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 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky 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 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International travelers.
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#20. George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (Houston, TX)
- Passengers: 91,014 (2.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 77,959
--- #2. Mesa Airlines: 10,429
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 2,558
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2 / 20#19. Seattle/Tacoma International (Seattle, WA)
- Passengers: 93,664 (2.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 47,523
--- #2. Alaska Airlines: 46,141
#18. Salt Lake City International (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Passengers: 97,258 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 96,899
--- #2. Swift Air, LLC d/b/a Eastern Air Lines d/b/a Eastern: 182
--- #3. Allegiant Air: 137
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4 / 20#17. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)
- Passengers: 98,154 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 76,110
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 21,961
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5 / 20#16. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, MD)
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6 / 20#15. Southwest Florida International (Fort Myers, FL)
- Passengers: 100,301 (2.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Frontier Airlines: 57,233
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 42,441
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 627
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7 / 20#14. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)
- Passengers: 103,703 (2.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 53,985
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 29,371
--- #3. Envoy Air: 17,931
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8 / 20#13. Logan International (Boston, MA)
- Passengers: 114,461 (2.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 76,551
--- #2. Envoy Air: 20,423
--- #3. Republic Airline: 17,238
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9 / 20#12. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)
- Passengers: 117,491 (2.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Frontier Airlines: 66,716
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 49,511
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 911
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10 / 20#11. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)
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11 / 20#10. LaGuardia (New York, NY)
- Passengers: 127,825 (3.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 91,396
--- #2. Republic Airline: 36,412
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12 / 20#9. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)
- Passengers: 129,956 (3.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 129,661
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 193
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13 / 20#8. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)
- Passengers: 130,040 (3.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 58,187
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 46,652
--- #3. Allegiant Air: 25,131
#7. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
- Passengers: 146,957 (3.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 60,685
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 43,753
--- #3. Allegiant Air: 16,865
#6. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)
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16 / 20#5. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)
- Passengers: 194,616 (4.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 77,429
--- #2. Envoy Air: 46,887
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 29,746
#4. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
- Passengers: 217,373 (5.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 202,001
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 8,422
--- #3. Envoy Air: 5,003
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18 / 20#3. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)
- Passengers: 238,309 (5.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Frontier Airlines: 129,865
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 100,878
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 6,544
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19 / 20#2. Denver International (Denver, CO)
- Passengers: 267,643 (6.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 102,000
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 89,138
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 41,721
#1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)
- Passengers: 390,110 (9.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 356,194
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 33,787
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 128
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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