Starting in June 2024, American Airlines adds two daily direct, non-stop flights to LaGuardia Airport in New York City from Portland International Jetport. I wrote about this in this article about flying from Portland International Jetport. It covers the airlines that serve that airport and where they fly.
Here’s a fun follow up to that story: the most popular domestic destinations that people go to when flying from the Jetport.
Lobster trap tree and rocking chairs at Portland International Jetport. Photo credit: Leah Ingram.
Most common domestic destinations from Portland International Jetport Airport
Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago. In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers.
By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization.
When you’re at the airport, you’re probably not too concerned with more than your flight. However, when you’re not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to.
To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the Top 20 most common domestic flights from Portland International Jetport using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.
Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Portland International Jetport travelers. FYI, the Jetport’s airport code is PWM. I’ve included the airport code for the others listed below as well.
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20. Pittsburgh International (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Airport code: PIT
Passengers: 3,088 (0.3% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Breeze Airways
2. Southwest Airlines
#19. Raleigh-Durham International (Raleigh/Durham, NC)
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Airport code: RDU
Passengers: 4,017 (0.4% of all passengers)
Top carrier:
1. Frontier Airlines
#18. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)
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Airport code: TPA
Passengers: 4,846 (0.4% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Breeze Airways
2. Southwest Airlines
#17. Charleston AFB/International (Charleston, SC)
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Airport code: CHS
Passengers: 5,020 (0.5% of all passengers)
Top carrier:
1. Breeze Airways
#16. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
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Airport code: DFW
Passengers: 9,409 (0.9% of all passengers)
Top carrier:
1. American Airlines
#15. Denver International (Denver, CO)
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Airport code: DEN
Passengers: 14,355 (1.3% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. United Air Lines
2. Southwest Airlines
#14. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)
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Airport code: MCO
Passengers: 18,177 (1.7% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Frontier Airlines
2. Southwest Airlines
3. Breeze Airways
#13. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)
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Airport code: MDW
Passengers: 23,772 (2.2% of all passengers)
Top carrier:
1. Southwest Airlines
#12. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)
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Airport code: MSP
Passengers: 28,988 (2.7% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Delta Air Lines
2. Sun Country Airlines
3. Endeavor Air
#11. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)
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Airport code: DET
Passengers: 46,470 (4.3% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Delta Air Lines
2. Endeavor Air
#10. Washington Dulles International (Washington, DC)
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Airport code: IAD
Passengers: 56,635 (5.2% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Republic Airlines
2. United Air Lines
3. Mesa Airlines
#9. John F. Kennedy International (New York, NY)
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Airport code: JFK
Passengers: 72,675 (6.7% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Endeavor Air
2. JetBlue Airways
3. Republic Airlines
#8. Philadelphia International (Philadelphia, PA)
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Airport code: PHL
Passengers: 83,372 (7.7% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. American Airlines
2. PSA Airlines
3. Piedmont Airlines
#7. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)
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Airport code: ATL
Passengers: 83,796 (7.7% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Delta Air Lines
2. Southwest Airlines
#6. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)
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Airport code: DCA
Passengers: 86,605 (8.0% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. American Airlines
2. PSA Airlines
3. Republic Airlines
#5. Chicago O’Hare International (Chicago, IL)
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Airport code: ORD
Passengers: 87,780 (8.1% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. United Air Lines
2. Envoy Air
3. SkyWest Airlines
#4. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)
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Airport code: CLT
Passengers: 90,425 (8.3% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. American Airlines
2. PSA Airlines
#3. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
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Airport code: EWR
Passengers: 101,125 (9.3% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Republic Airlines
2. United Air Lines
3. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
#2. LaGuardia (New York, NY)
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Airport code: LGA
Passengers: 101,682 (9.4% of all passengers)
Top carriers:
1. Endeavor Air
2. Republic Airlines
3. JetBlue Airways
This number is sure to increase when American Airlines increases flights to LGA in 2024.
#1. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, MD)
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Airport code: BWI
Passengers: 154,515 (14.2% of all passengers)
Top carrier:
1. Southwest Airlines
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.