List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
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The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers provided by the Airports Council International, defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. The world's busiest airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, which has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998 with the exception of 2020, when its passenger traffic dipped for a year due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Atlanta regained the top position in 2021,[2][3] and has held it since. Alternatively, London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count.
As of 2023, the United States has the most airports in the top 50 list, with 16, including five of the top 10. Four other countries have at least two airports in the top 50: China has 10, while India, Spain, and the United Kingdom each have two.[4] In terms of regions, North America has 18 airports in the top 50, followed by East Asia with 12, Europe with eight, Southeast Asia with six, West Asia with three, South Asia with two, and South America with one.
2023 statistics
Source: 2023 report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[4]
2022 statistics
Source: 2022 report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[5]
| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total passengers | Rank change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 93,699,630 |  |  23.8% |
| 2. | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 73,362,946 | | 17.5% |
| 3. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 69,286,461 | | 17.8% |
| 4. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 68,340,619 | | 26.5% |
| 5. |  Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai, Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 66,069,981 | 23 | 127.0% |
| 6. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 65,924,298 |  1 | 37.3% |
| 7. |  Istanbul Airport | Arnavutköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTFM | 64,289,107 | 7 | 73.8% |
| 8. |  Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 61,614,508 | 46 | 217.7% |
| 9. |  Indira Gandhi International Airport | Palam, Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 59,490,074 | 4 | 60.2% |
| 10. |  Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 57,474,033 | 22 | 119.4% |
| 11. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 55,287,693 | 15 | 79.6% |
| 12. | Harry Reid International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | LAS/KLAS | 52,694,312 | 2 | 32.6% |
| 13. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 52,472,188 | 22 | 105.8% |
| 14. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida | United States | MIA/KMIA | 50,684,396 | 2 | 35.9% |
| 15. |  Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 50,602,864 | 28 | 109.8% |
| 16. |  Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 50,290,705 | 17 | 92.5% |
| 17. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida | United States | MCO/KMCO | 50,176,103 | 10 | 24.2% |
| 18. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 48,918,482 | 21 | 97.2% |
| 19. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | CLT/KCLT | 47,758,605 | 13 | 10.3% |
| 20. |  Mexico City International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 46,261,729 | 3 | 28.3% |
| 21. | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington | United States | SEA/KSEA | 45,964,321 | 5 | 27.1% |
| 22. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | PHX/KPHX | 44,397,854 | 11 | 14.3% |
| 23. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | United States | EWR/KEWR | 43,565,254 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 24. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 42,210,201 | 16 | 73.5% |
| 25. | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport | Barcelona | Spain | BCN/LEBL | 41,616,302 | 33 | 120.6% |
| 26. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | United States | IAH/KIAH | 40,974,831 | 3 | 21.7% |
| 27. |  Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 38,791,168 | ? | 113.3% |
| 28. | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Santacruz-Sahar, Mumbai, Maharashtra | India | BOM/VABB | 38,332,106 | 23 | 93.7% |
| 29. |  Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario | Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 36,356,109 | ? | 186.4% |
| 30. | Logan International Airport | East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts | United States | BOS/KBOS | 36,112,473 | 14 | 59.1% |
| 31. |  Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | DOH/OTHH | 35,730,482 | ? | 101.8% |
| 32. |  El Dorado International Airport | Bogotá | Colombia | BOG/SKBO | 35,362,529 | 20 | 60.1% |
| 33. |  São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport | Guarulhos | Brazil | GRU/SBGR | 34,466,946 | 8 | 42.6% |
| 34. |  Tan Son Nhat International Airport | Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | SGN/VVTS | 34,278,320 | ? | 233.2% |
| 35. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex | United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 32,848,088 | ? | 424.7% |
| 36. |  Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 32,202,000 | ? | 954.8% |
| 37. | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | Broward County, Florida | United States | FLL/KFLL | 31,686,404 | 7 | 12.9% |
| 38. |  King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | JED/OEJN | 31,648,324 | ? | 134.6% |
| 39. | Munich Airport | Freising, Bavaria | Germany | MUC/EDDM | 31,642,738 | ? | 153.2% |
| 40. | Antalya Airport | Antalya | Turkey | AYT/LTAI | 31,228,377 | 8 | 41.7% |
| 41. | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | Pendik, Istanbul | Turkey | SAW/LTFJ | 30,780,357 | 4 | 23.2% |
| 42. | Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport | St. Paul, Minnesota | United States | MSP/KMSP | 30,622,784 | 3 | 25.4% |
| 43. | Cancún International Airport | Cancún | Mexico | CUN/MMUN | 30,484,094 | 3 | 36.1% |
| 44. |  Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila | Philippines | MNL/RPLL | 30,329,426 | ? | 287.8% |
| 45. |  Jeju International Airport | Jeju City | South Korea | CJU/RKPC | 29,703,669 | 12 | 15.1% |
| 46. |  Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" | Fiumicino, Rome metro | Italy | FCO/LIRF | 29,346,365 | ? | 151.8% |
| 47. | Orly Airport | Orly, Paris metro | France | ORY/LFPO | 29,187,269 | ? | 85.6% |
| 48. |  Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport | Mascot, New South Wales | Australia | SYD/YSSY | 29,094,483 | ? | 265.8% |
| 49. | LaGuardia Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | LGA/KLGA | 28,997,592 | ? | 85.9% |
| 50. |  Suvarnabhumi Airport | Racha Thewa, Bangkok metro | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 28,754,314 | ? | 407.6% |
2021 statistics
Source: 2021 report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[3]
2020 statistics
Source: 2020 report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.[6]
2019 statistics
Figures as reported by airports are as follows:[7][8]
2018 statistics
Figures as reported by airports are as follows:[9][10]
| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total passengers | Rank Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 86,942,794 | 1 | 4.4% |
| 6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 83,245,472 | | 4.3% |
| 7. | 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 | 74,515,927 | | 2.6% |
| 9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 74,006,331 | | 5.7% |
| 10. | 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 | 71,053,147 | | 3.7% |
| 12. | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 69,900,938 | 4 |