With more than 2.5 million people, Pittsburgh is the second most populous metro area in Pennsylvania. It is famously known as the Steel City because of its industrial past. In 2025, Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) welcomed 9.8 million passengers, which was its second-best year to date. History was made on 25 May 2026, when Aer […]
June 4, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
St. Louis is in Missouri. While it is not the capital of the Midwest state, the metro area has the highest population. Nearly three million people live there. In 2025, St. Louis Lambert International Airport (IATA code STL) welcomed 15.3 million passengers, which made it the nation’s 34th-busiest facility. Passenger volume fell by 4% year-over-year, […]
May 4, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Southwest plans to serve 122 airports in Q2 2026, of which 107 are in the US. The evolving carrier’s domestic portfolio encompasses 44 states in the Lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii. With 7.8 million one-way seats, Cirium schedule data shows that Colorado is Southwest’s fourth most-served state, behind California, Texas and Florida. The significance of […]
April 6, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Denver welcomed 82.43 million passengers in 2025, which was marginally higher than the prior year. Compared to before the pandemic in 2019, more than 13 million additional passengers have been added. The Colorado airport has welcomed multiple airlines in recent years, including Air France in 2021 and Aer Lingus, Breeze, Contour, Turkish Airlines and Viva […]
March 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ontario is one of a handful of airports with scheduled passenger flights in the expansive and highly populated Los Angeles Basin. In 2025, Ontario welcomed 7.12 million passengers, which was its highest volume since 2007 and its third-best result in 33 years. Its throughput smashed what was achieved before the pandemic in 2019. In January […]
February 23, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
On October 12, Tulsa International Airport welcomed the return of Frontier. The ULCC serves the Oklahoma airport from Denver (2-weekly). This will be its third time in Tulsa. According to Cirium’s schedule information, it served the airport until 2010 and again between 2018 and 2022. Tulsa had 3.2 million passengers in 2024 The airport’s traffic […]
October 27, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (IATA code: ECP) is a 15-year-old facility. It replaced Panama City–Bay County International Airport, whose last airline departure was on 22 May 2010. According to Cirium schedule data, ECP’s inaugural service was on 23 May 2010. That day, Southwest operated to Baltimore, Houston HOU, Nashville and Orlando MCO and Delta […]
October 20, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Knoxville is the third-busiest Tennessee airport. The airport’s own statistics show it had 3.34 million two-way passengers in 2024. Throughput was up by a considerable 18% compared to the prior peak and by 30% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. Avelo’s arrival in 2024 helped. The most significant change to Knoxville’s airline portfolio is […]
September 1, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Florida is the USA’s second most-served state, behind California. According to Cirium schedule information, the Sunshine State has 134 million one-way seats in 2025, unchanged year-on-year. However, capacity is up by 17% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. Florida has grown by more than double the US average over the past six years, which […]
June 30, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Charleston is South Carolina’s most populous city, by far the busiest of the six airports in the state with commercial airlines and the state’s only international airport. According to Charleston’s own data, it welcomed 6.30 million passengers in 2024, its highest volume to date. Traffic rose by 2% compared to its prior record in 2023, […]
April 29, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nashville is the USA’s 23rd busiest airport in Q3 2025 (July-September) based on available capacity. According to Cirium schedule information, its airlines plan 4.6 million one-way seats, up 12% year-on-year and 59% compared to the pre-pandemic Q3 2019. Nashville is among the USA’s fastest-growing cities and airports. The arrival of two new long-haul carriers has […]
April 23, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
At about five miles, Washington DCA is by far the closest airport to the nation’s capital. According to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s statistics, DCA had a record 26.29 million passengers last year, smashing its prior high, held in 2023, by 3.2%. Traffic was almost a tenth greater than before the pandemic in 2019. American […]
March 24, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America