Busiest airports by continent

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Main article: List of the busiest airports

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world

This list of busiest airports by continent includes the busiest airports on every continent except Antarctica and Oceania.

## Busiest airports in the world in 2018

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Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code
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1. |  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 107,394,029 |  | 3.3%
2. |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing | China | PEK/ZBAA | 100,983,290 |  | 5.4%
3. |  Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 89,149,387 |  | 1.0%
4. |  Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 87,534,384 | 1 | 3.5%
5. |  Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 87,131,973 | 1 | 2.0%
6. |  O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 83,339,186 |  | 4.4%
7. |  London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 80,126,320 |  | 2.7%
8. |  Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories | China | HKG/VHHH | 74,517,402 |  | 2.6%
9. |  Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 74,006,331 |  | 5.7%
10. |  Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 72,229,723 |  | 4.0%
11. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 71,053,157 |  | 3.7%
12. |  Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 69,900,938 | 4 | 10.2%
13. |  Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | CAN/ZGGG | 69,769,497 |  | 6.0%
14. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 69,510,269 |  | 7.8%
15. |  Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 69,112,607 | 3 | 3.0%
16. |  Seoul Incheon International Airport | Incheon | South Korea | ICN/RKSI | 68,350,784 | 3 | 10.0%
17. |  Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Yeşilköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTBA | 68,192,683 | 2 | 6.4%
18. |  Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 66,908,159 | 1 | 6.2%
19. |  Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 65,628,000 | 1 | 5.5%
20. |  Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 64,494,613 |  | 5.1%
21. |  Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok International) Airport | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Bangkok | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 63,378,923 |  | 4.1%
22. |  John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 61,909,148 |  | 4.4%
23. |  Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor | Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 59,959,000 |  | 2.4%
24. |  Madrid Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 57,891,340 | 1 | 8.4%
25. |  San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 57,793,313 | 1 | 3.5%

## Busiest airports in Africa in 2018

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1 |  South Africa | O. R. Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | 21,231,510 | 00.2% | [2]
2 |  Egypt | Cairo International Airport | Cairo | 15,010,501 | 05.9% | [3]
3 |  Ethiopia | Bole International Airport | Addis Ababa | 12,143,938 | 020.6% | [4]
4 |  South Africa | Cape Town International Airport | Cape Town | 10,752,246 | 00.6% | [5]
5 |  Morocco | Mohammed V International Airport | Casablanca | 9,748,567 | 04.2% | [6]
6 |  Algeria | Houari Boumediene Airport | Algiers | 7,900,000 |  |
7 |  Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | 7,039,175 |  |
8 |  Egypt | Hurghada International Airport | Hurghada | 6,600,000 |  |
9 |  Nigeria | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos | 6,500,000 |  |
10 |  Tunisia | Tunis Carthage Airport | Tunis | 6,200,000 |  |

