List of the busiest airports in California In Calendar year 2016 (preliminary FAA data) by 'passenger boardings, not total passengers, except for Tijuana. While large airports dominant traffic and small airports struggle to retain carriers or completely lose scheduled passenger service, there are but a few growing medium-sized airports. While only 13 airports had 350,000 boardings or more, the major metropolitan areas dominate the rankings; road traffic instead takes an outsized role in connecting to other regions of the state and winner-take-all dominating airports in traffic clogged areas like LAX crowd out smaller airports from commercial aviation, leaving little option but driving.
Rank 2018 (preliminary data) | Airports (large hubs) | IATA Code | City | State | 2018[1] | 2017[2] | 2016[3] | 2015[3] | 2014[4] | 2013[5] | 2012[6] | 2011[7] | 2010[8] | 2009[9] | 2008[9] | 2007[10] | 2006[11] | 2005[12] |
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1 | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | CA | 42,624,050 | 41,232,432 | 39,636,042 | 36,351,272 | 34,314,197 | 32,425,892 | 31,326,268 | 30,528,737 | 28,857,755 | 27,439,897 | 28,861,477 | 30,113,985 | 29,357,327 | 29,372,272 |
2 | San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | CA | 27,790,717 | 26,900,048 | 25,707,101 | 24,190,560 | 22,756,008 | 21,704,626 | 21,284,224 | 20,038,679 | 19,359,003 | 18,467,908 | 18,135,827 | 17,280,328 | 16,236,592 | 16,070,133 |
3 | San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego | CA | 12,174,224 | 11,139,933 | 10,340,164 | 9,985,763 | 9,333,152 | 8,878,772 | 8,686,592 | 8,465,683 | 8,430,509 | 8,453,854 | 9,007,617 | 9,138,116 | 8,724,442 | 8,628,648 |
4 | San Jose International Airport | SJC | San Jose | CA | 7,032,851 | 6,130,878 | 5,321,603 | 4,822,480 | 4,621,003 | 4,315,839 | 4,077,654 | 4,108,006 | ||||||
5 | Oakland International Airport | OAK | Oakland | CA | 6,686,603 | 6,413,832 | 5,934,639 | 5,506,687 | 5,069,257 | 4,770,716 | 4,926,683 | 4,550,526 | ||||||
6 | Sacramento International Airport | SMF | Sacramento | CA | 5,907,629 | 5,341,595 | 4,969,366 | 4,714,729 | 4,384,616 | 4,255,145 | 4,357,899 | 4,370,895 | ||||||
7 | John Wayne International Airport | SNA | Santa Ana | CA | 5,201,642 | 5,082,716 | 5,217,242 | 4,945,209 | 4,584,147 | 4,540,628 | 4,381,172 | 4,247,802 | ||||||
8 | Tijuana International Airport[lower-alpha 1] | TIJ | Tijuana and San Diego | Mexico, CA | 6,318,826[13] | 4,387,865 | ||||||||||||
9 | Hollywood Burbank Airport | BUR | Burbank | CA | 2,680,240 | 2,402,106 | 2,077,892 | 1,973,897 | 1,928,491 | 1,918,011 | 2,027,203 | 2,144,915 | ||||||
9 | Ontario International Airport | ONT | Ontario | CA | 2,498,993 | 2,247,645 | 2,104,625 | 2,089,801 | 2,037,346 | 1,970,538 | 2,142,393 | 2,271,458 | ||||||
10 | Long Beach Airport | LGB | Long Beach | CA | 1,908,635 | 1,830,745 | 1,386,357 | 1,220,937 | 1,368,923 | 1,438,756 | 1,554,846 | 1,512,212 | ||||||
11 | Palm Springs Airport | PSP | Palm Springs | CA | 1,163,883 | 1,055,970 | 995,801 | 947,728 | 953,607 | 875,699 | 867,720 | 759,910 | ||||||
12 | Fresno International Airport | FAT | Fresno | CA | 853,538 | 755,140 | 761,298 | 695,008 | 710,353 | 684,849 | 640,250 | 615,320 | ||||||
13 | Santa Barbara Airport | SBA | Santa Barbara | CA | 403,745 | 356,608 | 329,751 | 316,511 | 355,049 | 364,360 | 370,600 | 367,328 | ||||||
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