Where airport operations grew fastest since 2019, by metro

U.S. space and aviation · Data as of 2026-09-17 · ALEX Intelligence

40.0% Change in Airport Operations Since 2019 — Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

#	Metro	Airport Operations
1	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	40.0%
2	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	33.3%
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	21.1%
4	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	20.0%
5	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	20.0%
6	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	19.0%
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	17.9%
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	11.1%
9	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10.2%
10	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	9.6%

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2019 and 2022, NAICS 488119 (Other airport operations)
Measure: Airport Operations, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros (20 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=488119&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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