U.S. Airports That Face Closure Under Looming Automatic Spending Cuts
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| Code | Airport | City | State | Staff | Passengers* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International | Savannah | GA | 28 | 785,251 |
| ISP | Long Island MacArthur | Ronkonkoma | NY | 19 | 781,396 |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International | Sanford | FL | 19 | 768,938 |
| PSP | Palm Springs International | Palm Springs | CA | 13 | 759,510 |
| PNS | Pensacola Regional | Pensacola | FL | 15 | 750,190 |
| MSN | Dane County Regional-Truax Field | Madison | WI | 28 | 741,365 |
| ICT | Wichita Mid-Continent | Wichita | KS | 41 | 740,675 |
| ACY | Atlantic City International | Egg Harbor Township | NJ | 28 | 668,930 |
| SRQ | Sarasota/Bradenton International | Sarasota | FL | 15 | 657,157 |
| MDT | Harrisburg International | Middletown | PA | 28 | 655,294 |
| BTV | Burlington International | South Burlington | VT | 20 | 636,018 |
| JAN | Jackson-Evers International | Jackson | MS | 19 | 615,622 |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International | Fresno | CA | 32 | 615,320 |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | Huntsville | AL | 26 | 614,601 |
| ITO | Hilo International | Hilo | HI | 19 | 605,101 |
| LEX | Blue Grass | Lexington | KY | 24 | 533,952 |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International | Newport News | VA | 16 | 516,789 |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International | Lubbock | TX | 24 | 503,580 |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan | Columbia | SC | 31 | 487,474 |
| MAF | Midland International | Midland | TX | 28 | 474,423 |
| FNT | Bishop International | Flint | MI | 21 | 473,113 |
| FAI | Fairbanks International | Fairbanks | AK | 18 | 438,188 |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa | Cedar Rapids | IA | 18 | 431,874 |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International | Allentown | PA | 29 | 428,332 |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | Sioux Falls | SD | 20 | 418,521 |
| MLI | Quad City International | Moline | IL | 18 | 412,470 |
| PIE | St Petersburg-Clearwater International | Clearwater | FL | 17 | 412,136 |
| BIL | Billings Logan International | Billings | MT | 20 | 407,375 |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | Baton Rouge | LA | 23 | 396,403 |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International | Gulfport | MS | 25 | 395,350 |
| ILM | Wilmington International | Wilmington | NC | 21 | 395,156 |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | Eugene | OR | 25 | 393,504 |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International | Amarillo | TX | 19 | 392,815 |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal | Goleta | CA | 37 | 367,328 |
| AVL | Asheville Regional | Fletcher | NC | 19 | 361,617 |
| GRB | Austin Straubel International | Green Bay | WI | 29 | 352,157 |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National | Springfield | MO | 32 | 349,091 |
| FAR | Hector International | Fargo | ND | 22 | 346,284 |
| PSC | Tri-Cities | Pasco | WA | 20 | 327,008 |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International | Corpus Christi | TX | 46 | 322,903 |
| ROA | Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field | Roanoke | VA | 34 | 320,961 |
| TLH | Tallahassee Regional | Tallahassee | FL | 23 | 305,686 |
| SBN | South Bend Regional | South Bend | IN | 25 | 304,988 |
| CHA | Lovell Field | Chattanooga | TN | 22 | 304,399 |
| JNU | Juneau International | Juneau | AK | 12 | 303,628 |
| MOB | Mobile Regional | Mobile | AL | 30 | 288,461 |
| CRW | Yeager | Charleston | WV | 25 | 282,704 |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International | Daytona Beach | FL | 56 | 274,166 |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International | Fort Wayne | IN | 26 | 272,796 |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | Augusta | GA | 19 | 267,631 |
