The Busiest Private-Jet Airports in the US (2025)
The busiest private-jet airport in the United States is Teterboro (TEB), the New Jersey field that serves Manhattan: 75,029 departures in 2025, about 1.8 times as many as any other airport. Westchester, the second New York field, ranked third. Here is the full top 25, who rose and who fell, and what it means if you fly from New York.
The 2025 ranking at a glance
- 75,029Departures from Teterboro (TEB), the busiest private-jet airport in the US, flat on 2024 (+0.3%).
- 2 of 3The top three include both main New York fields: Teterboro #1 and Westchester (HPN) #3 with 36,921 departures.
- 130,861Combined departures of the five Florida airports in the top 25, more than Teterboro and Westchester together (111,950). Our sum of the ARGUS figures.
- 2.63MUS private-jet departures in 2025, up 5% on 2024 and 29% above 2019 (industry data cited by Paramount Business Jets).
The short answer
If you fly private from New York, you are almost certainly leaving from one of the two busiest private-jet airports in the country. Teterboro handled 75,029 departures in 2025 according to ARGUS TRAQPak, the aviation data firm whose annual review Private Jet Card Comparisons published in January 2026. Dallas Love Field came second with 41,379, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains third with 36,921.
Below the top three, the list reads like a map of where New Yorkers fly: Palm Beach, Washington Dulles, Las Vegas, Miami-Opa Locka and Scottsdale all sit in the top eight. For the bigger picture of flying private from the city, see our New York private-jet guide.
The full top 25 for 2025
| Rank | Airport | 2025 | vs 2024 | 2024 rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teterboro (TEB) · NJ | 75,029 | +0.3% | 1 |
| 2 | Dallas Love Field (DAL) · TX | 41,379 | +2.6% | 3 |
| 3 | Westchester County (White Plains) (HPN) · NY | 36,921 | +11.9% | 4 |
| 4 | Palm Beach (PBI) · FL | 34,274 | −18.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Washington Dulles (IAD) · VA | 33,504 | +11.4% | 7 |
| 6 | Las Vegas (LAS) · NV | 30,939 | −2.6% | 6 |
| 7 | Miami-Opa Locka (OPF) · FL | 30,207 | +3.9% | 8 |
| 8 | Scottsdale (SDL) · AZ | 28,681 | +2.3% | 11 |
| 9 | Van Nuys (Los Angeles) (VNY) · CA | 28,263 | −12.3% | 5 |
| 10 | Houston Hobby (HOU) · TX | 28,154 | −0.3% | 10 |
| 11 | Centennial (Denver) (APA) · CO | 27,857 | −0.1% | 12 |
| 12 | Peachtree-DeKalb (Atlanta) (PDK) · GA | 25,777 | −8.8% | 9 |
| 13 | Naples (APF) · FL | 25,686 | +3.2% | 13 |
| 14 | John Wayne (Santa Ana) (SNA) · CA | 24,063 | +2.1% | 14 |
| 15 | Austin (AUS) · TX | 23,443 | +4.5% | 15 |
| 16 | Fort Lauderdale International (FLL) · FL | 22,752 | +17.6% | 20 |
| 17 | Chicago Midway (MDW) · IL | 22,326 | +2.8% | 17 |
| 18 | Nashville (BNA) · TN | 22,126 | +0.1% | 16 |
| 19 | Salt Lake City (SLC) · UT | 21,188 | +0.2% | 18 |
| 20 | Hanscom Field (Boston) (BED) · MA | 20,584 | +1.6% | 19 |
| 21 | San Jose (SJC) · CA | 19,150 | +6.0% | 23 |
| 22 | San Antonio (SAT) · TX | 18,416 | +1.0% | 21 |
| 23 | Boeing Field (Seattle) (BFI) · WA | 18,348 | +1.5% | 22 |
| 24 | Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) · FL | 17,942 | +3.9% | 25 |
| 25 | Chicago Executive (PWK) · IL | 17,869 | +2.3% | 24 |
Source: ARGUS TRAQPak 2025 departures, published by Private Jet Card Comparisons on 24 January 2026. Changes are calculated from the published 2024 and 2025 counts. Nashville is in Tennessee and Boeing Field in Washington state (the source table labels them otherwise).
