Core 30 Airports

The 30 busiest and most structurally critical airports in the National Airspace System.

Why the Core 30 Matter

These 30 airports are the busiest and most structurally critical airports in the United States. They handle a vast majority of the nation's commercial passenger traffic. Because of their sheer volume and strategic locations, delays at any of these Core 30 airports often ripple across the country, affecting flights and passengers nationwide.

List of Core 30 Airports

All 30 designated Core Airports

ID Name Type Level State CRWG
Target
Cur.
Staff
➔
Proj.
Staff		 Training
Time		 Training
Success		 Min. CPC
Salary
ATL Atlanta Tower Tower 12 GA 52 85% ➔ 91% 1.02 yrs 75% $162,801
BOS Boston Tower Tower 10 MA 33 82% ➔ 79% 1.15 yrs 62% $166,702
BWI Baltimore Tower Tower 8 MD 22 100% ➔ 103% 0.86 yrs 90% $127,027
CLT Charlotte Tower Up/Down 12 NC 90 83% ➔ 91% 1.64 yrs 88% $157,382
DCA Wash. National Tower Tower 9 DC 30 87% ➔ 106% 1.26 yrs 85% $142,016
DEN Denver Tower Tower 12 CO 41 76% ➔ 100% 0.97 yrs 87% $175,860
DFW Dallas-Fort Worth Tower Tower 12 TX 58 76% ➔ 92% 1.28 yrs 62% $167,364
DTW Detroit Tower Tower 9 MI 33 88% ➔ 89% 1.19 yrs 72% $136,098
EWR Newark Tower Tower 11 NJ 37 70% ➔ 80% 1.98 yrs 70% $183,299
FLL Fort Lauderdale Tower Tower 8 FL 26 96% ➔ 100% 0.53 yrs 88% $116,754
HCF Honolulu Control Fac Combined 11 HI 93 74% ➔ 84% 2.97 yrs 69% $163,885
IAD Dulles Tower Tower 10 VA 30 83% ➔ 94% 1.50 yrs 74% $164,869
IAH Houston Intercont. Tower Tower 11 TX 39 87% ➔ 98% 1.04 yrs 90% $169,083
JFK Kennedy Tower Tower 11 NY 33 79% ➔ 80% 2.05 yrs 62% $185,303
LAS Las Vegas Tower Tower 11 NV 41 73% ➔ 79% 0.94 yrs 63% $149,758
LAX Los Angeles Tower Tower 11 CA 56 70% ➔ 73% 1.97 yrs 57% $181,070
LGA La Guardia Tower Tower 11 NY 37 89% ➔ 84% 2.29 yrs 61% $185,303
MCO Orlando Tower Tower 9 FL 35 86% ➔ 103% 0.66 yrs 85% $121,134
MDW Midway Tower Tower 8 IL 22 77% ➔ 104% 1.04 yrs 88% $130,043
MEM Memphis Tower Tower 8 TN 35 63% ➔ 66% 1.34 yrs 76% $109,627
MIA Miami Tower Up/Down 12 FL 98 60% ➔ 68% 2.73 yrs 59% $163,958
MSP Minneapolis Tower Tower 9 MN 37 89% ➔ 103% 1.26 yrs 89% $136,407
ORD Chicago O'Hare Tower Tower 12 IL 73 78% ➔ 79% 1.76 yrs 58% $185,250
PHL Philadelphia Tower Up/Down 12 PA 114 79% ➔ 88% 2.17 yrs 81% $173,717
PHX Phoenix Tower Tower 10 AZ 35 80% ➔ 93% 0.86 yrs 92% $145,721
SAN San Diego Tower Tower 8 CA 28 79% ➔ 103% 0.59 yrs 91% $131,785
SEA Seattle Tower Tower 10 WA 33 82% ➔ 98% 0.58 yrs 90% $164,905
SFO San Francisco Tower Tower 10 CA 30 73% ➔ 80% 1.30 yrs 62% $186,053
SLC Salt Lake City Tower Tower 10 UT 33 82% ➔ 100% 0.92 yrs 92% $139,307
TPA Tampa Tower Up/Down 10 FL 67 66% ➔ 70% 2.14 yrs 61% $139,307