ORD Once Again 'Busiest Airport'

[Kellerguy]

Chicago O'Hare is again the world's busiest airport based on first 8 months of the year.
 
http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/ohare-regains-part-worlds-busiest-airport-title/wed-09242014-821am

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Oh yeah!

ATL cures disease by being closer to the CDC Headquarters.

Top that.

 

[topDawg]

Oh yeah!

ATL cures disease by being closer to the CDC Headquarters.

Top that.

Wait for WT....... (duck) 
 
 
 
anyways, good work Southwest. 

 

[WorldTraveler]

average aircraft size at ATL is over 35 seats larger than it is at ORD. 97 seats per departure on all carriers, all flights at ORD compared to 135 at ATL.

The point of airports is not to clog up the sky with as many planes as possible but to move passengers by the most efficient means.

ATL still offers far more seats than ORD does.

 

[Kev3188]

Oh yeah!

ATL cures disease by being closer to the CDC Headquarters.

Top that.

 
You sir win a free internets...

 

[WorldTraveler]

both of you apparently missed the point that fewer aircraft in the skies per amount of passengers moved is proven as in reducing all kinds of health risks.

bet the CDC would concur.

 

[eolesen]

Sheesh, all the spin is making me dizzy...

It's fairly common for airports to be measured on operations, since by WT's measure, cargo carriers wouldn't count for anything.

 

[WorldTraveler]

operations is ONE measure. ONE.

Passenger airports are also measured by the amount of passengers that they handle.

by virtue of a 35 plus seat difference (30%) in the size of aircraft that serve ATL vs. ORD, the chances are slim that ORD will pass ATL in passenger boardings.

Good for ORD for having more planes in the sky; ATL moves passengers more efficiently on fewer aircraft.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

http://www.aci-na.org/sites/default/files/nam2013_top_50.xlsx

Stats for 2013 for pax, cargo, and movements (operations). FWIW, the FAA uses operations as a measure of traffic since airspace separation and landings are based on that figure. Of course they are also based on aircraft size. Larger aircraft require more takeoff, landing, and airspace separation due to wake turbulence rules.

ATL may still retain the largest in pax and movements yoy. However, they have been in decline for the last couple of years compared to Orchard.

 

[WorldTraveler]

in aircraft movements, yes.

and because of the pulldown of ATL as a hub for FL, yes. WN will not push as many passengers thru ATL as FL did.

But the increase in the size of aircraft is being driven by DL's reduction in regional aircraft; ironically the 717s that FL is eliminating and which are helping drive up WN/FL's average aircraft size is also helping drive up DL's average aircraft size as well. Same aircraft, different operator and users and both achieve the same goals.

And as UA and AA both add more large RJs and retire small RJs, their average aircraft size will go up as well.

AA and UA are indeed fighting it out for the Chicago market along with a presence of several low fare carriers.

Given that MDW is closed to being maxed out, ORD's ability to grow will fuel the growth in air travel for the region.

Still, ORD is quite a way from becoming on par with ATL in terms of passengers.

 

[USFlyer]

Any why does this matter?

 

[Kev3188]

Matter doesn't always equal interesting...

 

[WorldTraveler]

because commercial airports exist to move passengers. Just as subways exist to move passengers.

The focus is not to see how many trains pass the station but how many passengers board.

good for ORD for seeing more growth - ATL just happens to be the most efficient hub airport in terms of the number of passengers that are moved per operation.

It's very green in Georgia.

 

[USFlyer]

I meant why are we arguing over whether ORD or ATL is bigger?  Just seems like another "DL is great" thread, like all the other ones.

 

[Kev3188]

The focus is not to see how many trains pass the station but how many passengers board.

 
No, the focus of the article cited by the OPS discusses movements (or if you want to take a longer view, the comments made at the World Route Convention).

Your focus is on pax carried.

Both are fine. There is a difference.
 

I meant why are we arguing over whether ORD or ATL is bigger?  Just seems like another "DL is great" thread, like all the other ones.

I hear ya.