Where America's airport operations actually are, by state

U.S. space and aviation · Data as of 2026-09-18 · ALEX Intelligence

243 Airport Operations — Florida

#	State	Airport Operations
1	Florida	243
2	Texas	225
3	California	216
4	New York	125
5	Illinois	62
6	Virginia	59
7	Georgia	58
8	Colorado	54
9	Pennsylvania	52
10	Michigan	51

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 488119 (Other airport operations)
Measure: Airport Operations, ranked highest first across all U.S. states (54 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=state%3A%2A&NAICS2017=488119&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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