The busiest airports in the US, by people screened at TSA checkpoints
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL) is the busiest airport in the US by passengers, the count the FAA and Airports Council International publish, and every list built on boardings puts it first. This list counts something else: people who walked through a TSA checkpoint, from TSA's own hourly counts, averaged over 133 counted days, 22 March to 5 September 2026. A connecting traveller is screened once, at the airport the trip starts from, so LAX leads this list at about 97,000 people a day and ATL is 4th.
Every airport TSA counts, by people screened a day
| Rank | Airport | People a day | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX Los Angeles | 96,683 | 133 |
| 2 | ORD Chicago O'Hare | 93,827 | 133 |
| 3 | JFK New York JFK | 92,251 | 133 |
| 4 | ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta | 84,590 | 133 |
| 5 | MCO Orlando | 76,002 | 133 |
| 6 | SFO San Francisco | 73,879 | 133 |
| 7 | DFW Dallas Fort Worth | 71,824 | 133 |
| 8 | MIA Miami International | 70,327 | 133 |
| 9 | EWR Newark Liberty | 68,165 | 133 |
| 10 | LAS Las Vegas Harry Reid | 66,375 | 133 |
| 11 | BOS Boston Logan | 65,762 | 133 |
| 12 | DEN Denver | 65,522 | 133 |
| 13 | SEA Seattle Tacoma | 59,972 | 133 |
| 14 | PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor | 56,051 | 133 |
| 15 | IAH Houston Bush Intercontinental | 50,759 | 133 |
| 16 | LGA New York LaGuardia | 49,049 | 133 |
| 17 | FLL Fort Lauderdale | 42,880 | 133 |
| 18 | PHL Philadelphia | 39,211 | 133 |
| 19 | SAN San Diego | 38,588 | 133 |
| 20 | MSP Minneapolis St Paul | 38,228 | 133 |
| 21 | DTW Detroit Metro | 35,931 | 133 |
| 22 | IAD Washington Dulles | 35,792 | 133 |
| 23 | TPA Tampa | 34,734 | 133 |
| 24 | CLT Charlotte Douglas | 33,549 | 133 |
| 25 | DCA Reagan National | 32,735 | 133 |
| 26 | BNA Nashville | 30,867 | 133 |
| 27 | AUS Austin Bergstrom | 29,597 | 133 |
| 28 | HNL Honolulu | 26,818 | 133 |
| 29 | SLC Salt Lake City | 26,790 | 133 |
| 30 | BWI Baltimore Washington | 24,916 | 133 |
| 31 | PDX Portland | 24,642 | 133 |
| 32 | RDU Raleigh Durham | 24,081 | 133 |
| 33 | SJU San Juan | 23,252 | 133 |
| 34 | MDW Chicago Midway | 18,966 | 133 |
| 35 | SMF Sacramento | 18,931 | 133 |
| 36 | STL St Louis Lambert | 18,442 | 133 |
| 37 | MSY New Orleans | 17,052 | 133 |
| 38 | SNA John Wayne Orange County | 16,409 | 133 |
| 39 | RSW Fort Myers | 16,407 | 133 |
| 40 | MCI Kansas City | 16,163 | 133 |
| 41 | IND Indianapolis | 15,858 | 133 |
| 42 | CLE Cleveland Hopkins | 15,316 | 133 |
| 43 | SAT San Antonio | 15,140 | 133 |
| 44 | DAL Dallas Love Field | 15,019 | 133 |
| 45 | PIT Pittsburgh | 14,757 | 133 |
| 46 | PBI President Donald J Trump International Airport | 14,344 | 133 |
| 47 | CVG Cincinnati | 14,287 | 133 |
| 48 | SJC San Jose | 14,158 | 133 |
| 49 | CMH Columbus John Glenn | 13,918 | 133 |
| 50 | HOU Houston Hobby | 13,558 | 133 |
| 51 | JAX Jacksonville | 11,688 | 133 |
| 52 | ONT Ontario | 10,994 | 133 |
| 53 | OAK Oakland | 10,848 | 133 |
| 54 | CHS Charleston | 9,963 | 133 |
| 55 | BDL Hartford Bradley | 9,925 | 133 |
| 56 | OGG Maui Kahului | 9,369 | 133 |
| 57 | MKE Milwaukee Mitchell | 9,016 | 133 |
| 58 | ANC Anchorage | 8,793 | 133 |
| 59 | BUR Hollywood Burbank | 8,562 | 133 |
| 60 | ORF Norfolk | 8,286 | 133 |
| 61 | BUF Buffalo Niagara | 8,084 | 133 |
| 62 | RIC Richmond | 7,802 | 133 |
| 63 | ABQ Albuquerque Sunport | 7,781 | 133 |
| 64 | OMA Omaha Eppley | 7,763 | 133 |
