| Rank 96 | Rank 95 | Airport | Passengers 96 | Pass % change | Domestic 96 | Dom % change | International 96 | Intl % change | Freight 96 | Freight % change | Movements 96 | Move % change |
| 1 | 1 | Chicago/O'Hare | 69.15 | 2.8 | 61.94 | 2.4 | 7.22 | 6.3 | 1,389,039 | 2.0 | 909,593 | 1.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Atlanta | 63.30 | 9.6 | 59.83 | 9.9 | 3.06 | 5.3 | 572,264 | 5.0 | 766,011 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 58.03 | 2.7 | 53.99 | 2.7 | 3.34 | 4.4 | 774,947 | -0.4 | 848,028 | -3.6 |
| 4 | 5 | Los Angeles | 57.97 | 7.5 | 43.94 | 8.5 | 14.03 | 4.7 | 1,719,449 | 7.7 | 763,866 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 4 | London/Heathrow | 56.13 | 2.4 | 7.42 | 0.8 | 48.70 | 2.6 | 1,064,555 | 1.7 | 427,000 | 1.4 |
| 6 | 6 | Tokyo/Haneda | 46.60 | 1.7 | 45.70 | 1.6 | 0.90 | 12.5 | 670,699 | 2.4 | 207,266 | 0.1 |
| 7 | 8 | San Francisco | 39.25 | 8.2 | 32.61 | 7.6 | 6.64 | 11.7 | 711,876 | 2.2 | 427,449 | 0.8 |
| 8 | 7 | Frankfurt | 38.77 | 1.5 | 7.08 | -2.0 | 31.02 | 2.5 | 1,527,943 | 2.3 | 384,971 | 1.7 |
| 9 | 11 | Seoul | 34.71 | 12.2 | 19.74 | 14.0 | 14.71 | 10.0 | 1,361,497 | 12.0 | 214,772 | 8.7 |
| 10 | 9 | Miami | 33.50 | 0.8 | 18.59 | -1.1 | 14.91 | 3.3 | 1,709,905 | 7.9 | 534,775 | -7.3 |
| 11 | 10 | Denver | 32.30 | 4.0 | 31.96 | 3.6 | 0.33 | 49.6 | 385,073 | 3.6 | 453,119 | -4.8 |
| 12 | 14 | Paris/Charles de Gaulle | 31.70 | 11.8 | 2.70 | 9.8 | 28.60 | 12.0 | 981,000 | 5.6 | 361,000 | 8.9 |
| 13 | 12 | New York/JFK | 31.16 | 2.6 | 13.70 | 2.9 | 17.45 | 2.3 | 1,512,468 | 1.8 | 338,462 | 4.6 |
| 14 | 13 | Detroit | 30.61 | 5.3 | 27.41 | 4.2 | 3.20 | 15.1 | 326,287 | 0.1 | 538,424 | 6.0 |
| 15 | 16 | Las Vegas | 30.46 | 8.7 | 29.64 | 7.9 | 0.82 | 46.9 | 56,267 | 10.8 | 476,511 | -5.4 |
| 16 | 17 | Phoenix | 30.41 | 9.2 | 29.96 | 8.7 | 0.45 | 48.0 | 283,665 | 9.1 | 526,648 | 2.4 |
| 17 | 15 | Hong Kong | 30.21 | 7.7 | 30.21 | 7.7 | 1,590,773 | 7.1 | 176,843 | 7.4 | ||
| 18 | 20 | New York/Newark | 29.11 | 9.3 | 24.52 | 7.6 | 4.59 | 19.3 | 975,906 | 1.8 | 431,391 | 7.9 |
| 19 | 18 | Minneapolis-St Paul | 28.77 | 7.4 | 17.26 | 9.8 | 0.80 | 12.6 | 361,448 | -1.0 | 465,118 | 3.5 |
| 20 | 22 | Amsterdam | 27.80 | 9.9 | 0.17 | 13.3 | 27.10 | 9.7 | 1,124,652 | 10.3 | 342,603 | 8.8 |
| 21 | 19 | Paris/Orly | 27.40 | 2.6 | 16.70 | 7.7 | 10.60 | -3.6 | 263,000 | -9.6 | 245,000 | 5.2 |
| 22 | 21 | St Louis | 27.27 | 6.1 | 26.98 | 6.0 | 0.30 | 10.6 | 131,436 | 3.0 | 513,849 | -1.0 |
| 23 | 23 | Houston Intercontinental | 26.46 | 7.2 | 23.09 | 6.0 | 3.37 | 16.1 | 241,397 | 5.6 | 396,453 | 4.9 |
| 24 | 31 | Orlando | 25.59 | 13.9 | 23.05 | 15.1 | 2.54 | 4.1 | 212,691 | -3.4 | 341,205 | -1.2 |
