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 Reno/Tahoe 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 Reno/Tahoe International travelers.
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#20. John Wayne Airport-Orange County (Santa Ana, CA)
- Passengers: 9,555 (0.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delux Public Charter LLC: 6,751
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 2,804
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2 / 20#19. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)
- Passengers: 12,947 (0.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 12,524
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 423
#18. George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (Houston, TX)
- Passengers: 13,497 (0.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 12,900
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 589
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4 / 20#17. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)
- Passengers: 14,101 (0.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 7,448
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 6,174
--- #3. United Air Lines: 475
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5 / 20#16. John F. Kennedy International (New York, NY)
#15. Austin - Bergstrom International (Austin, TX)
- Passengers: 21,059 (1.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Envoy Air: 18,660
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 1,775
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 419
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7 / 20#14. Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (San Jose, CA)
- Passengers: 30,418 (1.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 30,414
#13. Bob Hope (Burbank, CA)
- Passengers: 37,750 (1.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 31,600
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 6,150
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9 / 20#12. Portland International (Portland, OR)
- Passengers: 46,739 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Horizon Air: 21,765
--- #2. Alaska Airlines: 14,180
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 10,027
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10 / 20#11. Metro Oakland International (Oakland, CA)
#10. Long Beach Airport (Long Beach, CA)
- Passengers: 70,730 (3.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 70,464
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 266
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12 / 20#9. San Diego International (San Diego, CA)
- Passengers: 83,341 (3.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 82,943
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 386
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13 / 20#8. San Francisco International (San Francisco, CA)
- Passengers: 97,960 (4.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 60,939
--- #2. United Air Lines: 37,013
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14 / 20#7. Seattle/Tacoma International (Seattle, WA)
- Passengers: 113,110 (5.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Alaska Airlines: 85,814
--- #2. Horizon Air: 21,545
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 5,587
#6. Salt Lake City International (Salt Lake City, UT)
#5. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
- Passengers: 173,961 (7.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 173,354
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 607
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17 / 20#4. Los Angeles International (Los Angeles, CA)
- Passengers: 205,301 (9.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 106,871
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 65,157
--- #3. JetBlue Airways: 33,109
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18 / 20#3. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (Phoenix, AZ)
- Passengers: 247,888 (11.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 132,800
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 93,956
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 7,892
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19 / 20#2. Denver International (Denver, CO)
- Passengers: 295,397 (13.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 161,702
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 126,911
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 6,579
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20 / 20#1. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)
- Passengers: 476,071 (21.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 351,089
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 100,595
--- #3. Allegiant Air: 13,443
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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