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Initial list is limited to the 34 busiest airports in the United States and four busiest in Canada.

List of major airports by land area (descending)

1. Denver International Airport: 54.05 square miles
2. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 26.9 square miles
3. Washington Dulles International Airport: 20.3 square miles
4. Orlando International Airport: 18.1 square miles
5. George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 15.6 square miles
6. Salt Lake City International Airport: 12.03 square miles
7. O'Hare International Airport: 11.9 square miles
8. Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 8.68 square miles
9. San Francisco International Airport: 8.13 square miles
10. Calgary International Airport: 8.04 square miles
11. John F. Kennedy International Airport: 7.7 square miles
12. Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 7.57 square miles
13. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 7.34 square miles
14. Toronto Pearson International Airport: 7.2 square miles
15. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 7.06 square miles
16. Nashville International Airport: 7.03 square miles
17. Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 6.62 square miles
18. St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 5.92 square miles
19. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 5.3 square miles
20. Vancouver International Airport : 5.17 square miles
21. Tampa International Airport: 5.15 square miles
22. Miami International Airport: 5 square miles
23. Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 4.93 square miles
24. Los Angeles International Airport: 4.6 square miles
25. Portland International Airport: 4.6 square miles
26. Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 4.57 square miles
27. Harry Reid International Airport: 4.4 square miles
28. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 3.9 square miles
29. Logan International Airport: 3.72 square miles
30. Philadelphia International Airport: 3.59 square miles
31. Newark Liberty International Airport: 3.16 square miles
32. Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 2.15 square miles
33. Dallas Love Field: 2.03 square miles
34. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 1.34 square miles
35. LaGuardia Airport: 1.06 square miles
36. San Diego International Airport: 1.03 square miles
37. Chicago Midway International Airport: 1.01 square miles
38. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: ? square miles

Denver International and Dallas Fort Worth are as big as (or bigger than) some major cities.




Passenger count per square mile (2019)

1. LaGuardia Airport: 29,325,372
2. San Diego International Airport: 24,482,473
3. Chicago Midway International Airport: 20,638,475
4. Los Angeles International Airport: 19,145,220
5. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 17,869,796
6. Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 17,091,917
7. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 15,058,760
8. Newark Liberty International Airport: 14,663,434
9. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 13,289,548
10. Harry Reid International Airport: 11,713,100
11. Logan International Airport: 11,430,756
12. Philadelphia International Airport: 9,197,461
13. Miami International Airport: 9,184,893
14. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 8,733,648
15. Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 8,655,369
16. Dallas Love Field: 8,266,088
17. John F. Kennedy International Airport: 8,123,516
18. O'Hare International Airport: 7,113,371
19. San Francisco International Airport: 7,071,098
20. Toronto Pearson International Airport: 7,013,810
21. Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 5,779,814
22. Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 5,475,435
23. Vancouver International Airport : 5,102,489
24. Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 4,857,236
25. Tampa International Airport: 4,368,535
26. Portland International Airport: 4,324,210
27. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 3,097,832
28. George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 2,901,542
29. Orlando International Airport: 2,796,302
30. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 2,790,593
31. St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 2,682,184
32. Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 2,619,899
33. Nashville International Airport: 2,599,350
34. Calgary International Airport: 2,233,555
35. Salt Lake City International Airport: 2,228,430
36. Denver International Airport: 1,276,886
37. Washington Dulles International Airport: 1,222,546
38. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: ?

Aircraft movements per square mile (2019)

1. LaGuardia Airport: 352,223
2. Chicago Midway International Airport: 229,786
3. San Diego International Airport: 224,616
4. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 218,419
5. Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport: 154,161
6. Los Angeles International Airport: 150,273
7. Newark Liberty International Airport: 141,241
8. Harry Reid International Airport: 125,673
9. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 123,202
10. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: 115,509
11. Logan International Airport: 114,832
12. Dallas Love Field: 114,226
13. Philadelphia International Airport: 108,725
14. Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: 88,857
15. Miami International Airport: 83,355
16. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 82,810
17. O'Hare International Airport: 77,286
18. Charlotte Douglas International Airport: 66,620
19. Vancouver International Airport : 64,258
20. Toronto Pearson International Airport: 63,208
21. John F. Kennedy International Airport: 59,229
22. San Francisco International Airport: 56,396
23. Baltimore/Washington International Airport: 53,265
24. Detroit Metropolitan Airport: 52,432
25. Portland International Airport: 51,823
26. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: 46,293
27. Tampa International Airport: 42,206
28. St. Louis Lambert International Airport: 32,758
29. Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: 31,681
30. George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 30,646
31. Calgary International Airport: 29,707
32. Salt Lake City International Airport: 28,655
33. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 26,766
34. Orlando International Airport: 19,762
35. Washington Dulles International Airport: 14,041
36. Denver International Airport: 11,843
37. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport: ?
38. Nashville International Airport: ?

Airports with small land areas like LaGuardia, Midway, San Diego, and Reagan National, lean a LOT on smaller aircraft, which boosts their movement to land area ratios.


? - I'm not able to locate a land area that has been published for Montreal's Pierre Trudeau Airport. I am also not able to find 2019 aircraft movement data for Nashville International. I left placeholders in case someone has those numbers.