What the ranking measures
The figures are departures: the number of business-aircraft flights that took off from each airport in 2025, as tracked by ARGUS TRAQPak. They are not passenger counts. No government agency publishes a passenger total for private flying, because private and charter flights do not report passengers the way airlines do, so flight counts from data firms such as ARGUS and WingX are the standard yardstick.
Two details matter when you read the list. First, it ranks airports, not cities: Fort Lauderdale International and Fort Lauderdale Executive appear separately, as do Chicago Midway and Chicago Executive. Second, the other New York-area private fields, Morristown (MMU) and Republic in Farmingdale (FRG), do not appear in the published top 25.
Teterboro on its own had more departures than Dallas Love Field and Washington Dulles combined in 2025 (74,883). New York is not just one of the busiest private-flying markets in the US; it is the busiest by a wide margin.
Who rose and who fell in 2025
The order changed more than the totals suggest. These are the largest moves among the top 25, calculated from the ARGUS counts:
| Airport | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale International (FLL) | +17.6% | #20 → #16 |
| Westchester County (White Plains) (HPN) | +11.9% | #4 → #3 |
| Washington Dulles (IAD) | +11.4% | #7 → #5 |
| San Jose (SJC) | +6.0% | #23 → #21 |
| Austin (AUS) | +4.5% | #15 → #15 |
| Airport | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach (PBI) | −18.3% | #2 → #4 |
| Van Nuys (Los Angeles) (VNY) | −12.3% | #5 → #9 |
| Peachtree-DeKalb (Atlanta) (PDK) | −8.8% | #9 → #12 |
| Las Vegas (LAS) | −2.6% | #6 → #6 |
Source: ARGUS TRAQPak via Private Jet Card Comparisons; percentage changes are our calculation from the published counts.
Two of the moves have clear explanations in the reporting. Palm Beach lost 18.3% of its departures and dropped from second to fourth; Paramount Business Jets links the fall to the flight restrictions around nearby Mar-a-Lago, under which a 1-nautical-mile no-fly zone was made permanent in October 2025 and wider rings of 10 and 30 miles apply when the president is there. Traffic moved down the coast: Fort Lauderdale International grew 17.6% and climbed from 20th to 16th. Van Nuys fell 12.3% to ninth, which Paramount connects to the January 2025 Los Angeles fires.
For New Yorkers the most relevant riser is Westchester, up 11.9% to third place. If Teterboro is not convenient for you, our Teterboro airport guide covers the main differences between the New York fields.
New York and Florida: the two ends of one corridor
Five Florida airports made the top 25: Palm Beach, Miami-Opa Locka, Naples, Fort Lauderdale International and Fort Lauderdale Executive. Together they logged 130,861 departures in 2025, more than Teterboro and Westchester combined (111,950).
A note on names: Palm Beach International was officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport on 9 July 2026, so newer schedules and charts may show it as DJT. The 2025 ranking still uses PBI. Our route guides cover the two busiest Florida pairs from New York: Teterboro to Palm Beach and Teterboro to Miami via Opa-Locka.
75,029 departures: two of the top three are in New York
Teterboro is #1 and Westchester #3 in the country (ARGUS TRAQPak, 2025), so a private flight rarely starts far from home. Get a live estimate from either airport for your dates, or see which empty legs are flying now.
What it costs to fly from Teterboro to the other busiest airports
Rankings are only useful if they help a decision, so we ran the live Villiers estimator from Teterboro to five of the other top-ten airports. These are indicative one-way estimates for the whole aircraft with four passengers, retrieved on 29 October 2026. They move with dates and demand; they are not quotes.
| To (2025 rank) | Light jet | Midsize jet | Heavy jet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Love Field (DAL) (#2) | $31,019 $26k–$32k · $7,750/person | $35,834 $28k–$39k · $8,960/person | $43,008 $31k–$47k · $10,750/person |
| Washington Dulles (IAD) (#5) | $14,440 $12k–$15k · $3,610/person | $16,505 $13k–$18k · $4,130/person | $18,370 $14k–$20k · $4,590/person |
| Las Vegas (LAS) (#6) | — | $50,245 $40k–$55k · $12,560/person | $61,376 $45k–$67k · $15,340/person |
| Miami-Opa Locka (OPF) (#7) | $26,995 $22k–$28k · $6,750/person | $31,142 $25k–$34k · $7,790/person | $37,029 $27k–$40k · $9,260/person |
| Scottsdale (SCF/SDL) (#8) | — | $48,510 $39k–$53k · $12,130/person | $59,165 $43k–$65k · $14,790/person |
Villiers estimate, 29 October 2026, via the NY Jet Desk price tool: central estimate, estimated range, and the central estimate divided by four passengers. “—” means no light-jet estimate was returned for that distance. Scottsdale is priced to Scottsdale Airport (code SCF in Villiers, SDL in the ranking).
