Airport Experience® News - Pre-Conference Issue 2026

DATA CHECK

FACT BOOK FINDINGS Average Spend Per Enplaned Passenger Exceeds $15 In 2024

BY CAROL WARD

2024 TOP PERFORMING NORTH AMERICAN AIRPORTS (Including F&B, Specialty Retail, Newstand/Travel Essentials and Duty Free. Excluding Lounges, Suites and Passenger Services) Airport 2024 Enplanements 2024 Total Concessions Sales SEP John F. Kennedy International 31,496,265 $707, 891,959 $22.48 Los Angeles International 37,676,898 $776,215,163 $20.60 Miami International 27,884,707 $526,893,169 $18.90 San Francisco International 26,054,586 $488,825,088 $18.76 Vancouver International 13,050,728 $228,701,745 $17.52 Newark Liberty International 24,468,820 $422,881,563 $17.28 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International 11,203,485 $190,617,573 $17.01 Boston Logan International 21,639,289 $356,221,355 $16.46 Harry Reid International 28,720,852 $472,565,627 $16.45 Seattle-Tacoma International 26,264,884 $418,756,352 $15.94

Source: 2025 AX Fact Book

assengers traveling through leading North American airports spent an average of $15 each in

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was the largest airport by passenger numbers, enplaning 54.18 million travelers in 2024. ATL’s spending levels were below the group average at $11.62 per enplaned passenger. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), which ranked second in enplanements, registered an SEP of $12.87 while third ranked Denver International Airport (DEN) came in at $14.24 per passenger. Total spending on in-terminal airport concessions (excluding lounges, suites and other passenger services) for the group of 42 airports came in at more than $11.5 billion in 2024. Food and beverage sales accounted for more than half that total, at $7.31 billion. Newsstand/travel retail sales came in at $2.12 billion while specialty retail sales reached $1.12 billion. Duty free sales for the group airports were just shy of $1 billion in 2024.

LEADING AIRPORTS: CONCESSIONS SALES IN 2024 (average of 42 top-performing airports)

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2024, according to data compiled by Airport Experience News. The 2025 AX Fact Book charts performances of 85 North American airports. The top 42 airports performing airports of that group all registered average passenger expenditures exceeding $8. Spending on food and beverage, specialty retail, newsstand/travel essentials and duty free were all averaged into the results. Revenues from lounges and suites and other passenger services were excluded. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) led the field of North American airports with spend per enplaned passenger (SEP) of $22.48. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ranked second with an SEP of $20.60, while Miami International Airport (MIA) was third with an average spend of $18.90 per passenger.

(Including F&B, Specialty Retail, Newstand/Travel Essentials and Duty Free. Excluding Lounges, Suites and Passenger Services)

Duty Free $0.98 billion

Food & Beverage $7.31 billion

Specialty Retail $1.113 billion

TOTAL SALES $11.53 billion

Newsstand/ Travel Essentials $2.12 billion

Source: 2025 AX Fact Book

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