Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

New York (JFK)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
14.02M
▼ 0.11% year over year · Rank No. 19
Departing passengers
13.92M
▲ 0.39% year over year · Rank No. 19
Passengers daily each way
38,267
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
125,083
▼ 0.14% year over year · Rank No. 20 · 343 daily
Freight and mail
900M lb.
▼ 11.99% year over year · Rank No. 15
Scheduled carriers
15
▼ 6.25% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 27.93 million

April 2026
Delta33.08%
9.24 million passengers
JetBlue30.67%
8.57 million passengers
American12.62%
3.53 million passengers
Other10.50%
2.93 million passengers
Endeavor8.92%
2.49 million passengers
Alaska4.22%
1.18 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

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

Top 10
1
LAXLos Angeles, CA
1,491.98k2,044 PDEW
▲ 7.1%
2
SFOSan Francisco, CA
953.30k1,306 PDEW
▲ 5.3%
3
MCOOrlando, FL
735.86k1,008 PDEW
▲ 2.7%
4
MIAMiami, FL
688.89k944 PDEW
▼ 10.6%
5
ATLAtlanta, GA
639.11k875 PDEW
▲ 16.4%
6
SJUSan Juan, PR
609.06k834 PDEW
▼ 5.0%
7
LASLas Vegas, NV
563.18k771 PDEW
▲ 1.6%
8
FLLFort Lauderdale, FL
544.75k746 PDEW
▼ 3.3%
9
SEASeattle, WA
457.68k627 PDEW
▼ 0.1%
10
PHXPhoenix, AZ
430.01k589 PDEW
▲ 3.0%
Total passengers27.93 million
Largest carrierDelta · 33.1%
Largest U.S. destinationLos Angeles (LAX)
Average departures343 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

JFK handled 27.93 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, down 0.1% year over year. Delta was the largest scheduled carrier with 33.1% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO) and Orlando (MCO).

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.