| 65 | BOI Boise | 7,664 | 133 |
| 66 | RNO Reno Tahoe | 7,458 | 133 |
| 67 | MEM Memphis | 7,446 | 133 |
| 68 | SRQ Sarasota Bradenton | 7,051 | 133 |
| 69 | SDF Louisville | 7,042 | 133 |
| 70 | OKC Oklahoma City | 6,937 | 133 |
| 71 | SAV Savannah Hilton Head | 6,781 | 133 |
| 72 | GRR Grand Rapids | 6,759 | 133 |
| 73 | PVD Providence | 6,667 | 133 |
| 74 | GEG Spokane | 6,508 | 133 |
| 75 | TYS Knoxville | 6,130 | 133 |
| 76 | ELP El Paso | 5,994 | 133 |
| 77 | MYR Myrtle Beach | 5,672 | 133 |
| 78 | TUS Tucson | 5,654 | 133 |
| 79 | KOA Kona | 5,492 | 133 |
| 80 | TUL Tulsa | 5,385 | 133 |
| 81 | LIH Lihue | 5,201 | 133 |
| 82 | ALB Albany | 5,185 | 133 |
| 83 | PNS Pensacola | 5,185 | 133 |
| 84 | BHM Birmingham | 5,140 | 133 |
| 85 | LGB Long Beach | 4,965 | 133 |
| 86 | DSM Des Moines | 4,942 | 133 |
| 87 | PSP Palm Springs | 4,860 | 133 |
| 88 | BZN Bozeman Yellowstone | 4,822 | 133 |
| 89 | GSP Greenville Spartanburg | 4,727 | 133 |
| 90 | SFB Orlando Sanford | 4,695 | 133 |
| 91 | ROC Rochester | 4,694 | 133 |
| 92 | VPS Destin Fort Walton Beach | 4,612 | 133 |
| 93 | SYR Syracuse | 4,494 | 133 |
| 94 | FAT Fresno Yosemite | 4,411 | 133 |
| 95 | PWM Portland Maine | 4,344 | 133 |
| 96 | PIE St Pete Clearwater | 4,258 | 133 |
| 97 | XNA Northwest Arkansas | 4,161 | 133 |
| 98 | MSN Madison | 4,100 | 133 |
| 99 | LIT Little Rock | 3,938 | 133 |
| 100 | COS Colorado Springs | 3,780 | 133 |
| 101 | HPN Westchester County | 3,635 | 133 |
| 102 | AVL Asheville | 3,566 | 133 |
| 103 | ECP Panama City Beaches | 3,485 | 133 |
| 104 | GSO Greensboro Piedmont Triad | 3,467 | 133 |
| 105 | PGD Punta Gorda | 3,144 | 133 |
| 106 | GUM Guam | 3,107 | 131 |
| 107 | ILM Wilmington International Airport | 3,093 | 133 |
| 108 | ICT Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl Airport | 3,040 | 133 |
| 109 | MDT Harrisburg International Airport | 2,941 | 133 |
| 110 | HSV Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | 2,888 | 133 |
| 111 | ISP Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | 2,828 | 133 |
| 112 | AZA Mesa Gateway Airport | 2,758 | 133 |
| 113 | EUG Mahlon Sweet Field | 2,719 | 133 |
| 114 | LEX Blue Grass Airport | 2,670 | 133 |
| 115 | STT Cyril E King Airport | 2,500 | 133 |
| 116 | EYW Key West International Airport | 2,498 | 133 |
| 117 | CID The Eastern Iowa Airport | 2,480 | 133 |
| 118 | SGF Springfield-Branson Ntl Airport | 2,480 | 133 |
| 119 | SBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | 2,448 | 133 |
| 120 | CAE Columbia Metro Airport | 2,366 | 133 |
| 121 | FSD Joe Foss Field | 2,352 | 133 |
| 122 | MAF Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | 2,273 | 133 |
| 123 | BTV Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport | 2,248 | 133 |
| 124 | HVN Tweed/New Haven Airport | 2,246 | 133 |
| 125 | CHA Lovell Field | 2,157 | 133 |
| 126 | DAY James M Cox Dayton International Airport | 2,118 | 133 |
| 127 | ATW Appleton International Airport | 2,112 | 133 |
| 128 | RDM Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport | 2,092 | 133 |
| 129 | MHT Manchester Boston Regional Airport | 2,063 | 133 |
| 130 | ITO Hilo International Airport | 2,038 | 133 |
| 131 | JAN Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | 1,945 | 133 |
| 132 | FCA Glacier Park International Airport | 1,912 | 127 |
| 133 | PVU Provo Municipal Airport | 1,909 | 133 |
| 134 | CAK Akron-Canton Regional Airport | 1,892 | 133 |
| 135 | JAC Jackson Hole Airport | 1,873 | 133 |
| 136 | FAR Hector International Airport | 1,854 | 133 |
