About Terminal Guide

Terminal Guide is an independent, ad-supported traveler reference covering the 50 busiest commercial airports in the United States. We are not affiliated with the FAA, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, any airport authority, or any airline.

Why we built this

The information travelers actually need at an airport — which terminal their flight uses, where the cell phone lot is, whether a particular concourse has a sit-down restaurant past security, how to ride the inter-terminal train — is scattered across dozens of official airport sites, each with its own navigation, its own search, and its own quirks. Terminal Guide was built to consolidate that information into a single, predictable format across every major U.S. airport. The same five sections appear for every airport, in the same order, so that you do not need to re-learn a new website every time you connect through somewhere new.

What we cover

Every airport guide is structured into five focused sections: an overview of the airport's role in the national network, a walkthrough of its terminals and concourses, the airlines that operate scheduled service there, the parking options (short-term, daily, economy, off-airport, cell phone lot), and the ground transportation choices (rideshare, taxi, public transit, rental car, hotel shuttle). We also catalog the lounges, dining, family, and accessibility services available inside the building. The format is designed to be scannable on a phone while you are standing at the rental car counter or sitting at the gate.

How we source data

Operational facts — terminal counts, runway counts, hub airline assignments, annual passenger volume — are seeded from public sources including the FAA Airport Data & Contact Information system, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Air Carrier Statistics database, and the aggregated reporting on Wikipedia. Editorial guidance and explanatory text is written from a traveler's perspective and intended to remain accurate across the long term; for last-minute operational notices (concourse closures, security checkpoint hour changes, parking facility renovations), always check the official airport site on the day you travel.

Independence

Terminal Guide is reader-supported. We display contextual advertising on most pages and may participate in affiliate programs for related travel products in the future. We do not accept payment from airports, airlines, parking operators, or rental car companies in exchange for editorial coverage. Every airport in the top 50 by passenger volume is included; airports are ranked by published BTS data, not by any commercial relationship.

Get in touch

If you spot an error, want to suggest a topic, or want to share something we missed about your local airport, please use our contact page. We read every message and update the site regularly based on traveler feedback.