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Most Powerful Airport Solar Carport Canopies in the U.S.
Ground & parking garage solar carport canopies at Albuquerque Int’l. Sunport – Source: abqsunport.comListed below are the most powerful solar arrays employed to date as parking canopies at airports across the United States. Such canopies produce electricity from solar panels that are elevated above parking spaces on canopy-like structures. They can be placed in ground parking lots, in rental car lots, or on the top floor of a multi-level parking garage.
Solar carport canopies atop two parking garages at Honolulu International Airport – Source: teliuspc.comThe energy produced by these solar installations helps the airport offset its electricity costs. The solar canopies also have the benefit of shielding the vehicles parked under them from intense sunlight and certain forms inclement weather.
As the list also shows, solar carport canopies at airports are no longer just a southern or western geographical phenomenon either. The largest such facility in the nation will be opening later this year at New York’s Kennedy International Airport. Newark, Hartford, Indianapolis, Dulles, Evansville, Saginaw, Rochester (MN), Fort Wayne, Manchester, Appleton, and the Quad Cities are among those northern city airports that have employed or are adding solar carport canopies.
The list will be updated as solar canopy systems at airports are added and/or expanded.
Peace and be green!
Ground level solar carport canopies at Tucson International Airport – Source: solarworldonline.com Solar carport canopies at Evansville Regional Airport – Source: yaleclimateconnections.org1. Kennedy International Airport/New York City (2026), New York = 12.3 megawatts
2. Honolulu International Airport (2019), Hawaii = 5.3 megawatts
3. Newark Liberty International Airport (2023), New Jersey = 5.0 megawatts
4. Columbia Metropolitan Airport (2027), South Carolina = 4.0 megawatts
4. Fresno-Yosemite International Airport (2021/2025), California= 3.95 megawatts
5-6. Bradley International Airport/Hartford (2027), Connecticut and Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (2027), South Carolina = 3.0 megawatts
7. El Paso International Airport (2026), Texas = 2.9 megawatts
8. Tucson International Airport (2017), Arizona = 2.5 kilowatts
9. Burbank-Bob Hope Airport (2026), California = 2.4 megawatts
10-15. Albuquerque International Sunport (2012), San Diego International Airport (2024), California, New Mexico; Tampa International Airport (2016), Florida; Long Beach Airport (2024), California Indianapolis International Airport (2026), Indiana; and Dulles International Airport/Washington, DC (2026), Virginia = 2.0 megawatts
16-17. Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (2012), Arizona and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (2021), Texas = 1.6 megawatts
18. Denver International Airport (2019), Colorado ~ 1.45 megawatts
19. Evansville Regional Airport (2020), Indiana = 1.3 megawatts
20. Killeen Regional Airport (2025), Texas = 1.2 megawatts
21. Hobby Airport/Houston (2025), Texas = 1.0 megawatts
22. MBS International Airport/Saginaw–Midland (2025), Michigan = 988 kilowatts
23. Charles Schultz Airport/Santa Rosa (2022), California = 963 kilowatts
24. San Luis Obispo County Airport (2026), California = 940 kilowatts
25. San Francisco International Airport (2019), California = 904 kilowatts
26. Rochester International Airport (proposed), Minnesota = 765 kilowatts
27., Quad City International Airport/Davenport-Moline (2021), Illinois = 705 kilowatts
28. Grand Junction Regional Airport (2026), Colorado = 668 kilowatts
29. Fort Wayne International Airport (2020), Indiana 660 kilowatts
30. West Virginia International Airport/Charleston (2019)= 606 kilowatts
31. Manchester-Boston Airport (2012), New Hampshire = 530 kilowatts
32. Texarkana Regional Airport (2024), Texas = 528 kilowatts
33. Baltimore -Washington International Airport (2012), Maryland = 505 kilowatts
34-35. Yuma International Airport (2010), Arizona and Leahy Burlington International Airport (2015), Vermont = 500 kilowatts
36. Appleton International Airport (2018), Wisconsin = 460 kilowatts
37. Watertown Regional Airport (2027), South Dakota = 260 kilowatts
38. Nashville-Dolly Parton International Airport (2015) = 50 kilowatts
39. Colorado Springs International Airport (2019), Colorado ~ 14 kilowatts
Ground level solar carport canopies at Houston Hobby airport – Source: flyhouston.comMore Information Needed:
- Albany International Airport (2020), New York
- Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport, Georgia
- Los Angeles International Airport, California
- Ontario International Airport, California
- Syracuse International Airport (proposed), New York
SOURCES:
- https://www.abqsunport.com/sustainability-environmental/
- https://www.westernslopenow.com/
- https://tucson.com/business/tucson-airport-marks-completion-of-iconic-solar-array/article_65e6659d-8455-5100-8b1e-f2c5a6c84280.html
- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/michigan-airport-completes-1st-phase-of-solar-carport-project/
- https://solliengineering.com/project/bradley-international-airport-solar
- https://sloairport.com/slo-county-airport-to-install-solar-carport-canopies-paving-the-way-for-greener-travel/
- https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2023-press-releases/port-authority-advances-commitment-to-sustainability-with-record.html
- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/04/2-9-mw-carport-project-completed-at-el-paso-international-airport/
- https://flyevv.com/about-evansville-regional-airport/news/evv-completes-construction-on-largest-solar-covered-airport-parking-canopy-in-the-midwest
- https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-airport-installs-solar-panel-canopies-on-parking-lot-to-help-power-terminal/531-90f7349a-fbd4-4d26-a709-0e06d8f4f80e
- gemini.google.ai
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- https://www.northeastradiosd.com/post/watertown-city-council-to-vote-on-2-84m-airport-solar-array-contract-monday
- https://www.fly2houston.com/airport-business/newsroom/press-releases/item/hobby-airports-solar-canopy-now-producing-100-clean-energy/
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- https://www.gem.wiki/Phoenix_Airport_Rental_Car_Center_solar_farm
- https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/cos-airport-installs-solar-parking-panels-in-valet-parking-areas/
- https://www.sunlightandpower.com/service/solar-canopies-carports
- https://sonomacountyairport.org/about-sts/solar-panel-energy-savings/
- https://www.dailynews.com/2025/08/01/burbank-developing-4-acre-solar-energy-and-battery-project-atop-airport-parking-structure/
- https://www.birdi-inc.com/projects/san-diego-international-airport-san-green-build-terminal-2-expansion/
- https://agendas.fresno.gov/en/legislation/id-26-566-21268
- https://fwairport.com/news/fort-wayne-international-airport-completes-rental-car-return-lot-canopy-exp
- https://www.qcairport.com/info/blog/clean-energy-comes-to-the-qc-airport/
- https://entegritypartners.com/projects/texarkana-regional-airport-authority/
- https://www.microgridknowledge.com/microgrids/critical-services/news/55386824/up-up-and-away-south-carolina-regional-airport-breaks-ground-on-renewable-microgrid
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- https://www.spartanburg.com/news/2026/06/gsp-begins-terminal-sustainability-and-solar-canopy-projects/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/new-solar-panel-parked-atop-bwi-garage/
- https://flyrst.com/proposed-solar-covered-parking-lot-updates/
- https://luengineers.com/projects/albany-international-airport-terminal-parking-solar-canopy-improvements/
- https://www.pennoni.com/projects/manchester-boston-regional-airport/