
Lists by state or territory
Public-use and military airports in each U.S. stateU.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
and territory
Insular area
An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the fifty U.S. states nor the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States...
can be found on the following lists:
Lists by ICAO location indicator
Airports in the United States that have an International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO) location indicator
International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
can be found on the following lists:
- K - Contiguous United States
- NS - American Samoa
- PA - Alaska
- PB - Baker Island
- PF - Fort Yukon, Alaska
- PG - Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
- PH - Hawaii
- PJ - Johnston Atoll
- PL - Line Islands
- PM - Midway Atoll
- PO - Oliktok Point, Alaska
- PP - Point Lay, Alaska
- PW - Wake Island
- TI - U.S. Virgin Islands
- TJ - Puerto Rico
Primary airports
Airports in the United States that provide scheduled passenger services and have over 10,000 passenger boardings per year are classified as primary airports by the Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
. Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
is the only U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
with no primary airports; see the list of airports in Delaware for other types of airports in that state.
This list of primary airports contains the following information:
- CITY - The cityCityA city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve. - FAA - The location identifierLocation identifierA location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
assigned by the Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Aviation AdministrationThe Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
(FAA). These are linked to that airport's page in the state's airport directory, where available. - IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport AssociationInternational Air Transport AssociationThe International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
(IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold. - ICAO - The location indicatorInternational Civil Aviation Organization airport codeThe ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
assigned by the International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationThe International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO). - AIRPORT - The official airport name.
- ROLE - One of four FAA airport categoriesFAA airport categoriesThe United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...
. This list only includes airports designated as Commercial Service - Primary (P). Each primary airport is further classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:- L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements
- ENPL. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar yearCalendar yearGenerally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...
2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010 as per FAA records. (Click on the individual state lists to see which year's data is used.)
| Primary airports: Alabama – Alaska – Arizona – Arkansas – California – Colorado – Connecticut – Delaware – Florida – Georgia – Hawaii – Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Maine – Maryland – Massachusetts – Michigan – Minnesota – Mississippi – Missouri – Montana – Nebraska – Nevada – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New Mexico – New York – North Carolina – North Dakota – Ohio – Oklahoma – Oregon – Pennsylvania – Rhode Island – South Carolina – South Dakota – Tennessee – Texas – Utah – Vermont – Virginia – Washington – West Virginia – Wisconsin – Wyoming – American Samoa – Guam – Northern Mariana Islands – Puerto Rico – U.S. Virgin Islands |
See also
- List of the busiest airports in the United States
- Essential Air ServiceEssential Air ServiceEssential Air Service is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which, prior to deregulation, were served by certificated airlines, maintained commercial service. Its aim is to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service to these...
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#United States of America