Most common domestic destinations from Dane County Regional-Truax 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 Dane County Regional-Truax 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 Dane County Regional-Truax Field travelers.

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#15. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)

- Passengers: 8,679 (0.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Frontier Airlines: 8,679

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#14. Southwest Florida International (Fort Myers, FL)

- Passengers: 9,061 (0.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 9,061

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#13. Green Bay Austin Straubel International (Green Bay, WI)

- Passengers: 10,338 (1.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 10,338

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#12. Philadelphia International (Philadelphia, PA)

- Passengers: 15,979 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Piedmont Airlines: 8,298
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 6,715
--- #3. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp: 717

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#11. LaGuardia (New York, NY)

- Passengers: 23,480 (2.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 14,098
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 9,161
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 221

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

- Passengers: 24,421 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 14,848
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 8,439
--- #3. American Airlines: 1,134

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#9. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)

- Passengers: 35,094 (3.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 26,026
--- #2. Republic Airline: 8,937

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

- Passengers: 43,421 (4.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 39,933
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 2,737
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 324

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#7. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)

- Passengers: 90,499 (8.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 82,053
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 7,042
--- #3. Envoy Air: 1,358

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

- Passengers: 95,896 (9.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. SkyWest Airlines: 45,553
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 36,701
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 10,845

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

- Passengers: 97,147 (9.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 96,865
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 282

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#4. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)

- Passengers: 102,146 (10.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 46,332
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 45,511
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 10,241

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

- Passengers: 112,417 (11.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 102,285
--- #2. Envoy Air: 10,132

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#2. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 139,821 (13.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 114,296
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 25,525

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

- Passengers: 191,792 (18.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 81,815
--- #2. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp: 31,130
--- #3. SkyWest Airlines: 25,856

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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