The per-person column shows why group size matters so much: the price is for the jet, so four people split it four ways and one person pays all of it. Our guides explain how whole-jet pricing works and which jet size fits which trip.
Does a busy airport matter for your trip? A quick checklist
- Flying to Palm Beach? Ask the operator whether a presidential flight restriction is expected on your dates, and compare a quote into Fort Lauderdale (FLL or FXE) or Opa-Locka, all of which are in the top 25.
- Leaving New York? Price both Teterboro and Westchester. They are the #1 and #3 airports, and the better one depends on where you live and the jet that is available.
- Flying a holiday week? Peak weeks book out early. Our holiday booking guide covers the 2026 dates and lead times.
- Flexible on dates? Busy routes in one direction create repositioning flights in the other. Check current empty legs before you book a full charter.
How this guide was built
The ranking, departure counts and 2024 ranks are ARGUS TRAQPak 2025 data as published by Private Jet Card Comparisons on 24 January 2026. Percentage changes, the Florida and New York totals and the per-person figures are our own arithmetic from those numbers. Explanations for the Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Van Nuys moves and the 2.63 million national total come from two Paramount Business Jets analyses distributed by Stacker in 2026. Price estimates come from the Villiers estimator on 29 October 2026 for a one-way flight with four passengers. The checklist is our own guidance based on the ranking; it contains no figures of its own.
Sources
- 2025’s busiest U.S. private jet airports — Private Jet Card Comparisons, 24 January 2026 (ARGUS TRAQPak departures 2024 and 2025, top 25).
- America’s private jet capitals: The 10 busiest business aviation airports in 2025 — Paramount Business Jets via Stacker, March 2026 (ARGUS and WingX data; Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Van Nuys moves).
- The backup airports absorbing America’s private jet boom — Paramount Business Jets via Stacker, 6 August 2026 (2.63 million US departures in 2025; Mar-a-Lago flight restrictions; Van Nuys after the Los Angeles fires).
- Donald J. Trump International Airport set to become official — News4JAX, 8 July 2026 (Palm Beach airport rename).
- Villiers indicative estimates, retrieved 29 October 2026 through the NY Jet Desk price tool (one way from Teterboro, four passengers).
Retrieved October 2026. Figures are departures (flight counts), not passengers. Prices are estimates for the whole aircraft, not quotes; real prices come from a live quote.
Frequently asked questions
What is the busiest private jet airport in the US?
Teterboro (TEB) in New Jersey, the main private-jet airport for Manhattan. It recorded 75,029 private-jet departures in 2025, according to ARGUS TRAQPak data published by Private Jet Card Comparisons, roughly 1.8 times as many as Dallas Love Field in second place.
Which New York airports are among the busiest private-jet airports?
Two of the top three: Teterboro (TEB) ranked first with 75,029 departures and Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains ranked third with 36,921, up 11.9% on 2024. Morristown (MMU) and Republic (FRG) do not appear in the published top 25.
Why did Palm Beach fall in the private-jet airport ranking?
Palm Beach (PBI) dropped from second to fourth, with departures down 18.3% to 34,274 in 2025 (ARGUS TRAQPak). Paramount Business Jets links the fall to flight restrictions around nearby Mar-a-Lago, which pushed traffic to Fort Lauderdale and other South Florida fields. The airport was officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport in July 2026.
How many private jet flights were there in the US in 2025?
About 2.63 million private-jet departures, up 5% on 2024 and 29% above 2019 levels, according to industry flight data cited by Paramount Business Jets. Teterboro alone accounted for just under 3% of them.
How much does a private jet from Teterboro to Dallas cost?
There is no fixed price. On 29 October 2026, Villiers’ indicative estimate for a one-way Teterboro to Dallas Love Field flight was about $31,000 in a light jet, $35,800 in a midsize jet and $43,000 in a heavy jet, for the whole aircraft. Split four ways, the light jet works out at roughly $7,750 per person. A live quote for your date is the only real price.
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