Most common domestic destinations from LaGuardia Airport

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December 22, 2023
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Most common domestic destinations from LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia travelers.

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#20. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (New Orleans, LA)

- Passengers: 196,754 (1.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 76,613
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 72,080
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 47,861
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#19. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)

- Passengers: 272,577 (1.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 236,397
--- #2. Republic Airline: 35,774
--- #3. United Air Lines: 206
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#18. Raleigh-Durham International (Raleigh/Durham, NC)

- Passengers: 291,556 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 126,550
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 117,371
--- #3. Republic Airline: 30,428
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#17. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 302,063 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 302,063
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#16. St Louis Lambert International (St. Louis, MO)

- Passengers: 316,969 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 161,182
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 57,579
--- #3. American Airlines: 51,863
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#15. Palm Beach International (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL)

- Passengers: 326,886 (2.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 172,672
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 154,029
--- #3. American Airlines: 176
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#14. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 364,759 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 193,464
--- #2. Republic Airline: 171,294
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#13. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)

- Passengers: 364,877 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 175,502
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 132,453
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 56,902
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#12. Nashville International (Nashville, TN)

- Passengers: 420,132 (2.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 188,521
--- #2. Republic Airline: 75,502
--- #3. JetBlue Airways: 65,311
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#11. George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (Houston, TX)

- Passengers: 457,657 (3.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 184,203
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 119,700
--- #3. Mesa Airlines: 65,463
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#10. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)

- Passengers: 475,827 (3.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 254,854
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 155,310
--- #3. Republic Airline: 65,063
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#9. Logan International (Boston, MA)

- Passengers: 491,559 (3.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 224,934
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 205,000
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 61,617
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#8. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)

- Passengers: 567,526 (3.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 426,932
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 57,804
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 43,443
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#7. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 657,129 (4.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 288,075
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 177,063
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 96,818
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#6. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

- Passengers: 725,657 (4.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 258,777
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 237,729
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 228,912
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#5. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)

- Passengers: 788,524 (5.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 565,496
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 141,876
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 60,229
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#4. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)

- Passengers: 842,033 (5.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 325,340
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 264,792
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 176,211
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#3. Miami International (Miami, FL)

- Passengers: 857,770 (5.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 511,368
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 221,062
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 94,080
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#2. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)

- Passengers: 1,082,471 (7.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 695,465
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 179,386
--- #3. Frontier Airlines: 82,791
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#1. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 1,093,319 (7.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 446,407
--- #2. United Air Lines: 354,091
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 218,372

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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