Chicago O’Hare leaps ahead of Atlanta again as busiest airport
Chicago O’Hare International Airport is once again officially the busiest airport in the US after jumping ahead of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson.
Atlanta had surpassed O’Hare and held the top spot since 2014.
According to FAA data just released, O’Hare handled more than 903,000 arrivals and departures during 2018, just ahead of Atlanta which had 895,000 arrivals and departures
Los Angeles International Airport was third busiest with Dallas Fort Worth and Denver rounding out the top five.
Aircraft operations at Chicago increased by 4.2% in 2018, well ahead of the 1.8% growth recorded in Atlanta.
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