{"id":355165,"date":"2026-07-28T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355165\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:17:01","slug":"orlando-international-airport-7th-busiest-airport-in-united-states-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355165\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando International Airport 7th Busiest Airport in United States for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orlando International Airport, located just miles from Disney World and Universal Orlando, was ranked the seventh busiest airport in the United States for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando International Airport<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mco-orlando-international-airport.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1097\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mco-orlando-international-airport.png\" alt=\"Orlando International Airport, located just miles from Disney World and Universal Orlando, was ranked the seventh busiest airport in the United States for 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1463970\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airports Council International \u2013 North America (ACI-NA), the trade association representing commercial service airports in the United States and Canada, released its 2025 North American airport traffic rankings. The report offers a comprehensive look at passenger traffic, cargo volume, and aircraft movements across the region\u2019s busiest airports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among airports in cities like Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Orlando International Airport ranked seventh in terms of passenger traffic. The airport saw a total of 57,675,573 passengers, which is a 0.8% increase from 2024. It was ranked as the ninth busiest airport that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s interesting to note that while MCO saw an increase, the report says overall passenger traffic declined slightly in 2025, falling 0.7 percent from 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, a record-breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/florida-tourism-rises-to-record-breaking-143-3-million-visitors-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">143.3 million visitors<\/a> visited the Sunshine State over the course of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese numbers are reflective of Central Florida\u2019s continued growth and global appeal,\u201d said Lance Lyttle, CEO of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA), which manages MCO. \u201cThey also show why it is important to embrace a strategic vision that focuses on enhancing customer service while addressing critical infrastructure needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airport is undergoing a multi-year transformation, including <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/10\/no-more-terminals-a-b-and-c-big-changes-coming-to-orlando-international-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">renaming terminals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/phase-2-orlando-international-airport-updates-carpet-removal-atrium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">removing the iconic atrium carpet<\/a>, increasing public parking spots to 8,000, and developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/aviation-authority-approves-construction-of-electric-vertical-takeoff-landing-pad-at-orlando-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">vertistop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the full list of busiest airports in 2025:<\/p>\n<p>RankAirport NameAirport CodeTotal Passengers% Change 2025 \u2013 20241Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportATL106,302,208-1.6%2Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDFW85,660,127-2.5%3Chicago O\u2019Hare International AirportORD84,856,0186.0%4Denver International AirportDEN82,427,9620.1%5Los Angeles International AirportLAX73,709,594-3.8%6John F. Kennedy International AirportJFK62,629,455-1.0%7Orlando International AirportMCO57,675,5730.8%8Miami International AirportMIA55,314,661-1.1%9Harry Reid International AirportLAS55,030,375-5.9%10San Francisco International AirportSFO54,532,6134.3%<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/airportscouncil.org\/press_release\/airports-council-releases-2025-north-american-airport-traffic-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Airports Council International<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando International Airport, located just miles from Disney World and Universal Orlando, was ranked the seventh busiest airport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6205,139,141,3847,140,144983,8064],"class_list":["post-355165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-mco","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-international-airport","tag-orlando-news","tag-united-states-busiest-airports","tag-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}