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Table 2.7 Passenger enplanements and cargo tonnage for select commercial service and industrial airports in the study area, 2005.

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Associated City FAA Code State County Airport Name Airport Type 2005
Passenger Enplanements Cargo Tonnage
Mobile MOB Alabama Mobile Mobile Regional CS 638,953 582
Mobile BFM Alabama Mobile Mobile Downtown IND 0 44,000a
Lake Charles LCH Louisiana Calcasieu Lake Charles Regional CS 43,250a 2a
Lake Charles CWF Louisiana Calcasieu Chennault International IND 0 75
Baton Rouge BTR Louisiana East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field CS 973,625 5,663
New Orleans MSY Louisiana Jefferson Louis Armstrong New Orleans International CS 7,775,147 66,123
Lafayette LFT Louisiana Lafayette Lafayette Regional CS 343,301 6,774
Hattiesburg HBG Mississippi Forrest Bobby L Chain Muni CS 8,000a  
Gulfport GPT Mississippi Harrison Gulfport-Biloxi International CS 769,669  
Houston EFD Texas Harris Ellington Field CS 53,947 15
Houston HOU Texas Harris William P. Hobby CS 8,252,532 7,000
Houston IAH Texas Harris George Bush Intercontinental/Houston CS 39,684,640 387,790
Beaumont/Port Arthur BPT Texas Jefferson Southeast Texas Regional CS 430,381  
Study Area Total           58,586,102 517,418
National Total           738,629,000 30,125,644

Source: Alabama airports from http://www.brookleycomplex.com/cargo/statistics.asp. Louisiana airports from the Airports Council International and U.S. DOT BTS T100 data. Texas airports from http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Houston-Economy.html. Wilbur Smith Associates. National totals from Bureau of Transportation Statistics (http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/air_carrier_traffic_statistics/airtraffic/annual/1981-2001.html) and Airports Council International.

Note: CS: Commercial Service Airport; IND: Industrial Airport

1Estimated.