| 137 | ABE Lehigh Valley International Airport | 1,852 | 133 |
| 138 | LBB Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | 1,850 | 133 |
| 139 | TVC Cherry Capital Airport | 1,844 | 133 |
| 140 | SBN South Bend International Airport | 1,799 | 133 |
| 141 | MSO Missoula Montana Airport | 1,777 | 133 |
| 142 | MFR Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport | 1,754 | 133 |
| 143 | MFE Mc Allen International Airport | 1,731 | 133 |
| 144 | BGR Bangor International Airport | 1,706 | 133 |
| 145 | FAI Fairbanks International Airport | 1,686 | 133 |
| 146 | PSC Tri-Cities Airport | 1,610 | 133 |
| 147 | BIL Billings Logan International Airport | 1,602 | 133 |
| 148 | FWA Fort Wayne International Airport | 1,586 | 133 |
| 149 | RAP Rapid City Regional Airport | 1,581 | 133 |
| 150 | STS Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County Airport | 1,581 | 133 |
| 151 | TLH Tallahassee International Airport | 1,505 | 133 |
| 152 | HRL Valley International Airport | 1,467 | 133 |
| 153 | GPT Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | 1,441 | 133 |
| 154 | ROA Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) Airport | 1,382 | 133 |
| 155 | SBP San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport | 1,380 | 133 |
| 156 | DAB Daytona Beach International Airport | 1,355 | 133 |
| 157 | BTR Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field | 1,347 | 133 |
| 158 | AMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | 1,312 | 133 |
| 159 | MLB Melbourne Orlando International Airport | 1,286 | 133 |
| 160 | SHV Shreveport Regional Airport | 1,255 | 133 |
| 161 | CRP Corpus Christi International Airport | 1,235 | 133 |
| 162 | IDA Idaho Falls Regional Airport | 1,234 | 133 |
| 163 | BQN Rafael Hernandez Airport | 1,207 | 133 |
| 164 | PIA General Downing - Peoria International Airport | 1,199 | 133 |
| 165 | JNU Juneau International Airport | 1,154 | 133 |
| 166 | GRB Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | 1,141 | 133 |
| 167 | AGS Augusta Regional At Bush Field | 1,129 | 133 |
| 168 | ASE Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | 1,125 | 105 |
| 169 | MLI Quad Cities International Airport | 1,111 | 133 |
| 170 | CHO Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | 1,105 | 133 |
| 171 | MRY Monterey Regional Airport | 1,074 | 133 |
| 172 | GJT Grand Junction Regional Airport | 1,061 | 133 |
| 173 | MOB Mobile Regional Airport | 1,042 | 133 |
| 174 | FNT Bishop International Airport | 1,002 | 133 |
| 175 | DRO Durango-La Plata County Airport | 969 | 133 |
| 176 | TRI Tri-Cities Airport | 955 | 133 |
| 177 | ACY Atlantic City International Airport | 931 | 133 |
| 178 | LFT Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | 923 | 133 |
| 179 | BIS Bismarck Municipal Airport | 890 | 133 |
| 180 | GNV Gainesville Regional Airport | 870 | 133 |
| 181 | AVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | 862 | 133 |
| 182 | PAE Seattle Paine Field International Airport | 859 | 131 |
| 183 | USA Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | 829 | 122 |
| 184 | SGU St George Regional Airport | 785 | 128 |
| 185 | EVV Evansville Regional Airport | 777 | 133 |
| 186 | BLV Scott Afb/Midamerica St Louis Airport | 743 | 122 |
| 187 | CRW West Virginia International Yeager Airport | 742 | 133 |
| 188 | MGM Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport | 734 | 133 |
| 189 | EGE Eagle County Regional Airport | 710 | 133 |
