Top 50 Busiest Towers in the United States

Every year the “F Hey Hey” crunches their numbers and comes out with the standings for the past fiscal year (FY). This data is important in establishing bragging rights. Without further ado, here’s the list.

RANK	TOWER	NAME	FY15	FY16	CHANGE
1	ATL	Atlanta	878,053	902,230	+24,177
2	ORD	Chicago	882,943	874,148	-8,795
3	LAX	Los Angeles	687,179	722,537	+35,358
4	DFW	Dallas/Ft. Worth	692,769	685,309	-7,730
5	DEN	Denver	555,176	570,395	+15,219
6	LAS	Las Vegas	541,598	559,960	+18,362
7	CLT	Charlotte	549,491	549,643	+152
8	EWR	Newark	532,846	536,755	+3,909
9	IAH	Houston	513,445	485,111	-28,334
10	JFK	JFK	464,472	480,976	+16,504

Atlanta taking the top spot is no surprise. What is a surprise however, is how much the traffic at Houston Intercontinental has dropped off. The “Merger” between Continental and United was supposed to add about 300 flights a day, instead traffic has dropped by about 77 flights a day. Moving traffic to Denver and Chicago has definitely not helped things. IAH tower was recently downgraded from a level 12, to level 11. >>>Click here for 11-20>>>