Most common domestic destinations from Bradley International Airport

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December 22, 2023
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Most common domestic destinations from Bradley International Airport

Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago when the coronavirus pandemic grounded folks around the world, putting a halt to travel for both leisure and business.

In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers. By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization.

When you're at the airport, shuffling around with your roller bag, backpack, neck pillow, and water bottle among the thousands of other passengers doing the same, you're probably not too concerned with more than your flight. Is it on time? Who will be sitting next to you? Did your checked bag make it onto the plane?

But when you're not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to. To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Bradley International using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.

Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Bradley International travelers.

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#20. LaGuardia (New York, NY)

- Passengers: 47,378 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 30,005
--- #2. Republic Airline: 16,685
--- #3. JetBlue Airways: 681
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#19. Nashville International (Nashville, TN)

- Passengers: 53,656 (1.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 51,957
--- #2. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 1,687
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#18. Palm Beach International (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL)

- Passengers: 59,300 (1.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 58,908
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 392
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#17. Philadelphia International (Philadelphia, PA)

- Passengers: 62,176 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 31,665
--- #2. Piedmont Airlines: 15,475
--- #3. Republic Airline: 7,653
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#16. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

- Passengers: 74,455 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 69,850
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 4,605
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#15. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)

- Passengers: 74,592 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 74,468
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 124
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#14. Miami International (Miami, FL)

- Passengers: 79,197 (2.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 55,529
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 18,268
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 4,591
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#13. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 85,472 (2.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 85,340
--- #2. Swift Air, LLC d/b/a Eastern Air Lines d/b/a Eastern: 132
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#12. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 102,128 (3.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 57,405
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 22,469
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 22,137
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#11. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)

- Passengers: 110,752 (3.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 105,487
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 4,426
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 753
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#10. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 113,009 (3.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 71,575
--- #2. Republic Airline: 34,971
--- #3. American Airlines: 5,510
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#9. Washington Dulles International (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 123,820 (4.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 71,800
--- #2. Mesa Airlines: 40,013
--- #3. Republic Airline: 9,914
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#8. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)

- Passengers: 128,528 (4.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 61,935
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 58,525
--- #3. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 5,439
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#7. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)

- Passengers: 130,999 (4.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 125,811
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 3,198
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 1,883
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#6. Luis Munoz Marin International (San Juan, PR)

- Passengers: 155,553 (5.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 89,632
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 59,699
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 5,941
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#5. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 210,579 (6.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 110,513
--- #2. American Airlines: 72,045
--- #3. Republic Airline: 15,323
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#4. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, MD)

- Passengers: 211,829 (6.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 211,742
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#3. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)

- Passengers: 241,729 (7.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 238,409
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 3,044
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 270
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#2. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)

- Passengers: 326,496 (10.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 299,453
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 26,303
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 582
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#1. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)

- Passengers: 338,045 (11.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 117,566
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 81,574
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 73,655

This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.

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