Most common domestic destinations from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field 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 Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field 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 Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field travelers.

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#12. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)

- Passengers: 10,848 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 10,848

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#11. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)

- Passengers: 11,107 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 11,107

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#10. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)

- Passengers: 16,264 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Silver Airways: 10,856
--- #2. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 5,408

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#9. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)

- Passengers: 16,554 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 12,100
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 4,454

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#8. Washington Dulles International (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 28,045 (4.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir: 27,923

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#7. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 36,737 (5.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 20,201
--- #2. Envoy Air: 9,507
--- #3. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp: 5,357

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#6. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 42,249 (6.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 42,133
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 116

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#5. George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (Houston, TX)

- Passengers: 42,391 (6.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir: 39,150
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 1,880
--- #3. Mesa Airlines: 1,361

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#4. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 68,041 (9.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 56,513
--- #2. Republic Airline: 9,237
--- #3. Envoy Air: 2,291

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#3. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)

- Passengers: 89,407 (13.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 71,011
--- #2. Piedmont Airlines: 16,725
--- #3. Envoy Air: 1,548

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#2. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)

- Passengers: 109,284 (15.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Envoy Air: 60,242
--- #2. Mesa Airlines: 17,790
--- #3. American Airlines: 13,325

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#1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)

- Passengers: 214,333 (31.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 205,216
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 5,301
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 3,816

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