List of the busiest airports in California
List of the busiest airports in California
In 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
City
State
2022
2021
2018[ 1]
2017[ 2]
2016[ 3]
2015[ 3]
2014[ 4]
2013[ 5]
2012[ 6]
2011[ 7]
2010[ 8]
2009[ 9]
2008[ 9]
2007[ 10]
2006[ 11]
2005[ 12]
1
Los Angeles International Airport
LAX
Los Angeles
CA
32,326,616
23,663,410
42,624,050
41,232,432
39,636,042
36,351,272
34,314,197
32,425,892
31,326,268
30,528,737
28,857,755
27,439,897
28,861,477
30,113,985
29,357,327
29,372,272
2
San Francisco International Airport
SFO
San Francisco
CA
20,411,420
11,725,347
27,790,717
26,900,048
25,707,101
24,190,560
22,756,008
21,704,626
21,284,224
20,038,679
19,359,003
18,467,908
18,135,827
17,280,328
16,236,592
16,070,133
3
San Diego International Airport
SAN
San Diego
CA
11,162,224
7,836,360
12,174,224
11,139,933
10,340,164
9,985,763
9,333,152
8,878,772
8,686,592
8,465,683
8,430,509
8,453,854
9,007,617
9,138,116
8,724,442
8,628,648
4
Tijuana International Airport [ a]
TIJ
Tijuana and San Diego
Baja California
12,308,370
9,677,900
7,823,744
7,089,219
6,318,826 [ 13]
4,387,865
4
Sacramento International Airport
SMF
Sacramento
CA
6,040,824
4,760,275
5,907,629
5,341,595
4,969,366
4,714,729
4,384,616
4,255,145
4,357,899
4,370,895
5
San Jose International Airport
SJC
San Jose
CA
5,590,137
3,619,690
7,032,851
6,130,878
5,321,603
4,822,480
4,621,003
4,315,839
4,077,654
4,108,006
6
John Wayne International Airport
SNA
Santa Ana
CA
5,536,313
3,807,205
5,201,642
5,082,716
5,217,242
4,945,209
4,584,147
4,540,628
4,381,172
4,247,802
7
Oakland International Airport
OAK
Oakland
CA
5,506,232
4,011,953
6,686,603
6,413,832
5,934,639
5,506,687
5,069,257
4,770,716
4,926,683
4,550,526
8
Hollywood Burbank Airport
BUR
Burbank
CA
3,054,729
1,942,417
2,680,240
2,402,106
2,077,892
1,973,897
1,928,491
1,918,011
2,027,203
2,144,915
9
Ontario International Airport
ONT
Ontario
CA
2,840,758
2,201,528
2,498,993
2,247,645
2,104,625
2,089,801
2,037,346
1,970,538
2,142,393
2,271,458
10
Long Beach Airport
LGB
Long Beach
CA
1,600,987
1,039,432
1,908,635
1,830,745
1,386,357
1,220,937
1,368,923
1,438,756
1,554,846
1,512,212
11
Palm Springs Airport
PSP
Palm Springs
CA
1,499,987
1,044,045
1,163,883
1,055,970
995,801
947,728
953,607
875,699
867,720
759,910
12
Fresno International Airport
FAT
Fresno
CA
1,077,710
960,594
853,538
755,140
761,298
695,008
710,353
684,849
640,250
615,320
13
Santa Barbara Airport
SBA
Santa Barbara
CA
610,916
440,229
403,745
356,608
329,751
316,511
355,049
364,360
370,600
367,328
Notes
References
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