OEP Frequently Asked Questions - OEP 35 Airports
OEP airports are commercial U.S. airports with significant activity. These airports serve major metropolitan areas and also serve as hubs for airline operations. More than 70 percent of passengers move through these airports. Delays at the OEP 35 airports have a ripple effect to other locations. For example, when delay trends at Miami International Airport for the years 2000-2005 were analyzed, it was found that delay increases were not correlated with increases in traffic at MIA or at Miami Center, nor were they related to Florida weather. Rather, they were highly correlated with delays at the other OEP 35 airports. Therefore, improvements at the most congested airports will have a positive impact on other airports as well.
The 35 OEP airports were compiled in 2000 based on lists from FAA and Congress, and a study that identified the most congested airports in the U.S. The OEP 35 airports do not change. Key FAA performance measures are based on data from this set of airports. These include: Airport Average Daily Capacity, On-Time Gate Arrivals, and On-Time Gate Departures. A stable baseline is needed for these measures to be meaningful.
Airports |
ID |
Region |
| Atlanta Hartsfield International | ATL |
ASO |
| Baltimore-Washington International | BWI |
AEA |
| Boston Logan International | BOS |
ANE |
| Charlotte/Douglas International | CLT |
ASO |
| Chicago Midway | MDW |
AGL |
| Chicago O'Hare International | ORD |
AGL |
| Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky | CVG |
ASO |
| Cleveland-Hopkins International | CLE |
AGL |
| Dallas-Fort Worth International | DFW |
ASW |
| Denver International | DEN |
ANM |
| Detroit Metro Wayne County | DTW |
AGL |
| Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | FLL |
ASO |
| George Bush Intercontinental | IAH |
ASW |
| Greater Pittsburgh International | PIT |
AEA |
| Honolulu International | HNL |
AWP |
| Lambert St. Louis International | STL |
ACE |
| Las Vegas McCarran International | LAS |
AWP |
| Los Angeles International | LAX |
AWP |
| Memphis International | MEM |
ASO |
| Miami International | MIA |
ASO |
| Minneapolis-St Paul International | MSP |
AGL |
| New York John F. Kennedy International | JFK |
AEA |
| New York LaGuardia | LGA |
AEA |
| Newark International | EWR |
AEA |
| Orlando International | MCO |
ASO |
| Philadelphia International | PHL |
AEA |
| Phoenix Sky Harbor International | PHX |
AWP |
| Portland International | PDX |
ANM |
| Ronald Reagan National | DCA |
AEA |
| Salt Lake City International | SLC |
ANM |
| San Diego International Lindbergh | SAN |
AWP |
| San Francisco International | SFO |
AWP |
| Seattle -Tacoma International | SEA |
ANM |
| Tampa International | TPA |
ASO |
| Washington Dulles International | IAD |
AEA |
