Getting online in United States
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in United States without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in United States
These are the airports in United States with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Albany International Airport | ALB | Albany |
| Albuquerque International Sunport | ABQ | Albuquerque |
| Austin Bergstrom International Airport | AUS | Austin |
| Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | BWI | Baltimore |
| Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | BHM | Birmingham |
| Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field | BOI | Boise |
| Boston Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston |
| Bradley International Airport | BDL | Hartford |
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport | BUF | Buffalo |
| Charleston International Airport | CHS | Charleston |
| Charlotte Douglas International Airport | CLT | Charlotte |
| Chicago Midway International Airport | MDW | Chicago |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in United States tend to be.
- Chicago2 664 452 people
- San Antonio1 526 656 people
- Austin974 447 people
- Charlotte911 311 people
- Washington689 545 people
- Boston653 833 people
- Baltimore585 708 people
- South Boston571 281 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.