The bar graph illustrates how many travelers availed themselves of three local airports, namely John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark, from 1995 to 2000.
In general, all reported airports witnessed an upward trend in passenger numbers. It is also notable that the LaGuardia airport mainly took the highest position over the given time frame, except for 1997, when John F. Kenedy surpassed this.
Looking first at the most favored airport, John F. Kennedy had the highest figure of approximately 35 million people in 1995, while Newark Airport reported almost half this number (around 17 million). Thereafter, passengers to each site increased, with the former registering a moderate rise to 50 million people in 1999, then recording the most drastic growth in 2000, significantly peaking at nearly 70 million travelers. Meanwhile, the latter observed a considerable surge to about 39 million people between 1996 and 1997 before leveling off at around 41 million from 1998 to 2000.
Regarding LaGuardia airport, there is a gradual lift in passenger quantity to reach the top of around 57 million in 1997. However, the data started to fall afterward and hit a low of 32 million roughly in 1999, but it recovered noticeably to over 40 million at the end of the period.