Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

Atlanta (ATL)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
44.25M
▼ 1.88% year over year · Rank No. 1
Departing passengers
44.13M
▼ 1.88% year over year · Rank No. 1
Passengers daily each way
121,081
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
348,813
▲ 1.16% year over year · Rank No. 2 · 956 daily
Freight and mail
702M lb.
▼ 0.09% year over year · Rank No. 19
Scheduled carriers
20
▼ 4.76% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 88.39 million

April 2026
Delta74.65%
65.98 million passengers
Other7.04%
6.22 million passengers
Frontier6.68%
5.90 million passengers
Southwest4.63%
4.09 million passengers
Endeavor4.46%
3.95 million passengers
Spirit2.54%
2.25 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

Passengers in thousands, compared with the prior 12-month period

Top 10
1
MCOOrlando, FL
1,366.64k1,872 PDEW
▼ 3.5%
2
FLLFort Lauderdale, FL
1,157.62k1,586 PDEW
▼ 1.2%
3
LGANew York, NY
1,109.32k1,520 PDEW
▼ 7.0%
4
TPATampa, FL
983.08k1,347 PDEW
▼ 3.1%
5
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
969.94k1,329 PDEW
▲ 0.3%
6
MIAMiami, FL
951.22k1,303 PDEW
▼ 2.9%
7
LAXLos Angeles, CA
935.50k1,282 PDEW
▼ 3.9%
8
EWRNewark, NJ
875.68k1,200 PDEW
▲ 3.1%
9
DENDenver, CO
843.84k1,156 PDEW
▼ 5.9%
10
LASLas Vegas, NV
817.82k1,120 PDEW
▼ 2.6%
Total passengers88.39 million
Largest carrierDelta · 74.7%
Largest U.S. destinationOrlando (MCO)
Average departures956 per day

Passenger History

Rolling 12-month arriving and departing passengers

Growing monthly

Operations and Cargo History

Scheduled departures and freight/mail volume

BTS

Flightline Insight

ATL handled 88.39 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, down 1.9% year over year. Delta was the largest scheduled carrier with 74.7% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were Orlando (MCO), Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and New York (LGA).

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. PDEW is calculated as total arriving and departing passengers divided by two directions and 365 days. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands; route PDEW is calculated from the latest rolling 12-month passenger total. Historical charts retain each monthly BTS endpoint as future updates are generated.