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U.S. Airports That Face Closure Under Looming Automatic Spending Cuts
Congress Needs Sensible Way to Ease Budget Deficits
This interactive map and infographic show the airports expected to be shut down or adversely affected by soon-to-be-triggered automatic budget 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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Authors
Scott Lilly
Senior Fellow