List of the busiest airports in California
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List of the busiest airports in California In Calendar year 2022 (FAA data) by 'passenger boardings, not total passengers, except for Tijuana.
Airport list
| Rank 2022 | Airport | IATA Code | City | 2023[1] | 2022 | 2021 | 2018[2] | 2017[3] | 2016[4] | 2015[4] | 2014[5] | 2013[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | 40,956,673 | 32,326,616 | 23,663,410 | 42,624,050 | 41,232,432 | 39,636,042 | 36,351,272 | 34,314,197 | 32,425,892 |
| 2 | San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | 24,191,159 | 20,411,420 | 11,725,347 | 27,790,717 | 26,900,048 | 25,707,101 | 24,190,560 | 22,756,008 | 21,704,626 |
| 3 | San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego | 12,190,183 | 11,162,224 | 7,836,360 | 12,174,224 | 11,139,933 | 10,340,164 | 9,985,763 | 9,333,152 | 8,878,772 |
| – | Tijuana International Airport[a] | TIJ | Tijuana and San Diego | 12,308,370 | 9,677,900 | 7,823,744 | 7,089,219 | 6,318,826[7] | 4,387,865 | |||
| 4 | Sacramento International Airport | SMF | Sacramento | 6,371,910 | 6,040,824 | 4,760,275 | 5,907,629 | 5,341,595 | 4,969,366 | 4,714,729 | 4,384,616 | 4,255,145 |
| 5 | San Jose International Airport | SJC | San Jose | 5,958,855 | 5,590,137 | 3,619,690 | 7,032,851 | 6,130,878 | 5,321,603 | 4,822,480 | 4,621,003 | 4,315,839 |
| 6 | John Wayne Airport | SNA | Santa Ana | 5,706,332 | 5,536,313 | 3,807,205 | 5,201,642 | 5,082,716 | 5,217,242 | 4,945,209 | 4,584,147 | 4,540,628 |
| 7 | Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport | OAK | Oakland | 5,520,812 | 5,506,232 | 4,011,953 | 6,686,603 | 6,413,832 | 5,934,639 | 5,506,687 | 5,069,257 | 4,770,716 |
| 8 | Ontario International Airport | ONT | Ontario | 3,181,161 | 2,840,758 | 2,201,528 | 2,498,993 | 2,247,645 | 2,104,625 | 2,089,801 | 2,037,346 | 1,970,538 |
| 9 | Hollywood Burbank Airport | BUR | Burbank | 3,132,029 | 3,054,729 | 1,942,417 | 2,680,240 | 2,402,106 | 2,077,892 | 1,973,897 | 1,928,491 | 1,918,011 |
| 10 | Long Beach Airport | LGB | Long Beach | 1,837,634 | 1,600,987 | 1,039,432 | 1,908,635 | 1,830,745 | 1,386,357 | 1,220,937 | 1,368,923 | 1,438,756 |
| 11 | Palm Springs International Airport | PSP | Palm Springs | 1,625,327 | 1,499,987 | 1,044,045 | 1,163,883 | 1,055,970 | 995,801 | 947,728 | 953,607 | 875,699 |
| 12 | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | FAT | Fresno | 1,201,789 | 1,077,710 | 960,594 | 853,538 | 755,140 | 761,298 | 695,008 | 710,353 | 684,849 |
| 13 | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | SBA | Santa Barbara | 638,802 | 610,916 | 440,229 | 403,745 | 356,608 | 329,751 | 316,511 | 355,049 | 364,360 |
| 14 | San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport | SBP | San Luis Obispo | 324,925 | 273,690 | |||||||
| 15 | Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport | STS | Santa Rosa | 318,197 | 304,053 | |||||||
| 16 | Monterey Regional Airport | MRY | Monterey | 259,778 | 230,669 | |||||||
| 17 | Meadows Field Airport | BFL | Bakersfield | 174,891 | 141,352 | |||||||
| 18 | Arcata–Eureka Airport | ACV | Arcata | 117,972 | 118,924 | |||||||
| 19 | Redding Regional Airport | RDD | Redding | 87,670 | 98,725 | |||||||
| 20 | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | SCK | Stockton | 67,688 | 74,529 | |||||||
| 21 | San Bernardino International Airport | SBD | San Bernardino | 27,349 | 10,142 | |||||||
| 22 | Santa Maria Public Airport | SMX | Santa Maria | 14,409 | 15,911 | |||||||
| 23 | Eastern Sierra Regional Airport | BIH | Bishop | 10,007 | 10,754 | |||||||
| 24 | Del Norte County Airport | CEC | Crescent City | 7,879 | 8,218 | |||||||
| 25 | Imperial County Airport | IPL | Imperial | 7,100 | 9,180 | |||||||
| 26 | Hawthorne Municipal Airport | HHR | Hawthorne | 5,100 | 5,001 | |||||||
| 27 | McClellan–Palomar Airport | CRQ | Carlsbad | 4,329 | 3,715 | |||||||
| 28 | Mammoth Yosemite Airport | MMH | Mammoth Lakes | 3,966 | 4,056 | |||||||
| 29 | Merced Regional Airport | MCE | Merced | 3,798 | 3,431 |
Notes
- Tijuana airport is equipped to allow boarding from the California side via the Cross Border Xpress since the end of 2015, figures for this airport are in italics. It is Mexico's 5th busiest airport by departure seats offered.