## Busiest airports in Asia in 2018

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1 |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | PEK  | ZBAA | 100,980,000 | 5.4%
2 |  Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB  | OMDB | 89,149,387 | 1.0%
3 |  Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport | Tokyo | Japan | HND  | RJTT | 87,098,683 | 1.9%
4 |  Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | China | HKG  | VHHH | 74,700,000 | 2.8%
5 |  Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | PVG  | ZSPD | 74,050,000 | 5.8%
6 |  Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL  | VIDP | 69,866,994 | 10.1%
7 |  Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | CAN  | ZGGG | 69,730,000 | 5.8%
8 |  Incheon International Airport | Seoul/Incheon | Republic of Korea | ICN  | RKSI | 68,259,763 | 10.0%
9 |  Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Jakarta/Tangerang | Indonesia | CGK  | WIII | 66,908,159 | 6.2%
10 |  Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | SIN  | WSSS | 65,600,000 | 5.4%
11 |  Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok/Samut Prakan | Thailand | BKK  | VTBS | 63,378,923 | 4.1%
12 |  Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur/Sepang | Malaysia | KUL  | WMKK | 59,959,000 | 2.4%
13 |  Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Chengdu | China | CTU  | ZUUU | 52,950,000 | 6.3%
14 |  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai | India | BOM  | VABB | 49,877,918 | 5.7%
15 |  Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Shenzhen | China | SZX  | ZGSZ | 49,350,000 | 8.2%
16  |  Kunming Changshui International Airport | Kunming  | China  | KMG  | ZPPP  | 47,090,000  | 5.3%
17 |  Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | TPE  | RCTP | 46,535,180 | 3.7%
18 |  Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | MNL  | RPLL | 45,082,544 | 6.7%
19 |  Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | Xi'an/Xianyang | China | XIY  | ZLXY | 44,650,000 | 6.2%
20 |  Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | Shanghai | China | SHA  | ZSSS | 43,630,000 | 4.2%
21 |  Narita International Airport | Tokyo/Narita | Japan | NRT  | RJAA | 42,601,130 | 4.8%
22 |  Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | Chongqing | China | CKG  | ZUCK | 41,600,000 | 7.5%
23  |  King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah  | Saudi Arabia  | JED  | OEJN  | 41,200,000  | 21.4%
24  |  Don Mueang International Airport | Bangkok SGD  | Thailand  | DMK  | VTBD  | 40,758,148  | 6.4%
25 |  Tan Son Nhat International Airport | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) | Vietnam | SGN  | VVTS | 38,500,000 | 7.2%

## Busiest airports in Europe in 2020

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1 |  7 |  Turkey | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | 23,308,071[7] | 52,578,008[8] | 55.7% | 29,269,937
2 |  |  France | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris | 22,260,920[7] | 76,150,007[9] | 70.8% | 53,889,087
3 |  2 |  United Kingdom | Heathrow Airport | London | 22,111,265[7] | 80,886,589[10] | 72.7% | 58,775,324
4 |  1 |  Netherlands | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | 20,887,144[7] | 71,707,144[11] | 70.9% | 50,820,000
5 |  3 |  Russia | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | 19,783,957[7] | 49,438,545[12] | 60.0% | 29,654,588
6 |  2 |  Germany | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | 18,768,601[7] | 70,556,072[13] | 73.4% | 51,787,471
7 |  2 |  Spain | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Madrid | 17,092,693[7] | 61,734,037[14] | 72.3% | 44,641,344
8 |  13 |  Russia | Domodedovo International Airport | Moscow | 16,389,427[7] | 28,252,337[12] | 42.0% | 11,862,910
9 |  4 |  Spain | Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport | Barcelona | 12,724,607[7] | 52,686,314[14] | 75.8% | 39,961,707
10 |  19 |  Russia | Vnukovo International Airport | Moscow | 12,565,241[15] | 24,001,521[12] |  47.6% |  11,436,280

## Busiest airports in North America in 2020

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1  |  | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta |  United States | 42,918,685 | 61.17%
2  | 2 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas–Fort Worth |  United States | 39,364,990 | 47.56%
3  | 2 | Denver International Airport | Denver |  United States | 33,741,129 | 51.11%
4  |  | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago |  United States | 30,860,251 | 63.54%
5  | 2 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles |  United States | 28,779,527 | 67.32%
6  | 7 | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte |  United States | 27,205,082 | 45.57%
7  | 2 | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas |  United States | 22,255,395 | 56.95%
8  | 4 | Mexico City International Airport | Mexico City |  Mexico[17] | 21,981,711 | 56.31%
9  | 6 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix |  United States | 21,928,708 | 52.63%
10  |  | Orlando International Airport | Orlando |  United States | 21,617,803 | 57.29%
11  | 3 | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | Seattle-Tacoma |  United States | 20,061,507 | 61.29%
12  | 4 | Miami International Airport | Miami |  United States | 18,663,858 | 59.36%
13  | 4 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston |  United States | 18,213,913 | 59.77%
14  | 8 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City |  United States | 16,630,642 | 73.41%
15  | 6 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | Fort Lauderdale |  United States | 16,484,132 | 55.14%
16  | 9 | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco |  United States | 16,427,801 | 71.39%
17  | 3 | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark |  United States | 15,892,892 | 65.70%
18  | 1 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis-Saint Paul |  United States | 14,851,289 | 62.45%
19  | 1 | Detroit Metropolitan Airport | Detroit |  United States | 14,105,007 | 61.64%
20  | 9 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Toronto |  Canada | 13,399,694 | 73.47%
21  | 3 | Logan International Airport | Boston |  United States | 12,635,325 | 70.33%
22  | 3 | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City |  United States | 12,559,026 | 53.15%
23  | 4 | Cancún International Airport | Cancún |  Mexico[17] | 12,259,148 | 51.89%
24  | 2 | Philadelphia International Airport  | Philadelphia |  United States | 11,865,006 | 64.07%
25  | 1 | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | Baltimore-Washington |  United States | 11,204,511 | 58.49%|}

