List of Class B airports in the United States

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Class B is a class of airspace in the United States which follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airspace designation. Class B airspace areas are designed to improve aviation safety by reducing the risk of midair collisions in the airspace surrounding airports with high-density air traffic operations.<ref name=7400.2>FAA Order JO 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, effective 2017-10-12 (with changes), accessed 2017-12-04</ref> Aircraft operating in these airspace areas are subject to certain operating rules and equipment requirements.<ref name=7400.2/>

Class B airspace protects the approach and departure paths from aircraft not under air traffic control. All aircraft inside Class B airspace are subject to air traffic control. Traffic operating under VFR must be identified on radar and explicitly cleared into the airspace before they can enter. The airspace is commonly depicted as resembling an "upside-down wedding cake". The innermost ring extends from the surface area around the airport to typically 10,000' MSL. Several outer rings usually surround it with progressively higher floors to allow traffic into nearby airports without entering the primary airport's Class B airspace.

The airspace around the busiest US airports is classified as ICAO Class B, and the primary airport (one or more) for which this airspace is designated is called Class B airport. As of January 2023, there are 37 Class B airports in the United States.<ref name=7400.11 /><ref>Airspace Amendments to FAA Order JO 7400.11B, accessed 2017-12-04</ref> Despite common misconception, Nellis Air Force Base and Dallas Love Field Airport are not designated as Class B airports; however, in both cases the Class B airspace for the primary airport in the region (Harry Reid International and Dallas/Fort Worth International, respectively) has been specifically extended to cover these airports as if they were themselves Class B.<ref name=7400.11>FAA order JO 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, effective 2017-09-15, accessed 2017-12-04</ref>

The following list of Class B airports is sorted by state and IATA Airport Code/ICAO Airport Code.<ref name=7400.11/> Template:Location map+

Airport

Code

State

Total Movements (2023)

PHX / KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Arizona citation CitationClass=web

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LAX / KLAX Los Angeles International California 575,097<ref name="opsnet"/>
NKX / KNKX Marine Corps Air Station Miramar California
SAN / KSAN San Diego International California 220,621<ref name="opsnet"/>
SFO / KSFO San Francisco International California 384,871<ref name="opsnet"/>
DEN / KDEN Denver International Colorado 299,702<ref name="opsnet"/>
MCO / KMCO Orlando International Florida 417,439<ref name="opsnet"/>
MIA / KMIA Miami International Florida 461,792<ref name="opsnet"/>
TPA / KTPA Tampa International Florida 229,804<ref name="opsnet"/>
ATL / KATL Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Georgia 775,818<ref name="opsnet"/>
HNL / PHNL Honolulu International Hawaii
ORD / KORD Chicago–O'Hare International Illinois 720,582<ref name="opsnet"/>
CVG / KCVG Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Kentucky 166,000<ref name="opsnet"/>
MSY / KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Louisiana 126,138<ref name="opsnet"/>
ADW / KADW Andrews Air Force Base Maryland 51,042<ref name="opsnet"/>
BWI / KBWI Baltimore/Washington International Maryland 239,417<ref name="opsnet"/>
BOS / KBOS Boston–Logan International Massachusetts 400,178<ref name="opsnet"/>
DTW / KDTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Michigan
MSP / KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Minnesota 323,945<ref name="opsnet"/>
MCI / KMCI Kansas City International Missouri 115,721<ref name="opsnet"/>
STL / KSTL Lambert–St. Louis International Missouri 163,129<ref name="opsnet"/>
LAS / KLAS Las Vegas-Harry Reid International Nevada 611,806<ref name="opsnet"/>
LSV / KLSV Nellis Air Force Base (lies within the class B surface area of LAS) Nevada
EWR / KEWR Newark Liberty International New Jersey 435,675<ref name="opsnet"/>
JFK / KJFK New York–John F. Kennedy International New York 483,176<ref name="opsnet"/>
LGA / KLGA New York–La Guardia New York 363,787<ref name="opsnet"/>
CLT / KCLT Charlotte Douglas International North Carolina 531,740<ref name="opsnet"/>
CLE / KCLE Cleveland Hopkins International Ohio 108,788<ref name="opsnet"/>
PHL / KPHL Philadelphia International Pennsylvania 294,716<ref name="opsnet"/>
PIT / KPIT Pittsburgh International Pennsylvania 128,173<ref name="opsnet"/>
MEM / KMEM Memphis International Tennessee 213,348<ref name="opsnet"/>
DAL / KDAL Dallas Love Field (lies within the class B surface area of DFW) Texas 251,988<ref name="opsnet"/>
DFW / KDFW Dallas/Fort Worth International Texas 689,569<ref name="opsnet"/>
HOU / KHOU Houston–Hobby (class B secondary airport) Texas 197,934<ref name="opsnet"/>
IAH / KIAH Houston–George Bush Intercontinental Texas 422,003<ref name="opsnet"/>
SLC / KSLC Salt Lake City International Utah 318,998<ref name="opsnet"/>
DCA / KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Virginia 299,702<ref name="opsnet"/>
IAD / KIAD Washington Dulles International Virginia 284,866<ref name="opsnet"/>
SEA / KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Washington 422,497<ref name="opsnet"/>

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