List of the busiest airports in California explained

List of the busiest airports in CaliforniaIn Calendar year 2022 (FAA data) by passenger boardings, not total passengers, except for Tijuana. While large airports dominant traffic and small airports struggle to retain carriers or completely lose scheduled passenger service, there are but a few growing medium-sized airports. While only 13 airports had 350,000 boardings or more, the major metropolitan areas dominate the rankings; road traffic instead takes an outsized role in connecting to other regions of the state and winner-take-all dominating airports in traffic clogged areas like LAX crowd out smaller airports from commercial aviation, leaving little option but driving.

Airport list

Rank
2022 		Airports (large hubs)IATA
Code		CityState2022 20212018[1] 2017[2] 2016[3] 20152014[4] 2013[5] 2012[6] 2011[7] 2010[8] 2009[9] 20082007[10] 2006[11] 2005[12]
1Los Angeles International AirportLAXLos AngelesCA32,326,61623,663,41042,624,05041,232,43239,636,04236,351,27234,314,19732,425,89231,326,26830,528,73728,857,75527,439,89728,861,47730,113,98529,357,32729,372,272
2San Francisco International AirportSFOSan FranciscoCA20,411,42011,725,34727,790,71726,900,04825,707,10124,190,56022,756,00821,704,62621,284,22420,038,67919,359,00318,467,90818,135,82717,280,32816,236,59216,070,133
3San Diego International AirportSANSan DiegoCA11,162,2247,836,36012,174,22411,139,93310,340,1649,985,7639,333,1528,878,7728,686,5928,465,6838,430,5098,453,8549,007,6179,138,1168,724,4428,628,648
4Tijuana International AirportTIJTijuana and San DiegoBaja California12,308,3709,677,900 7,823,7447,089,2196,318,826[13] 4,387,865
4Sacramento International AirportSMFSacramentoCA6,040,8244,760,2755,907,6295,341,5954,969,3664,714,7294,384,6164,255,1454,357,8994,370,895
5San Jose International AirportSJCSan JoseCA5,590,1373,619,6907,032,8516,130,8785,321,6034,822,4804,621,0034,315,8394,077,6544,108,006
6John Wayne International AirportSNASanta AnaCA5,536,3133,807,2055,201,6425,082,7165,217,2424,945,2094,584,1474,540,6284,381,1724,247,802
7Oakland International AirportOAKOaklandCA5,506,2324,011,9536,686,6036,413,8325,934,6395,506,6875,069,2574,770,7164,926,6834,550,526
8Hollywood Burbank AirportBURBurbankCA3,054,7291,942,4172,680,2402,402,1062,077,8921,973,8971,928,4911,918,0112,027,2032,144,915
9 ONTCA2,840,7582,201,5282,498,9932,247,6452,104,6252,089,8012,037,3461,970,5382,142,393 2,271,458
10Long Beach AirportLGBLong BeachCA1,600,9871,039,4321,908,6351,830,7451,386,3571,220,9371,368,9231,438,7561,554,8461,512,212
11Palm Springs AirportPSPPalm SpringsCA1,499,9871,044,0451,163,8831,055,970995,801947,728953,607875,699867,720759,910
12Fresno International AirportFATFresnoCA1,077,710960,594853,538755,140761,298695,008710,353684,849640,250615,320
13Santa Barbara AirportSBASanta BarbaraCA610,916440,229403,745356,608329,751316,511355,049364,360370,600367,328

Notes and References

  1. https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
  2. https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy17-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
  3. https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy16-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf CY 2016 Primary Airports
  4. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf CY 2014 Primary Airports -- Preliminary Data
  5. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy13-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf CY 2013 Primary Airports
  6. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/CY12CommercialServiceEnplanements.pdf CY 2012 Primary Airports
  7. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy11_primary_enplanements.pdf CY 2011 Primary Airports
  8. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_primary_enplanements.pdf CY 2010 Enplanements at Primary Airports
  9. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2009 CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
  10. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy07_primary_np_comm.pdf Federal Aviation Administration 2007 passenger boarding statistics
  11. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy06_primary_np_comm.pdf Federal Aviation Administration 2006 passenger boarding statistics
  12. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy05_primary_np_commercial.pdf Federal Aviation Administration 2005 passenger boarding statistics
  13. Web site: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes: Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Airports operational statistics . 2016-05-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315234455/http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/estadisticas/estadistica-operacional-de-aeropuertos-airports-operational-statistics/ . 2016-03-15 .

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