2017 Top 50 Private Jet Airports Ranked

Seven of the 50 busiest business aviation airports are in California, however, 24 states are represented on the list

California has more top 50 airports when it comes to private jet departures than any other state with seven airports, including Van Nuys, Los Angeles International (LAX), Orange County, San Jose, Oakland, Burbank and San Francisco International. Texas tied for second with six airports in the mix – Love Field, Austin, Hobby, San Antonio, Ft. Worth and Addison. Florida, also with six airports in the 50 busiest, includes Palm Beach, Opa-Locka, Ft. Lauderdale Executive, Ft. Lauderdale International, Naples, Miami International and Boca Raton. However, when it came to the busiest region, New York with 130,230 departures beat out South Florida (99,197), Los Angeles (82,565), Dallas (66,528) and Chicago (57,268), according to data provided by TRAQPak. Overall, there were 3,062,634 total departures for flights tracked in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, plus Canada.

The two busiest airports in the nation serving business aviation were Teterboro in Northern New Jersey and Westchester County Airport, both serving the New York area. Teterboro averaged 203 departures per day of the 356 daily private jet departures from New York. In total, the 50 busiest airports accounted 908,548 departures, just under 30% of all departures. Private aviation accesses over 5,000 airports across the U.S. serving all 50 states. In fact, 24 states were represented among the 50 busiest private aviation airports.

Seven airports saw double-digit growth in private jet travel, led by Pittsburgh which saw traffic jump 25.3%, while LAX witnessed a 24.3% bump. Boca Raton (23.8%), Dulles (14.3%), Boston Logan (13.1%), Miami International (12.7%) and Ft. Lauderdale International (11.7%) all saw significant gains. Wichita and Charlotte both saw the biggest drops with departures down 4%.

Top 50 Private Aviation Airports In the United States

Region	State	Code	Departures 2017	Departures 2016	Change	Per Day
New York	NJ	KTEB	74,277	71,304	4.2%	203
New York	NY	KHPN	35,189	32,855	7.1%	96
Dallas	TX	KDAL	34,973	33,315	5.0%	96
Washington	VA	KIAD	30,550	26,735	14.3%	84
Houston	TX	KHOU	29,434	29,273	0.5%	81
Las Vegas	NV	KLAS	29,424	27,884	5.5%	81
Palm Beach	FL	KPBI	27,781	28,596	-2.9%	76
Los Angeles	CA	KVNY	27,060	24,703	9.5%	74
Atlanta	GA	KPDK	26,673	25,694	3.8%	73
Denver	CO	KAPA	26,655	26,196	1.8%	73
Chicago	IL	KMDW	25,623	25,300	1.3%	70
Orange County	CA	KSNA	19,956	19,009	5.0%	55
Phoenix	AZ	KSDL	19,853	18,679	6.3%	54
Boston	MA	KBED	19,439	17,191	13.1%	53
Nashville	TN	KBNA	19,076	17,572	8.6%	52
Seattle	WA	KBFI	18,594	17,781	4.6%	51
San Jose	CA	KSJC	17,055	15,772	8.1%	47
Austin	TX	KAUS	16,683	15,685	6.4%	46
San Antonio	TX	KSAT	16,462	16,840	-2.2%	45
Miami	FL	KOPF	16,324	14,483	12.7%	45
Ft. Lauderdale	FL	KFXE	16,254	14,958	8.7%	45
Naples	FL	KAPF	15,670	14,538	7.8%	43
Chicago	IL	KPWK	15,584	14,577	6.9%	43
Oakland	CA	KOAK	15,492	14,410	7.5%	42
Salt Lake City	UT	KSLC	15,113	15,100	0.1%	41
Ft. Lauderdale	FL	KFLL	14,798	13,247	11.7%	41
Birmingham	AL	KBHM	14,785	14,545	1.7%	41
New York	NJ	KMMU	13,802	12,967	6.4%	38
Raleigh-Durham	NC	KRDU	13,315	12,538	6.2%	36
Ft. Worth	TX	KFTW	13,029	11,927	9.2%	36
Boston	MA	KBOS	12,857	12,253	4.9%	35
Wichita	KS	KICT	12,485	13,109	-4.8%	34
Charlotte	NC	KCLT	12,250	12,767	-4.0%	34
Los Angeles	CA	KBUR	12,003	9,654	24.3%	33
Cincinnati	OH	KLUK	11,961	11,449	4.5%	33
Detroit	MI	KPTK	11,902	11,410	4.3%	33
St. Louis	MO	KSUS	11,879	11,717	1.4%	33
Miami	FL	KMIA	11,687	10,875	7.5%	32
Kansas City	MO	KMKC	11,606	10,677	8.7%	32
Columbus	OH	KCMH	11,603	11,257	3.1%	32
Aspen	CO	KASE	11,593	11,321	2.4%	32
Boca Raton	FL	KBCT	11,485	9,279	23.8%	31
Savannah	GA	KSAV	11,251	10,642	5.7%	31
Los Angeles	CA	KLAX	11,213	10,996	2.0%	31
Dallas	TX	KADS	11,166	11,398	-2.0%	31
San Francisco	CA	KSFO	11,147	11,421	-2.4%	31
Charleston	SC	KCHS	10,726	9,797	9.5%	29
Pittsburgh	PA	KPIT	10,348	8,258	25.3%	28
Little Rock	AR	KLIT	10,275	10,330	-0.5%	28
Philadelphia	PA	KPHL	10,189	9,471	7.6%	28
Totals				908,548