| 190 | STX Henry E Rohlsen Airport | 700 | 133 |
| 191 | SAF Santa Fe Regional Airport | 697 | 133 |
| 192 | VRB Vero Beach Regional Airport | 691 | 133 |
| 193 | MTJ Montrose Regional Airport | 682 | 133 |
| 194 | COU Columbia Regional Airport | 671 | 133 |
| 195 | BFL Meadows Field | 641 | 133 |
| 196 | BLI Bellingham International Airport | 625 | 133 |
| 197 | ACK Nantucket Memorial Airport | 623 | 133 |
| 198 | GTF Great Falls International Airport | 619 | 133 |
| 199 | ILG New Castle Airport | 607 | 133 |
| 200 | BMI Central Il Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | 590 | 133 |
| 201 | TTN Trenton Mercer Airport | 578 | 133 |
| 202 | LCK Rickenbacker International Airport | 573 | 125 |
| 203 | FAY Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | 545 | 133 |
| 204 | LNK Lincoln Airport | 539 | 133 |
| 205 | LAL Lakeland Linder International Airport | 534 | 104 |
| 206 | SCE State College Regional Airport | 529 | 133 |
| 207 | GUF Gulf Shores International/Jack Edwards Field | 517 | 97 |
| 208 | RFD Chicago/Rockford International Airport | 515 | 132 |
| 209 | HHH Hilton Head Airport | 513 | 133 |
| 210 | DLH Duluth International Airport | 506 | 133 |
| 211 | MOT Minot International Airport | 503 | 133 |
| 212 | OAJ Albert J Ellis Airport | 491 | 133 |
| 213 | ACV California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | 489 | 133 |
| 214 | KTN Ketchikan International Airport | 481 | 133 |
| 215 | ABI Abilene Regional Airport | 467 | 133 |
| 216 | BRO Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | 459 | 133 |
| 217 | SWF New York Stewart International Airport | 445 | 113 |
| 218 | MLU Monroe Regional Airport | 433 | 133 |
| 219 | HDN Yampa Valley Airport | 417 | 133 |
| 220 | SUN Friedman Memorial Airport | 416 | 131 |
| 221 | LRD Laredo International Airport | 412 | 133 |
| 222 | LAN Capital Region International Airport | 399 | 133 |
| 223 | MVY Martha's Vineyard Airport | 386 | 133 |
| 224 | AEX Alexandria International Airport | 385 | 133 |
| 225 | LCH Lake Charles Regional Airport | 371 | 133 |
| 226 | RST Rochester International Airport | 356 | 133 |
| 227 | ORH Worcester Regional Airport | 353 | 133 |
| 228 | CPR Casper/Natrona County International Airport | 353 | 133 |
| 229 | CLD Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport | 347 | 133 |
| 230 | MBS Mbs International Airport | 346 | 133 |
| 231 | HLN Helena Regional Airport | 342 | 133 |
| 232 | AZO Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | 338 | 133 |
| 233 | SCC Deadhorse Airport | 338 | 114 |
| 234 | HTS Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | 335 | 133 |
| 235 | RDD Redding Regional Airport | 334 | 133 |
| 236 | ELM Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | 332 | 133 |
| 237 | PSM Portsmouth International At Pease Airport | 331 | 111 |
| 238 | SIT Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | 323 | 133 |
| 239 | PSE Mercedita Airport | 322 | 133 |
| 240 | GRK Robert Gray Army Air Field | 310 | 133 |
| 241 | LYH Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | 302 | 133 |
| 242 | XWA Williston Basin International Airport | 301 | 133 |
| 243 | CWA Central Wisconsin Airport | 295 | 133 |
| 244 | SPN Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | 290 | 127 |
| 245 | FLG Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | 288 | 133 |
| 246 | SCK Stockton Metro Airport | 278 | 88 |
| 247 | EWN Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | 274 | 133 |
| 248 | PPG Pago Pago International Airport | 272 | 58 |