| 25 | 25 | Tokyo/Narita | 25.41 | 4.9 | 0.79 | -5.6 | 24.61 | 5.3 | 1,562,161 | -2.7 | 124,643 | 1.0 |
| 26 | 24 | Boston | 25.17 | 3.8 | 21.68 | 4.7 | 3.46 | -0.6 | 405,581 | 2.8 | 456,226 | -2.2 |
| 27 | 28 | Bangkok | 24.99 | 8.1 | 6.53 | 12.5 | 16.38 | 8.3 | 787,539 | 18.8 | 180,594 | 7.2 |
| 28 | 29 | London/Gatwick | 24.56 | 6.9 | 2.08 | 16.5 | 22.03 | 6.9 | 284,299 | 17.5 | 213,900 | 7.9 |
| 29 | 27 | Singapore | 24.51 | 5.7 | 24.51 | 5.7 | 1,190,457 | 7.7 | 179,883 | 7.1 | ||
| 30 | 26 | Honolulu | 24.33 | 2.8 | 17.37 | 2.7 | 6.26 | 4.2 | 436,165 | 4.6 | 372,268 | -0.4 |
| 31 | 30 | Seattle-Tacoma | 24.32 | 6.8 | 22.64 | 7.3 | 1.69 | 1.1 | 388,218 | -4.9 | 395,216 | 2.2 |
| 32 | 32 | Toronto | 24.26 | 8.1 | 10.72 | 6.6 | 13.54 | 9.3 | 336,652 | 5.1 | 375,250 | 9.5 |
| 33 | 33 | Rome/Fiumicino | 23.04 | 9.2 | 10.27 | 14.7 | 12.77 | 5.2 | 300,104 | 3.0 | 236,503 | 13.0 |
| 34 | 34 | Charlotte | 21.85 | 4.3 | 21.38 | 4.3 | 0.47 | 4.9 | 190,327 | 5.6 | 446,629 | -0.3 |
| 35 | 37 | Madrid | 21.67 | 8.6 | 11.23 | 10.5 | 10.22 | 7.5 | 242,555 | 5.4 | 246,507 | 12.5 |
| 36 | 38 | Salt Lake City | 21.09 | 14.2 | 20.77 | 14.6 | 0.32 | -4.4 | 227,914 | 15.8 | 374,209 | 4.1 |
| 37 | 35 | New York/La Guardia | 20.70 | 0.5 | 19.34 | 0.1 | 1.36 | 5.6 | 27,690 | -9.2 | 322,645 | -0.2 |
| 38 | 36 | Pittsburgh | 20.53 | 2.6 | 19.94 | 2.7 | 0.59 | -1.1 | 156,619 | 3.2 | 451,995 | 0.8 |
| 39 | 40 | Sydney | 20.52 | 13.2 | 13.68 | 14.4 | 6.55 | 13.1 | 268,908 | 3.0 | ||
| 40 | 39 | Philadelphia | 19.32 | 4.8 | 17.76 | 3.2 | 1.56 | 27.5 | 493,408 | -0.4 | 416,000 | 2.5 |
| 41 | 42 | Osaka/Kansai | 18.85 | 14.2 | 8.22 | 3.7 | 10.10 | 22.8 | 592,557 | 19.9 | 116,327 | 12.0 |
| 42 | 47 | Cincinnati | 18.80 | 23.7 | 17.90 | 23.4 | 0.90 | 12.5 | 370,169 | 39.2 | 401,367 | 11.4 |
| 43 | 41 | Fukuoka | 16.44 | -0.5 | 13.95 | -1.8 | 2.46 | 7.1 | 256,676 | 0.9 | 111,948 | 5.0 |
| 44 | 49 | Beijing | 16.38 | 8.9 | 12.47 | 5.7 | 3.91 | 20.7 | 251,818 | 4.0 | 133,626 | 10.4 |
| 45 | 46 | Zurich | 16.28 | 5.7 | 1.01 | 5.1 | 14.79 | 5.9 | 463,190 | 1.5 | 258,031 | 5.5 |
| 46 | 44 | Mexico City | 16.27 | 2.6 | 10.92 | -2.5 | 5.35 | 14.8 | 236,136 | -6.4 | ||
| 47 | 43 | Sapporo | 16.13 | 1.2 | 15.75 | 4.4 | 0.38 | 10.5 | 281,877 | 4.3 | 82,440 | 9.9 |
| 48 | 50 | Copenhagen | 16.00 | 6.7 | 2.90 | 7.4 | 13.20 | 7.3 | 336,000 | 8.4 | 270,000 | 11.6 |
| 49 | 52 | Munich | 15.69 | 5.5 | 5.87 | 1.0 | 9.57 | 8.7 | 110,937 | 10.7 | 233,254 | 9.0 |
| 50 | 54 | Taipei | 15.61 | 7.8 | 15.61 | 7.8 | 796,172 | 6.4 | 101,971 | 10.6 | ||
| Total | 1,439.39 | 6.2 | 923.16 | 6.1 | 497.50 | 6.9 | 30,308,141 | 5.1 | 18,096,833 | 2.6 | ||
Source: Airline Business
