Most common domestic destinations from Dallas Love Field Airport

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December 22, 2023
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Most common domestic destinations from Dallas Love 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 Dallas Love 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 Dallas Love Field travelers.

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#20. El Paso International (El Paso, TX)

- Passengers: 179,523 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 179,523
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#19. Albuquerque International Sunport (Albuquerque, NM)

- Passengers: 181,201 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 181,198
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#18. San Diego International (San Diego, CA)

- Passengers: 185,367 (2.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 185,195
--- #2. Allegiant Air: 104
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#17. LaGuardia (New York, NY)

- Passengers: 193,126 (2.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 193,126
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#16. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)

- Passengers: 193,510 (2.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 193,510
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#15. Kansas City International (Kansas City, MO)

- Passengers: 204,832 (2.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 204,785
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#14. St Louis Lambert International (St. Louis, MO)

- Passengers: 215,799 (2.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 215,305
--- #2. Allegiant Air: 307
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 146
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#13. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, MD)

- Passengers: 230,952 (2.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 230,329
--- #2. Allegiant Air: 623
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#12. Los Angeles International (Los Angeles, CA)

- Passengers: 234,831 (2.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 206,347
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 28,178
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 117
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#11. Nashville International (Nashville, TN)

- Passengers: 241,660 (2.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 239,334
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 1,648
--- #3. Air Canada: 257
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#10. Austin - Bergstrom International (Austin, TX)

- Passengers: 246,427 (2.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 232,410
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 13,873
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 125
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#9. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (New Orleans, LA)

- Passengers: 257,062 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 256,757
--- #2. TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines: 130
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 112
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#8. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)

- Passengers: 291,359 (3.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 291,028
--- #2. Air Canada: 191
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#7. San Antonio International (San Antonio, TX)

- Passengers: 295,777 (3.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 295,561
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 214
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#6. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)

- Passengers: 310,676 (3.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 305,334
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 5,178
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 164
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#5. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (Phoenix, AZ)

- Passengers: 352,529 (4.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 351,970
--- #2. Swift Air, LLC d/b/a Eastern Air Lines d/b/a Eastern: 277
--- #3. Delta Air Lines: 156
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#4. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)

- Passengers: 355,329 (4.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 345,225
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 9,512
--- #3. Air Canada: 204
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#3. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)

- Passengers: 380,612 (4.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 221,845
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 158,710
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#2. Denver International (Denver, CO)

- Passengers: 395,609 (4.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 395,032
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 284
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 139
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#1. William P Hobby (Houston, TX)

- Passengers: 441,384 (5.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 420,144
--- #2. Delux Public Charter LLC: 20,548
--- #3. Swift Air, LLC d/b/a Eastern Air Lines d/b/a Eastern: 334

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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