Those numbers are strictly aircraft movements straight from the FAA OPSNET Air Traffic Activity Data System; no passenger anything. Top 50 towers YTD last/current year:
1 ORD 230,003 230,553
2 ATL 224,273 225,732
3 DFW 188,293 189,971
4 LAX 168,988 174,280
5 DEN 165,237 166,014
6 CLT...