| 249 | BET Bethel Airport | 271 | 133 |
| 250 | ADQ Kodiak Airport | 270 | 133 |
| 251 | CMI University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | 266 | 133 |
| 252 | SBY Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | 259 | 133 |
| 253 | IFP Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | 254 | 110 |
| 254 | TOL Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | 244 | 111 |
| 255 | BVR | 241 | 2 |
| 256 | MHK Manhattan Regional Airport | 236 | 133 |
| 257 | YUM Yuma Mcas/Yuma International Airport | 234 | 133 |
| 258 | IAG Niagara Falls International Airport | 227 | 100 |
| 259 | MQT Marquette/Sawyer Regional Airport | 223 | 133 |
| 260 | LSE La Crosse Regional Airport | 218 | 133 |
| 261 | ITH Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | 218 | 133 |
| 262 | HGR Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field | 214 | 81 |
| 263 | CLL Easterwood Field | 214 | 133 |
| 264 | CSG Columbus Airport | 211 | 133 |
| 265 | GUC Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | 207 | 133 |
| 266 | GRI Central Nebraska Regional Airport | 206 | 132 |
| 267 | GFK Grand Forks International Airport | 205 | 133 |
| 268 | PUW Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | 205 | 133 |
| 269 | GTR Golden Triangle Regional Airport | 202 | 132 |
| 270 | DHN Dothan Regional Airport | 201 | 133 |
| 271 | ERI Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | 200 | 133 |
| 272 | PBG Plattsburgh International Airport | 193 | 133 |
| 273 | FSM Fort Smith Regional Airport | 192 | 133 |
| 274 | EVP | 186 | 2 |
| 275 | ROW Roswell Air Center Airport | 186 | 133 |
| 276 | BQK Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | 185 | 133 |
| 277 | VLD Valdosta Regional Airport | 182 | 133 |
| 278 | DBQ Dubuque Regional Airport | 176 | 2 |
| 279 | PHF Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | 170 | 133 |
| 280 | ACT Waco Regional Airport | 163 | 133 |
| 281 | STC St Cloud Sky Central Airport | 161 | 41 |
| 282 | TYR Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | 159 | 133 |
| 283 | SJT San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | 157 | 133 |
| 284 | OME Nome Airport | 154 | 133 |
| 285 | CKB North Central West Virginia Airport | 146 | 133 |
| 286 | SPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | 146 | 132 |
| 287 | ABY Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | 146 | 133 |
| 288 | SBD San Bernardino International Airport | 144 | 75 |
| 289 | TWF Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional Airport | 137 | 133 |
| 290 | EAT Pangborn Memorial Airport | 133 | 133 |
| 291 | COD Yellowstone Regional Airport | 131 | 133 |
| 292 | PGV Pitt-Greenville Airport | 129 | 133 |
| 293 | PLN Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | 128 | 109 |
| 294 | YKM Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field | 126 | 133 |
| 295 | OGD Ogden-Hinckley Airport | 125 | 38 |
| 296 | LBE Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | 122 | 42 |
| 297 | ALW Walla Walla Regional Airport | 119 | 133 |
| 298 | TXK Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | 117 | 133 |
| 299 | OTZ Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | 117 | 133 |
| 300 | SMX Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field | 115 | 72 |
| 301 | LAW Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | 115 | 133 |
| 302 | AKN King Salmon Airport | 114 | 119 |
| 303 | HYA Cape Cod Gateway Airport | 112 | 133 |
| 304 | BRW Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | 112 | 133 |
