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 , 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鈥攏early 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 .
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, compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Burlington International using data from the . 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 Burlington International travelers.
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#13. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
- Passengers: 3,739 (0.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Envoy Air: 1,895
--- #2. American Airlines: 1,844
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2 / 13#12. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)
- Passengers: 9,963 (1.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 8,137
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 1,821
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3 / 13#11. Denver International (Denver, CO)
- Passengers: 12,558 (1.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 12,392
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 166
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4 / 13#10. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)
- Passengers: 12,701 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 8,066
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 4,634
#9. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)
#8. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)
- Passengers: 36,005 (5.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 35,464
--- #2. American Airlines: 506
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7 / 13#7. LaGuardia (New York, NY)
- Passengers: 52,630 (8.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 35,300
--- #2. Republic Airline: 17,330
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8 / 13#6. Philadelphia International (Philadelphia, PA)
- Passengers: 63,422 (9.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 33,413
--- #2. American Airlines: 21,551
--- #3. Piedmont Airlines: 7,833
#5. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
- Passengers: 66,314 (10.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 36,202
--- #2. United Air Lines: 26,184
--- #3. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express: 3,928
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10 / 13#4. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)
- Passengers: 67,342 (10.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 44,537
--- #2. Republic Airline: 22,117
--- #3. American Airlines: 618
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11 / 13#3. Washington Dulles International (Washington, DC)
- Passengers: 67,712 (10.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 30,429
--- #2. Mesa Airlines: 14,265
--- #3. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express: 8,621
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12 / 13#2. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)
- Passengers: 91,377 (14.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 74,259
--- #2. Republic Airline: 8,160
--- #3. Envoy Air: 5,150
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13 / 13#1. John F. Kennedy International (New York, NY)
- Passengers: 122,202 (19.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 70,630
--- #2. Endeavor Air: 47,486
--- #3. Republic Airline: 4,086
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.
