Busiest US Airports of 2006
According to the FAA, the busiest airports in the US for 2006 were:
| Rank | Operations | Airport |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 976313 | Atlanta |
| 2 | 958643 | Chicago O’Hare |
| 3 | 702713 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 4 | 656842 | Los Angeles |
| 5 | 619474 | Las Vegas |
| 6 | 609522 | Denver |
| 7 | 603246 | Houston Intercontinental |
| 8 | 546510 | Phoenix |
| 9 | 515868 | Philadelphia |
| 10 | 510918 | Charlotte |
| 20 | 394915 | Van Nuys |
| 24 | 362796 | Santa Ana |
| 42 | 278388 | San Diego-Gillespie Field |
It is interesting to see that Gillespie Field is busier than Montgomery Field, busier even than Lindbergh Field (by about 4800 ops!). But I suppose I can say that I have flown in and out of 3 of the 50 busiest airports in the US.
January 24th, 20073:00 am at
[...] via guapacha according to FAA ”the busiest airports in the US for 2006“ after reading that post i was pleasantly surprised According to FAA in year 2006 San Diego-Gillespie Field total Operationsl :278388San Diego International total Operations : 230798 [...]
January 24th, 20073:39 am at
….very interesting thanks for the link ! you training in socal ..? that nice ill find time and read your archives too i am sure its bond to make me nostalgic
January 24th, 20077:37 am at
Thanks for the comment. I got my Private and Instrument here in SoCal, out of KMYF rather than KSEE.
February 2nd, 20079:43 am at
Thanks for this info. Really surprised to see “San Diego” so far down.. Seems busy everytime I go..
February 2nd, 200711:37 pm at
[...] via guapacha according to FAA “the busiest airports in the US for 2006” after reading that post i was pleasantly surprised, out of 50 busiest airport i have landed at 8 of them wow feel so happy…;-) coming back to Gillespie According to FAA in year 2006 [...]