| BGR | Bangor International | Bangor | ME | 22 | 266,373 |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional | Shreveport | LA | 26 | 265,104 |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | Fayetteville | NC | 26 | 259,445 |
| PIA | Greater Peoria Regional | Peoria | IL | 22 | 249,898 |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International | Avoca | PA | 23 | 228,367 |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional | Lafayette | LA | 26 | 222,795 |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | Aspen | CO | 13 | 221,256 |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA | Blountville | TN | 22 | 220,586 |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal | Bismarck | ND | 17 | 197,167 |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | Montgomery | AL | 19 | 188,177 |
| LAN | Capital City | Lansing | MI | 25 | 186,341 |
| MRY | Monterey Peninsula | Monterey | CA | 12 | 181,640 |
| GCN | Grand Canyon National Park | Grand Canyon | AZ | 9 | 172,972 |
| TVC | Cherry Capital | Traverse City | MI | 11 | 170,977 |
| EVV | Evansville Regional | Evansville | IN | 30 | 169,426 |
| GTF | Great Falls International | Great Falls | MT | 14 | 168,158 |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial | Nantucket | MA | 15 | 164,032 |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional | Horseheads | NY | 17 | 152,582 |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International | Kalamazoo | MI | 21 | 148,634 |
| BFL | Meadows Field | Bakersfield | CA | 24 | 148,347 |
| DLH | Duluth International | Duluth | MN | 21 | 146,578 |
| MBS | MBS International | Freeland | MI | 18 | 136,594 |
| LNK | Lincoln | Lincoln | NE | 15 | 131,215 |
| GFK | Grand Forks International | Grand Forks | ND | 23 | 118,872 |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | Erie | PA | 21 | 112,749 |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field | Huntington | WV | 20 | 112,522 |
| RST | Rochester International | Rochester | MN | 20 | 110,295 |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | Johnson City | NY | 16 | 108,172 |
| MLU | Monroe Regional | Monroe | LA | 13 | 107,290 |
| STS | Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County | Santa Rosa | CA | 10 | 102,414 |
| HLN | Helena Regional | Helena | MT | 14 | 100,695 |
| RFD | Chicago/Rockford International | Rockford | IL | 28 | 96,248 |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional | Fort Smith | AR | 31 | 84,136 |
| CMI | University of Illinois-Willard | Savoy | IL | 23 | 83,731 |
| TOL | Toledo Express | Swanton | OH | 24 | 81,127 |
| ABI | Abilene Regional | Abilene | TX | 26 | 80,434 |
| CSG | Columbus Metropolitan | Columbus | GA | 9 | 78,718 |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International | Casper | WY | 15 | 77,758 |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital | Springfield | IL | 19 | 71,862 |
| FLO | Florence Regional | Florence | SC | 16 | 68,169 |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional | Lake Charles | LA | 20 | 61,325 |
| ACT | Waco Regional | Waco | TX | 22 | 61,164 |
| SCK | Stockton Metropolitan | Stockton | CA | 12 | 56,044 |
| CRQ | McClellan-Palomar | Carlsbad | CA | 18 | 45,518 |
| TWF | Joslin Field – Magic Valley Regional | Twin Falls | ID | 12 | 38,533 |
| ROW | Roswell International Air Center | Roswell | NM | 17 | 37,262 |
| YNG | Youngstown-Warren Regional | Vienna | OH | 22 | 37,048 |
| BFI | Boeing Field/King County International | Seattle | WA | 24 | 34,434 |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Field | Sioux City | IA | 13 | 28,137 |
| PUB | Pueblo Memorial | Pueblo | CO | 16 | 22,470 |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional | Waterloo | IA | 17 | 22,297 |
| GGG | East Texas Regional | Longview | TX | 20 | 21,112 |
| MRI | Merrill Field | Anchorage | AK | 13 | 14,261 |
| MKG | Muskegon County | Muskegon | MI | 22 | 14,101 |
| BPT | Southeast Texas Regional | Beaumont | TX | 12 | 13,670 |
Passengers* indicates the total number of passengers boarded at this airport every year.
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