| 305 | SPS Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal Airport | 112 | 133 |
| 306 | GGG East Texas Regional Airport | 111 | 133 |
| 307 | SLN Salina Regional Airport | 110 | 133 |
| 308 | BPT Jack Brooks Regional Airport | 106 | 133 |
| 309 | GCC Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | 106 | 88 |
| 310 | WYS Yellowstone Airport | 104 | 88 |
| 311 | GCK Garden City Regional Airport | 104 | 133 |
| 312 | LWS Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | 104 | 132 |
| 313 | SHR Sheridan County Airport | 102 | 133 |
| 314 | PRC Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field | 102 | 133 |
| 315 | CYS Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | 98 | 133 |
| 316 | EAR Kearney Regional Airport | 98 | 133 |
| 317 | CMX Houghton County Memorial Airport | 97 | 133 |
| 318 | FNL Northern Colorado Regional Airport | 96 | 3 |
| 319 | SUX Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | 96 | 133 |
| 320 | CIU Chippewa County International Airport | 95 | 133 |
| 321 | OGS Ogdensburg International Airport | 95 | 133 |
| 322 | OTH Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | 94 | 129 |
| 323 | RHI Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | 94 | 133 |
| 324 | GST Gustavus Airport | 88 | 50 |
| 325 | SWO Stillwater Regional Airport | 87 | 133 |
| 326 | BJI Bemidji Regional Airport | 87 | 133 |
| 327 | DLG Dillingham Airport | 87 | 132 |
| 328 | PSG Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | 86 | 133 |
| 329 | HOB Lea County Regional Airport | 86 | 133 |
| 330 | RKS Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | 82 | 133 |
| 331 | RIW Central Wyoming Regional Airport | 79 | 133 |
| 332 | ABR Aberdeen Regional Airport | 79 | 133 |
| 333 | EAU Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | 78 | 132 |
| 334 | BTM Bert Mooney Airport | 78 | 133 |
| 335 | PQI Presque Isle International Airport | 72 | 131 |
| 336 | FLO Florence Regional Airport | 70 | 133 |
| 337 | DIK Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | 69 | 133 |
| 338 | ART Watertown International Airport | 68 | 132 |
| 339 | JLN Joplin Regional Airport | 67 | 132 |
| 340 | IMT Ford Airport | 67 | 132 |
| 341 | LNS Lancaster Airport | 66 | 131 |
| 342 | LAR Laramie Regional Airport | 64 | 133 |
| 343 | BRD Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | 63 | 133 |
| 344 | EKO Elko Regional Airport | 62 | 133 |
| 345 | ALO Waterloo Regional Airport | 59 | 132 |
| 346 | PAH Barkley Regional Airport | 58 | 133 |
| 347 | CDV Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | 58 | 133 |
| 348 | BIH Bishop Airport | 58 | 92 |
| 349 | MEI Key Field | 57 | 133 |
| 350 | CDC Cedar City Regional Airport | 57 | 133 |
| 351 | PIR Pierre Regional Airport | 57 | 133 |
| 352 | INL Falls International/Einarson Field | 57 | 132 |
| 353 | LBF North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | 56 | 133 |
| 354 | PIB Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | 56 | 133 |
| 355 | LAF Purdue University Airport | 54 | 133 |
| 356 | PIH Pocatello Regional Airport | 53 | 133 |
| 357 | JST John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | 53 | 133 |
| 358 | WRG Wrangell Airport | 50 | 133 |
| 359 | ESC Delta County Airport | 50 | 128 |
| 360 | HIB Range Regional Airport | 47 | 133 |
| 361 | YAK Yakutat Airport | 46 | 132 |
| 362 | ATY Watertown Regional Airport | 46 | 133 |
| 363 | MGW Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field | 46 | 133 |
