America’s largest commercial airports by acreage

Denver – Source: en.wikipedia.org

The following list identifies the commercial passenger airports in the United States that are 2,500 acres or larger in land area. The data is directly from the Federal Aviation Administration and is current as of January 10, 2013.

For those who may not be as familiar with airport design and planning, almost as interesting as the airports on the list are the major ones that are missing from it. These include Boston (Logan), New York (La Guardia), Philadelphia, Newark (Liberty), Washington (Reagan), Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland (Hopkins), Louisville, Chicago (Midway), Orange County (John Wayne), San Diego (Lindbergh), Dallas (Love), Buffalo, Columbus, Palm Beach, and Los Angeles (Ontario).

1. Denver, CO – 33,531 acres
2. Dallas-Forth Worth (DFW), TX – 18,076 acres
3. Fort Myers (Southwest FL), FL – 13,555 acres
4. Orlando, FL – 13,302 acres
5. Washington (Dulles), DC/MD/VA – 13,000 acres
6. Kansas City, MO/KS – 10,200 acres
7. Houston (Bush), TX – 10,000 acres
8. Pittsburgh, PA/WV – 10,000 acres
9. Oklahoma City (Will Rogers), OK – 8,081 acres
10. Tucson, AZ – 7,938 acres
11. Jacksonville, FL – 7,911 acres
12. Indianapolis, IN – 7,700 acres
13. Salt Lake City, UT – 7,700 acres
14. Chicago (O’Hare), IL/IN/WI – 7,627 acres
15. Colorado Springs, CO – 7,200 acres
16. St. Louis (Mid-America), MO/IL – 7,003 acres (Thank you, Ian)
17. Cincinnati, OH/KY – 7,000 acres
18. El Paso, TX – 6,670 acres
19. Sacramento, CA – 6,000 acres
20. San Francisco, CA – 5,207 acres
21. New York City (JFK), NY/NJ – 5,200 acres
22. Casper, WY – 5,131 acres
23. Roswell, NM – 5,029 acres
24. Atlantic City, NJ – 5,000 acres
25. Boise, ID – 5,000 acres
26. Charlotte (Douglas), NC/SC – 5,000 acres
27. Lincoln, NE – 5,000 acres
28. Raleigh-Durham, NC – 5,000 acres
29. Detroit (Metro), MI – 4,850 acres
30. Spokane, WA/ID – 4,753 acres
31. Atlanta (Hartsfield) , GA – 4,700 acres
32. Anchorage (Stevens), AK – 4,608 acres
33. Tulsa, OK – 4,360 acres
34. Austin (Bergstrom), TX – 4,242 acres
35. Honolulu, HI – 4,220 acres
36. Dayton (Cox), OH – 4,200 acres
37. Panama City, FL – 4,000 acres
38. Memphis, TN/MS/AR – 3,900 acres
39. Nashville, TN/KY – 3,900 acres
40. Pueblo, CO – 3,872 acres
41. Peoria, IL – 3,800 acres
42. Wichita Falls, TX – 3,800 acres
43. Myrtle Beach, SC – 3,795 acres
44. Savannah-Hilton Head, GA/SC – 3,650 acres
45. Amarillo, TX – 3,547 acres
46. Greenville-Spartanburg, SC – 3,500 acres
47. Los Angeles, CA – 3,500 acres
48. Madison (Truax), WI – 3,500 acres
49. Phoenix (Sky Harbor), AZ – 3,400 acres
50. Jackson (Evers), MS – 3,381 acres
51. Pocatello, ID – 3,374 acres
52. Fort Wayne, IN – 3,351 acres
53. Miami, FL – 3,300 acres
54. Tampa, FL – 3,300 acres
55. Cedar Rapids (Eastern IA), IA – 3,288 acres
56. Wichita (Mid-Continent), KS –  3,248 acres
57. Saginaw (MBS), MI – 3,200 acres
58. Baltimore (BWI), MD – 3,160 acres
59. Grand Rapids (Ford), MI – 3,127 acres
60. Yuma, AZ – 3,100 acres
61. Duluth, MN/WI – 3,020 acres
62. Lubbock, TX – 3,000 acres
63. Portland, OR/WA – 3,000 acres
64. Twin Cities, MN/WI – 2,930 acres
65. Chicago (Rockford), IL – 2,900 acres
66. Topeka (Forbes), KS – 2,854 acres
67. Las Vegas (McCarran), NV – 2,800 acres
68. Melbourne, FL – 2,800 acres
69. Piedmont Triad, NC – 2,800 acres
70. St. Louis (Lambert), MO/IL – 2,800 acres
71. Springfield-Branson, MO  – 2,750 acres
72. Kona, HI – 2,700 acres
73. Monroe, LA – 2,660 acres
74. Omaha (Eppley), NE/IA – 2,650 acres
75. Lehigh Valley, PA/NJ – 2,629 acres
76. Des Moines, IA – 2,625 acres
77. Columbia (Metro), SC – 2,600 acres
78. Eugene, OR – 2,600 acres
79. Oakland, CA – 2,600 acres
80. Waterloo, IA – 2,587 acres
81. Fargo (Hector), ND/MN – 2,500 acres
82. Richmond, VA – 2,500 acres
83. Seattle-Tacoma, WA – 2,500 acres