The list of airports in the United States is broken down into separate lists due to the large number of airports.

Primary airports

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can be found on the following lists: Airports in the United States that provide scheduled passenger services and have over 10,000 passenger boardings per year are classified as ''primary'' airports by the

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. This list of primary airports contains the following information: * CITY – The

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generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve. * FAA – The

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assigned by the

(FAA). These are linked to that airport's page in the state's airport directory, where available. * IATA – The airport code assigned by the

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(IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold. * ICAO – The location indicator assigned by the

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(ICAO). * AIRPORT – The official airport name. * ROLE – One of four

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. This list only includes airports designated as ''Commercial service – primary'' (P). Each primary airport is further classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types: ** L: ''Large hub'' that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements (Generally 18,500,000 total passengers and above). ** M: ''Medium hub'' that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements (Generally 3,500,000-18,500,000 total passengers). This would make PDX a "Medium Hub" by total passengers, but a "Large Hub" under enplanements. ** S: ''Small hub'' that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements (Generally 500,000-3,500,000 total passengers). ** N: ''Nonhub'' that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements * ENPLANEMENTS – The number of ''enplanements'' (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in

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2019 as per FAA records.

References

(FAA):
FAA Airport Data (Form 5010)
from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available fro
AirportIQ 5010

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2011–2015)
released 4 October 2010
Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2019 and 2020
updated November 8, 2021 :''Also see individual state lists for additional references.''

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Primary airports

See also

References

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