| 364 | MCN Middle Georgia Regional Airport | 45 | 133 |
| 365 | SHD Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | 45 | 133 |
| 366 | APN Alpena County Regional Airport | 43 | 133 |
| 367 | HYS Hays Regional Airport | 43 | 129 |
| 368 | CGI Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | 42 | 133 |
| 369 | TUP Tupelo Regional Airport | 42 | 133 |
| 370 | VCT Victoria Regional Airport | 40 | 133 |
| 371 | LWB Greenbrier Valley Airport | 40 | 133 |
| 372 | BFF Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Regional/Wm B Heilig Field | 40 | 133 |
| 373 | CVN Clovis Regional Airport | 40 | 114 |
| 374 | DVL Devils Lake Regional Airport | 40 | 133 |
| 375 | VEL Vernal Regional Airport | 40 | 132 |
| 376 | ADK Adak Airport | 38 | 37 |
| 377 | FOD Fort Dodge Regional Airport | 37 | 133 |
| 378 | BGM Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | 36 | 87 |
| 379 | ALS San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | 36 | 132 |
| 380 | MKL Jackson Regional Airport | 36 | 133 |
| 381 | SOW Show Low Regional Airport | 36 | 133 |
| 382 | JMS Jamestown Regional Airport | 36 | 126 |
| 383 | AOO Altoona/Blair County Airport | 34 | 133 |
| 384 | PGA Page Municipal Airport | 34 | 131 |
| 385 | CNY Canyonlands Regional Airport | 34 | 133 |
| 386 | MWA Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois Airport | 32 | 132 |
| 387 | GLH Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | 32 | 133 |
| 388 | MBL Manistee County/Blacker Airport | 32 | 133 |
| 389 | MCW Mason City Municipal Airport | 31 | 128 |
| 390 | FMN Four Corners Regional Airport | 31 | 133 |
| 391 | LBL Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | 31 | 133 |
| 392 | BHB Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | 30 | 133 |
| 393 | DEC Decatur Airport | 30 | 132 |
| 394 | PVC Provincetown Municipal Airport | 29 | 80 |
| 395 | OWB Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | 29 | 133 |
| 396 | DDC Dodge City Regional Airport | 29 | 133 |
| 397 | MKG Muskegon County Airport | 28 | 133 |
| 398 | IWD Gogebic/Iron County Airport | 26 | 114 |
| 399 | TEX Telluride Regional Airport | 26 | 94 |
| 400 | MSL Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | 25 | 132 |
| 401 | TVF Thief River Falls Regional Airport | 25 | 133 |
| 402 | CEC Jack Mc Namara Field | 23 | 133 |
| 403 | TBN Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | 23 | 133 |
| 404 | SDY Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | 23 | 132 |
| 405 | RKD Knox County Regional Airport | 23 | 133 |
| 406 | CEZ Cortez Municipal Airport | 22 | 133 |
| 407 | PKB Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | 20 | 133 |
| 408 | BRL Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | 20 | 133 |
| 409 | MCE Merced Yosemite Regional Airport | 20 | 132 |
| 410 | MSS Massena International-Richards Field | 17 | 133 |
| 411 | UIN Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | 17 | 132 |
| 412 | LEB Lebanon Municipal Airport | 16 | 132 |
| 413 | DUJ Dubois Regional Airport | 15 | 129 |
| 414 | BKW Raleigh County Memorial Airport | 15 | 133 |
| 415 | RUT Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional Airport | 14 | 133 |
| 416 | IRK Kirksville Regional Airport | 14 | 130 |
| 417 | HEZ Hardy-Anders Field/Natchez-Adams County Airport | 14 | 41 |
| 418 | ELD South Arkansas Regional At Goodwin Field | 13 | 133 |
| 419 | SLK Adirondack Regional Airport | 13 | 132 |
| 420 | AUG Augusta State Airport | 13 | 133 |
| 421 | IPL Imperial County Airport | 11 | 133 |
