Year

Rank

Trending

Total number of enplanements

U.S. Average

North Carolina

Airport Activity

Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service and General Aviation) by State

What does this mean?

Enplanements are counts of passengers boarding an aircraft operated by an air carrier.

Why does it matter?

Airports are important in the supply chain to deliver high-value, time-sensitive materials, such as human tissue samples, vaccines, critical manufacturing components, etc., and transport people to connect to markets across the world. The number of flights and the amount of cargo is indicative of the support provided by the airport to enhance the regional economy. North Carolina’s network of airports complement each other to sustain various flight use cases, including regularly scheduled commercial service, air cargo and shipping services, business aviation, agricultural support flights, military and pilot training, etc.

NC Infrastructure Index

North Carolina Ranking

18 / 51

* Source: US Federal Aviation Administration

Airport Activity

State	2010-01	2011-01	2012-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01
Alabama	2,575,590	2,579,194	2,507,724	2,337,063	2,353,934	2,353,648	5,026,805	5,160,582
Alaska	4,573,886	4,652,703	4,537,477	4,752,016	4,974,638	5,069,058	2,352,321	2,570,817
Arizona	21,857,552	22,754,221	22,802,402	23,381,687	24,338,312	23,928,272	1,811,330	1,935,330
Arkansas	1,763,539	1,724,482	1,790,247	1,769,526	1,724,762	1,761,260	24,477,671	24,950,859
California	82,844,419	84,987,511	87,633,662	93,375,201	98,654,715	105,744,646	111,929,286	118,022,016
Colorado	27,241,268	27,624,054	27,698,215	27,651,372	27,914,676	30,024,494	31,711,164	33,383,438
Connecticut	2,676,961	2,813,986	2,685,050	2,948,432	2,958,442	3,011,348	3,194,513	3,318,583
Delaware	1,540	1,653	1,788	105,351	12,618	1,532	1,235	1,142
District of Columbia							84,943,045	91,179,499
Florida	66,739,310	69,361,533	69,837,520	72,445,556	78,074,209	81,290,457	51,923,516	53,732,226
Georgia	44,383,309	45,666,865	47,067,542	47,963,053	50,764,114	51,996,304	17,321,902	17,840,432
Hawaii	14,564,993	14,648,671	15,573,796	16,023,886	16,485,101	16,861,557	1,966,645	2,083,628
Idaho	1,723,710	1,719,986	1,627,371	1,728,089	1,829,789	2,004,564	2,175,351	2,354,117
Illinois	41,958,953	42,262,976	42,824,672	45,394,045	48,364,870	49,891,027	50,779,629	51,899,747
Indiana	4,495,124	4,425,321	4,351,419	4,422,984	4,770,065	5,118,751	5,232,010	5,632,007
Iowa	1,469,145	1,481,359	1,610,116	1,812,571	1,832,101	1,889,956	915,491	953,856
Kansas	845,973	848,006	864,004	890,786	899,967	897,917	6,158,070	6,852,053
Kentucky	6,158,814	5,650,653	5,178,938	5,155,169	5,350,379	5,590,933	7,183,283	7,797,742
Louisiana	5,277,033	5,498,322	5,553,599	6,175,979	6,580,699	6,699,057	19,034,071	20,316,801
Maine	1,319,423	1,277,708	1,148,700	1,199,164	1,178,651	1,203,453	13,063,732	13,463,431
Maryland	10,930,557	11,150,192	11,278,121	11,103,446	11,828,754	12,430,264	1,272,392	1,442,146
Massachusetts	14,002,184	14,589,974	14,666,768	15,905,484	16,658,116	18,062,859	19,749,645	20,365,838
Michigan	18,015,773	18,190,320	17,945,861	18,243,271	18,781,727	19,449,661	18,784,026	18,796,280
Minnesota	15,850,727	16,224,310	16,277,060	17,347,102	17,970,618	18,450,581	13,462,884	14,144,879
Mississippi	1,231,879	1,143,476	1,127,882	954,060	903,834	891,647	881,932	944,027
Missouri	11,520,552	11,711,923	11,640,007	11,674,172	11,943,537	12,763,162	2,006,150	2,194,291
Montana	1,511,032	1,587,386	1,698,293	1,810,536	1,860,721	1,940,708	30,183,744	31,246,051
Nebraska	2,312,634	2,280,079	2,250,870	2,245,881	2,320,189	2,380,916	1,047,514	1,096,041
Nevada	21,127,116	21,984,751	21,960,194	22,554,939	23,846,339	24,912,538	2,488,824	2,712,135
New Hampshire	1,407,319	1,353,843	1,233,995	1,089,416	1,082,542	1,079,002	1,084,806	1,014,977
New Jersey	17,259,513	17,506,946	17,748,254	18,768,860	19,681,740	20,806,529	22,506,663	23,798,603
New Mexico	2,937,706	2,880,701	2,753,418	2,497,415	2,465,924	2,488,438	2,605,696	2,861,043
New York	43,659,120	44,251,489	45,704,962	47,729,898	50,021,973	51,989,375	25,614,962	26,132,213
North Carolina	25,392,862	25,826,629	26,792,777	28,457,850	29,127,000	29,237,882	52,365,205	54,614,955
North Dakota	808,782	872,977	1,040,902	1,250,370	1,184,733	1,062,313	10,007,478	10,309,530
Ohio	9,881,488	9,745,467	9,782,878	8,923,791	9,294,956	9,641,985	3,348,130	3,655,090
Oklahoma	3,165,602	3,154,316	3,187,040	3,290,052	3,219,758	3,201,307	10,794,449	11,314,233
Oregon	7,545,023	7,782,601	8,134,103	8,928,079	9,463,065	10,286,909	20,188,471	21,687,400
Pennsylvania	20,573,203	20,617,220	20,091,302	20,190,697	20,569,895	20,105,293	1,973,861	2,152,538
Rhode Island	1,972,962	1,940,276	1,830,359	1,790,250	1,788,208	1,837,934	4,710,348	5,231,187
South Carolina	3,086,526	3,596,474	3,562,842	3,958,386	4,161,543	4,380,424	899,822	904,615
South Dakota	685,137	728,537	750,880	797,491	794,581	820,618	10,652,123	12,015,176
Tennessee	10,667,321	10,386,660	9,527,155	8,617,698	9,050,479	9,875,399	81,253,843	86,473,609
Texas	67,718,257	68,584,111	69,300,664	74,982,393	79,669,001	79,920,868	11,916,189	12,544,177
Utah	10,018,146	9,850,365	9,762,771	10,363,402	10,861,051	11,393,516	1,441,703	1,329,955
Vermont	649,314	642,088	620,967	608,383	586,655	598,830	5,178,818	26,994,423
Virginia	24,504,758	24,457,144	24,505,915	24,625,201	25,755,881	26,360,058	5,178,818	5,477,848
Washington	17,942,689	18,598,472	18,745,231	20,492,096	22,760,502	24,559,194	348,511	377,487
West Virginia	422,236	445,726	420,581	387,802	371,126	356,983	562,608	603,662
Wisconsin	6,471,398	6,299,788	5,275,728	4,882,003	4,873,042	5,050,590
Wyoming	510,172	508,249	504,022	528,266	521,134	552,703
U.S. Average	14,125,050	14,377,433	14,508,320	15,090,612	15,849,613	16,444,534	16,402,258	17,671,075