Middle East Airports Statistics
This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.
The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and normally originates from national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator or international civil aviation authorities.
2023 data is being updated as not all airports and state regulatory entities have disclosed the statistic yet.
Rank
Airport
City served
Country
Code (IATA/ICAO)
Total passengers
Rank change
% change
0 1.
Dubai International Airport
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
DXB/OMDB
86,900,000[ 1]
0 31.7%
0 2.
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul
Turkey
IST/LTFM
76,236,980[ 2]
0 18.2%
0 3.
Hamad International Airport
Doha
Qatar
DOH/OTHH
45,916,104[ 3]
0 25.8%
0 4.
King Abdulaziz International Airport
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
JED/OEJN
42,700,000[ 4]
0 34.9%
0 5.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul
Turkey
SAW/LTFJ
37,030,005[ 2]
0 1
0 20.5%
0 6.
Antalya Airport
Antalya
Turkey
AYT/LTAI
35,538,387[ 2]
0 1
0 14.2%
0 7.
King Khalid International Airport
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
RUH/OERK
31,409,000[ 5]
0 10.3%
0 8.
Cairo International Airport
Cairo
Egypt
CAI/HECA
26,000,000[ 6]
0 29.9%
0 9.
Abu Dhabi International Airport
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
AUH/OMAA
22,935,316[ 7]
0 1
0 47.6%
10
David Ben Gurion International Airport
Tel Aviv
Israel
TLV/LLBG
21,088,237[ 8]
0 1
0 0 9.7%
11.
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait City
Kuwait
KWI/OKKK
15,616,800[ 9]
0 0 8.0%
12.
Sharjah International Airport
Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
SHJ/OMSJ
15,300,000[ 10]
0 17.7%
13.
Muscat International Airport
Muscat
Oman
MCT/OOMS
0 12,600,000[ 11]
0 4
0 46.5%
14.
Mehrabad International Airport
Tehran
Iran
THR/OIII
TBU
0 1
TBU
15.
Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Ankara
Turkey
ESB/LTAC
11.914.082[ 2]
0 1
0 37.3%
16.
King Fahd International Airport
Dammam
Saudi Arabia
DMM/OEDF
10,900,000[ 12]
0 2
0 0 9.0%
17.
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport
İzmir
Turkey
ADB/LTBJ
10,691,522[ 2]
0 2
0 0 8.7%
18.
Queen Alia International Airport
Amman
Jordan
AMM/OJAI
0 9,500,000[ 13]
0 21.2%
19.
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport
Medina
Saudi Arabia
MED/OEMA
0 9,423,410[ 14]
0 3
0 48.6%
20.
Bahrain International Airport
Muharraq
Bahrain
BAH/OBBI
0 8,700,000[ 15]
0 26.1%
21.
Hurghada International Airport
Hurghada
Egypt
HRG/HEGN
0 8,700,000[ 6]
0 2
0 21.4%
22.
Larnaca International Airport
Larnaca
Cyprus
LCA/LCLK
0 8,100,000[ 16]
0 2
0 34.2%
23.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut
Lebanon
BEY/OLBA
0 7,100,000[ 17]
0 2
0 11.8%
24.
Imam Khomeini International Airport
Tehran
Iran
IKA/OIIE
TBU
0 1
TBU
25.
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Mashhad
Iran
MHD/OIMM
TBU
TBU
26.
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
Sharm El Sheikh
Egypt
SSH/HESH
0 5,900,000[ 6]
0 31.1%
27.
Dalaman Airport
Dalaman
Turkey
DLM/LTBS
0 5,247,488[ 2]
0 16.0%
Rank
Airport
City served
Country
Code (IATA/ICAO)
Total passengers
Rank change
% change
0 1.
Dubai International Airport
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
DXB/OMDB
66,069,981[ 18]
0 1
127.0%
0 2.
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul
Turkey
IST/LTFM
64,518,073[ 19]
0 1
0 73.5%
0 3.
Hamad International Airport
Doha
Qatar
DOH/OTHH
35,730,482[ 18]
0 3
101.8%
0 4.
King Abdulaziz International Airport
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
JED/OEJN
31,648,324[ 18]
0 3
134.6%
0 5.
Antalya Airport
Antalya
Turkey
AYT/LTAI
31,108,181[ 19]
0 1
0 41.3%
0 6.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul
Turkey
SAW/LTFJ
30,737,854[ 19]
0 3
0 23.4%
0 7.
King Khalid International Airport
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
RUH/OERK
26,299,612[ 18]
0 2
0 63.5%
0 8.
Cairo International Airport
Cairo
Egypt
CAI/HECA
20,009,336[ 20]
TBU
0 76.4%
0 9.
David Ben Gurion International Airport
Tel Aviv
Israel
TLV/LLBG
20,008,532[ 21]
TBU
197.8%
10.
Abu Dhabi International Airport
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
AUH/OMAA
15,540,000[ 22]
TBU
202.0%
11.
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait City
Kuwait
KWI/OKKK
14,460,000[ 23]
TBU
306.1%
12.
Sharjah International Airport
Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
SHJ/OMSJ
13,000,000[ 24]
TBU
0 84.7%
13.
Mehrabad International Airport
Tehran
Iran
THR/OIII
12,430,000[ 25]
TBU
0 13.0%
14.
King Fahd International Airport
Dammam
Saudi Arabia
DMM/OEDF
10,000,000[ 26]
TBU
0 66.7%
15.
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport
İzmir
Turkey
ADB/LTBJ
0 9,834,578[ 19]
TBU
0 29.9%
16.
Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Ankara
Turkey
ESB/LTAC
0 8,679,594[ 19]
TBU
0 23.5%
17.
Muscat International Airport
Muscat
Oman
MCT/OOMS
0 8,600,000[ 27]
TBU
132.0%
18.
Queen Alia International Airport
Amman
Jordan
AMM/OJAI
0 7,837,501[ 28]
TBU
0 71.9%
19.
Hurghada International Airport
Hurghada
Egypt
HRG/HEGN
0 7,164,088[ 20]
TBU
0 46.0%
20.
Bahrain International Airport
Manama
Bahrain
BAH/OBBI
0 6,900,000[ 29]
TBU
127.5%
21.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut
Lebanon
BEY/OLBA
0 6,349,799[ 30]
TBU
0 47.0%
22.
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport
Medina
Saudi Arabia
MED/OEMA
0 6,340,684[ 31]
TBU
0 24.4%
23.
Imam Khomeini International Airport
Tehran
Iran
IKA/OIIE
0 6,211,927
TBU
205.0%
24.
Larnaca International Airport
Larnaca
Cyprus
LCA/LCLK
0 6,037,133[ 32]
TBU
0 68.1%
25.
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Mashhad
Iran
MHD/OIMM
0 5,970,000[ 25]
TBU
TBU
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