Most common domestic destinations from Daniel K Inouye 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 Daniel K Inouye 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 Daniel K Inouye International travelers.

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

- Passengers: 104,888 (1.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 104,808

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

- Passengers: 113,000 (1.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 113,000

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#18. Long Beach Airport (Long Beach, CA)

- Passengers: 115,332 (1.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 58,533
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 56,799

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#17. John F. Kennedy International (New York, NY)

- Passengers: 131,618 (1.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 88,674
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 42,944

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#16. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 142,156 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 139,302
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 2,854

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#15. Sacramento International (Sacramento, CA)

- Passengers: 148,236 (1.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 88,565
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 59,671

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#14. Portland International (Portland, OR)

- Passengers: 151,193 (1.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 88,588
--- #2. Alaska Airlines: 61,789
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 704

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

- Passengers: 164,988 (1.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 164,988

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#12. Metro Oakland International (Oakland, CA)

- Passengers: 191,084 (2.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 113,569
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 76,993
--- #3. United Air Lines: 208

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#11. Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (San Jose, CA)

- Passengers: 219,771 (2.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 106,418
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 61,201
--- #3. Alaska Airlines: 51,942

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#10. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (Phoenix, AZ)

- Passengers: 259,942 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 103,639
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 91,369
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 64,754

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#9. San Diego International (San Diego, CA)

- Passengers: 262,955 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 114,182
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 92,077
--- #3. Alaska Airlines: 56,345

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

- Passengers: 348,017 (4.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 251,792
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 95,450
--- #3. United Air Lines: 623

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#7. Seattle/Tacoma International (Seattle, WA)

- Passengers: 478,257 (5.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Alaska Airlines: 248,710
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 128,017
--- #3. Hawaiian Airlines: 100,776

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#6. San Francisco International (San Francisco, CA)

- Passengers: 596,454 (6.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 434,357
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 87,981
--- #3. Alaska Airlines: 74,069

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#5. Hilo International (Hilo, HI)

- Passengers: 644,805 (7.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 467,515
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 177,290

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#4. Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (Kona, HI)

- Passengers: 734,052 (8.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 557,218
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 176,735

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#3. Lihue Airport (Lihue, HI)

- Passengers: 755,542 (8.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 577,062
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 178,437

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#2. Kahului Airport (Kahului, HI)

- Passengers: 1,134,075 (13.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Hawaiian Airlines: 830,852
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 302,496
--- #3. Omni Air International LLC: 621

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#1. Los Angeles International (Los Angeles, CA)

- Passengers: 1,164,025 (13.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 337,083
--- #2. Hawaiian Airlines: 282,247
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 219,428

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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