| 422 | AIA Alliance Municipal Airport | 11 | 133 |
| 423 | BFD Bradford Regional Airport | 9 | 133 |
| 424 | OLF L M Clayton Airport | 9 | 132 |
| 425 | GGW Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County Airport | 9 | 132 |
| 426 | HVR Havre City-County Airport | 9 | 132 |
| 427 | PUB Pueblo Memorial Airport | 9 | 133 |
| 428 | IPT Williamsport Regional Airport | 7 | 130 |
| 429 | MCK Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | 7 | 133 |
| 430 | CDR Chadron Municipal Airport | 7 | 133 |
| 431 | GDV Dawson Community Airport | 6 | 131 |
People screened per counted day across every checkpoint, 22 March to 5 September 2026, from TSA's hourly counts. Most airports were counted on all 133 days; an airport counted on fewer shows its own number in the last column. A code links the airport's page where it has one: the line right now, and how busy each checkpoint usually is.
Questions people ask
Which airport is the busiest in the US?
By passengers, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL), as it has been every year since 1998 except 2020. By people screened at TSA checkpoints, Los Angeles (LAX), at about 97,000 people a day over the 133 counted days on this page, 22 March to 5 September 2026.
Why is this order different from other lists of the busiest US airports?
Other lists count passengers boarded, seats or flights, and a connecting traveller is a passenger at every airport they change planes in. TSA counts people who walked through a security checkpoint, which a connecting traveller does once, at the airport the trip starts from. An airport where many people change planes sits lower here than on a passenger list, and an airport most people start or end a trip at sits higher. ATL, first by passengers, is 4th here.
What does people screened count?
TSA publishes, for every airport it staffs, how many people passed each checkpoint in each hour, a week at a time through its FOIA reading room. This page adds up each airport's checkpoints and divides by the days it was counted, 133 days for most airports; the last column shows each airport's own count. A person is counted once per screening, whichever lane they used, so PreCheck and standard lanes are not separated. It is a count of people, never a wait: a big airport with many open lanes can have short lines.
How many people does TSA screen a day?
Over the 133 counted days on this page, 22 March to 5 September 2026, TSA counted 329,244,217 people at 431 airports, about 2,476,000 a day. The 10 busiest airports account for 32 percent of them.
The line right now
This list is size, not the wait. The national page ranks the 21 airports that publish a live wait time by their longest standard line right now, read every 10 minutes.
Where the numbers come from
- People screened
- TSA's own hourly passenger counts per checkpoint, published weekly in its FOIA reading room. This page uses 133 days of counts, 22 March to 5 September 2026, at 431 airports. Public domain.
- Who reads them
- Arcane Digital, which runs waittimes.io, reads every feed every 10 minutes with its own collector and stores the time of each read. The day's reads are checked every night for a feed that has stopped or thinned, and one person reads that report the next morning. Nobody types a number in.
- What we never do
- Turn a count into a wait, or predict one. A busy airport with many open lanes can have short lines.
- Every feed
- How each wait-time feed is read, the TSA counts and who to write to: the sources page.