The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers (data from Airports Council International), defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 2000; with all airports combined London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count. As of 2016, seven countries have at least two airports in the top 50; the United States of America has 16, China has 8 (including Hong Kong), and the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India and Spain have two airports each.
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[1][2]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[3]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[4]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[5]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[7]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[8]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) |
Total passengers |
Rank change |
% change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 83,606,583 | 5.7% | |
2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 75,533,822 | 8.7% | |
3. | London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 67,344,054 | 6.1% | |
4. | Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | HND/RJTT | 62,291,405 | 0.9% | |
5. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 60,688,609 | 10.4% | |
6. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States, | DFW/KDFW | 59,412,217 | 11.6% | |
7. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 51,260,363 | 1 | 6.3% |
8. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 51,098,271 | 1 | 5.7% |
9. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 42,541,180 | 6.5% | |
10. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 42,393,766 | 13.0% | |
11. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 41,441,531 | 1 | 14.2% |
12. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 39,504,898 | 1 | 5.6% |
13. | Madrid-Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Spain | MAD/LEMD | 38,704,731 | 7.9% | |
14. | Bangkok International Airport | Don Mueang, Bangkok, Greater Bangkok, Central, Thailand | DMK/VTBD | 37,960,169 | 4 | 25.8% |
15. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 37,518,143 | 2 | 18.2% |
16. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 36,713,173 | 1 | 10.6% |
17. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong | HKG/VHHH | 36,711,920 | 7 | 35.5% |
18. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 36,506,116 | 4 | 6.9% |
19. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Detroit, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 35,187,517 | 3 | 7.7% |
20. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 34,883,190 | 12 | 43.2% |
21. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County (unincorporated), California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 32,247,746 | 1 | 10.0% |
22. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 31,947,266 | 1 | 8.4% |
23. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 31,461,454 | 4 | 4.8% |
24. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida, United States | MCO/KMCO | 31,143,388 | 1 | 14.0% |
25. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | NRT/RJAA | 31,057,252 | 1 | 17.0% |
26. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 30,353,565 | 5 | 23.1% |
27. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 30,165,197 | 7 | 1.9% |
28. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington, United States | SEA/KSEA | 28,804,554 | 3 | 7.5% |
29. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 28,615,709 | 1 | 15.7% |
30. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHI | 28,507,420 | 15.5% | |
31. | Leonardo da Vinci Airport | Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy | FCO/LIRF | 28,118,899 | 4 | 7.0% |
32. | Sydney Airport | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | SYD/YSSY | 26,983,107 | 3 | 10.3% |
33. | Munich Airport | Erding, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 26,814,505 | 10.8% | |
34. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 26,142,516 | 1 | 14.7% |
35. | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 26,083,267 | 10 | 32.4% |
36. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 25,534,374 | 2 | 10.7% |
37. | Barcelona–El Prat Airport | El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain | BCN/LEBL | 24,550,949 | 1 | 7.9% |
38. | LaGuardia Airport | Queens, New York, New York, United States | LGA/KLGA | 24,435,661 | 1 | 8.7% |
39. | Seoul Incheon International Airport | Jung District, Incheon, Republic of Korea | ICN/RKSI | 24,235,089 | 4 | 21.6% |
40. | Paris-Orly Airport | Orly, Île-de-France, France | ORY/LFPO | 24,053,215 | 2 | 7.1% |
41. | Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 22,994,043 | 2 | 6.0% |
42. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia, United States | IAD/KIAD | 22,660,229 | ? | 35.1% |
43. | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | Hebron, Kentucky, United States | CVG/KCVG | 22,062,557 | 3 | 2.0% |
44. | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | HNL/PHNL | 21,971,556 | 2 | 11.3% |
45. | Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 21,711,522 | ? | 20.2% |
46. | Manchester Airport | Ringway, Manchester, England, United Kingdom | MAN/EGCC | 21,544,199 | 2 | 8.3% |
47. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 21,124,233 | ? | 39.5% |
48. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 21,058,572 | ? | 20.6% |
49. | London Stansted Airport | Uttlesford, Essex, England, United Kingdom | STN/EGSS | 20,908,006 | 1 | 11.7% |
50. | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | Broward County, Florida, United States | FLL/KFLL | 20,819,292 | ? | 16.1% |
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[9]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[10]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[11]
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[12]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total passengers |
% change |
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1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL | 80,162,407 | 0.6 |
2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD | 72,144,244 | 2.7 |
3. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California United States | LAX | 66,424,767 | 4.8 |
4. | London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR | 64,606,826 | 3.8 |
5. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW | 60,687,122 | 1.1 |
6. | Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | HND | 56,402,206 | 3.8 |
7. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 49,360,630 | 7.6 |
8. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 48,246,137 | 10.6 |
9. | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco, California, United States | SFO | 41,040,995 | 1.8 |
10. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 39,606,925 | 7.7 |
11. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN | 38,751,687 | 1.9 |
12. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States | LAS | 36,865,866 | 9 |
13. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | MSP | 36,751,632 | 5.8 |
14. | Gimpo International Airport | Seoul, South Korea | GMP | 36,727,124 | 10.1 |
15. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | PHX | 36,040,469 | 7.4 |
16. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Detroit, Michigan, United States | DTW | 35,535,080 | 4.6 |
17. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH | 35,251,372 | 6.7 |
18. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR | 34,188,468 | 1.7 |
19. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA | 33,621,273 | 0.8 |
20. | Madrid-Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Spain | MAD | 32,893,190 | 17.5 |
21. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK | 32,856,220 | 3.7 |
22. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong | HKG | 32,752,359 | 10.2 |
23. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom | LGW | 32,065,685 | 4.9 |
24. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida, United States | MCO | 30,823,509 | 5.6 |
25. | Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | STL | 30,561,387 | 1.2 |
26. | Bangkok International Airport | Bangkok, Thailand | BKK | 29,616,432 | 8.5 |
27. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ | 28,930,036 | 4.1 |
28. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, Singapore | SIN | 28,618,200 | 9.8 |
29. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington, United States | SEA | 28,408,553 | 2.5 |
30. | Logan International Airport | Boston and Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States | BOS | 27,412,926 | 1.3 |