## Busiest airports in South America in 2020

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1 |  Brazil | São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport | São Paulo | 20,322,520[18] | 52.74%
2 |  Colombia | El Dorado International Airport | Bogotá | 10,816,372[19] | 69.09%
3 |  Chile | Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | Santiago | 8,527,737[20] | 65.38%
4 |  Brazil | Brasília International Airport | Brasília | 7,848,297[21] | 53.08%
5 |  Peru | Jorge Chávez International Airport | Lima | 7,566,704[22] | 70.21%
6 |  Brazil | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport | São Paulo | 6,964,390[23] | 69.29%
7 |  Brazil | Viracopos International Airport | Campinas | 6,709,061[24] | 36.62%
8 |  Brazil | Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro | 4,957,973[23] | 45.46%
9 |  Brazil | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport | Recife | 4,836,890[25] | 44.49%
10 |  Brazil | Belo Horizonte International Airport | Belo Horizonte | 4,811,942[26] | 56.94%
11 |  Brazil | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport | Rio de Janeiro | 4,635,123[27] | 65.69%
12 |  Brazil | Salvador International Airport | Salvador | 3,840,940[28] | 50.67%
13 |  Brazil | Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport | Porto Alegre | 3,561,630[29] | 56.39%
14 |  Argentina | Ministro Pistarini International Airport | Buenos Aires | 3,305,171[30] | 73.79%
15 |  Brazil | Fortaleza Airport | Fortaleza | 3,156,418[31] | 55.14%
16 |  Colombia | José María Córdova International Airport | Medellín | 3,085,601[19] | 66.48%
17 |  Brazil | Afonso Pena International Airport | Curitiba | 2,508,359[23] | 61.43%
18 |  Argentina | Aeroparque Jorge Newbery | Buenos Aires | 2,347,332[30] | 80.91%
19 |  Brazil | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport | Belém | 2,075,540[23] | 42.80%
20 |  Colombia | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport | Cali | 1,955,998[19] | 64.61%
21 |  Colombia | Rafael Núñez International Airport | Cartagena | 1,879,635[19] | 66.81%
22 |  Brazil | Hercílio Luz International Airport | Florianópolis | 1,869,671[32] | 52.33%
23 |  Brazil | Eduardo Gomes International Airport | Manaus | 1,725,236[23] | 43.86%
24 |  Ecuador | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito | 1,521,680[33] | 69.79%
25 |  Brazil | Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport | Vitória | 1,502,639[34] | 55.00%

## See also

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### Continents

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* List of the busiest airports in Africa
* List of the busiest airports in Asia
* List of the busiest airports in Australia
* List of the busiest airports in Europe
* List of the busiest airports in North America
* List of the busiest airports in Oceania
* List of the busiest airports in South America

### Regions

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* List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states
* List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
* List of the busiest airports in Central America
* List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
* List of the busiest airports in Latin America
* List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries

### Rankings

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* List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
* List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
* List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic
* List of busiest airports by passenger traffic

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