Busiest airports by continent

Main article: List of the busiest airports

The busiest airports by continent is based on the busiest airports in all continents except Antarctica and Oceania.

Busiest airports in Europe, 2020[edit]

Rank
2020 		Rank
change
2019--2020 		Country Airport City served Passengers Change 201*-2020
2020 2019 % Numbers
1 1 7  Turkey Istanbul Airport Istanbul 23,308,071[1] 52,578,008[2] -155.7% -129,269,937
2 0  France Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris 22,260,920[1] 76,150,007[3] -170.8% -153,889,087
3 -1 2  United Kingdom Heathrow Airport London 22,111,265[1] 80,886,589[4] -172.7% -158,775,324
4 -1 1  Netherlands Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam 20,887,144[1] 71,707,144[5] -170.9% -150,820,000
5 1 3  Russia Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow 19,783,957[1] 49,438,545[6] -160.0% -129,654,588
6 -1 2  Germany Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt 18,768,601[1] 70,556,072[7] -173.4% -151,787,471
7 -1 2  Spain Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Madrid 17,092,693[1] 61,734,037[8] -172.3% -144,641,344
8 1 13  Russia Domodedovo International Airport Moscow 16,389,427[1] 28,252,337[6] -142.0% -111,862,910
9 -1 4  Spain Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport Barcelona 12,724,607[1] 52,686,314[8] -175.8% -139,961,707
10 1 19  Russia Vnukovo International Airport Moscow 12,565,241[9] 24,001,521[6] -1 47.6% -1 11,436,280

Busiest airports in Asia, 2018[edit]

Rank Airport City Country Code

(IATA)

Code

(ICAO)

Total
passengers		 %
change
1 China Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing China PEK ZBAA 100,980,000 15.4%
2 United Arab Emirates Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates DXB OMDB 89,149,387 11.0%
3 Japan Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport Tokyo Japan HND RJTT 87,098,683 11.9%
4 China Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong China HKG VHHH 74,700,000 12.8%
5 China Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai China PVG ZSPD 74,050,000 15.8%
6 India Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India DEL VIDP 69,866,994 110.1%
7 China Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou China CAN ZGGG 69,730,000 15.8%
8 South Korea Incheon International Airport Seoul/Incheon Republic of Korea ICN RKSI 68,259,763 110.0%
9 Indonesia Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Jakarta/Tangerang Indonesia CGK WIII 66,908,159 16.2%
10 Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore SIN WSSS 65,600,000 15.4%
11 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok/Samut Prakan Thailand BKK VTBS 63,378,923 14.1%
12 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur/Sepang Malaysia KUL WMKK 59,959,000 12.4%
13 China Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu China CTU ZUUU 52,950,000 16.3%
14 India Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai India BOM VABB 49,877,918 15.7%
15 China Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Shenzhen China SZX ZGSZ 49,350,000 18.2%
16 China Kunming Changshui International Airport Kunming China KMG ZPPP 47,090,000 15.3%
17 Taiwan Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Taipei Taiwan TPE RCTP 46,535,180 13.7%
18 Philippines Ninoy Aquino International Airport Manila Philippines MNL RPLL 45,082,544 16.7%
19 China Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Xi'an/Xianyang China XIY ZLXY 44,650,000 16.2%
20 China Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai China SHA ZSSS 43,630,000 14.2%
21 Japan Narita International Airport Tokyo/Narita Japan NRT RJAA 42,601,130 14.8%
22 China Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing China CKG ZUCK 41,600,000 17.5%
23 Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia JED OEJN 41,200,000 121.4%
24 Thailand Don Mueang International Airport Bangkok SGD Thailand DMK VTBD 40,758,148 16.4%
25 Vietnam Tan Son Nhat International Airport Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam SGN VVTS 38,500,000 17.2%

Busiest airports in North America, 2020[edit]

Rank Rank
change
20-19 		Airport City served Country Passengers[10] Annual
change
1 Steady Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta  United States 42,918,685 Decrease61.17%
2 Increase2 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 39,364,990 Decrease47.56%
3 Increase2 Denver International Airport Denver  United States 33,741,129 Decrease51.11%
4 Steady O'Hare International Airport Chicago  United States 30,860,251 Decrease63.54%
5 Decrease2 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles  United States 28,779,527 Decrease67.32%
6 Increase7 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte  United States 27,205,082 Decrease45.57%
7 Increase2 McCarran International Airport Las Vegas  United States 22,255,395 Decrease56.95%
8 Increase4 Mexico City International Airport Mexico City  Mexico[11] 21,981,711 Decrease56.31%
9 Increase6 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix  United States 21,928,708 Decrease52.63%
10 Steady Orlando International Airport Orlando  United States 21,617,803 Decrease57.29%
11 Decrease3 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma  United States 20,061,507 Decrease61.29%
12 Increase4 Miami International Airport Miami  United States 18,663,858 Decrease59.36%
13 Increase4 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston  United States 18,213,913 Decrease59.77%
14 Decrease8 John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City  United States 16,630,642 Decrease73.41%
15 Increase6 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale  United States 16,484,132 Decrease55.14%
16 Decrease9 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco  United States 16,427,801 Decrease71.39%
17 Decrease3 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark  United States 15,892,892 Decrease65.70%
18 Increase1 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis-Saint Paul  United States 14,851,289 Decrease62.45%
19 Increase1 Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit  United States 14,105,007 Decrease61.64%
20 Decrease9 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto  Canada 13,399,694 Decrease73.47%
21 Decrease3 Logan International Airport Boston  United States 12,635,325 Decrease70.33%
22 Increase3 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City  United States 12,559,026 Decrease53.15%
23 Increase4 Cancún International Airport Cancún  Mexico[11] 12,259,148 Decrease51.89%
24 Decrease2 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia  United States 11,865,006 Decrease64.07%
25 Decrease1 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Baltimore-Washington  United States 11,204,511 Decrease58.49%

Busiest airports in South America, 2020[edit]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Growth
1 Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 20,322,520[12] Decrease52.74%
2 Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 10,816,372[13] Decrease69.09%
3 Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 8,527,737[14] Decrease65.38%
4 Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 7,848,297[15] Decrease53.08%
5 Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 7,566,704[16] Decrease70.21%
6 Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo 6,964,390[17] Decrease69.29%
7 Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 6,709,061[18] Decrease36.62%
8 Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,957,973[17] Decrease45.46%
9 Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 4,836,890[19] Decrease44.49%
10 Brazil Belo Horizonte International Airport Belo Horizonte 4,811,942[20] Decrease56.94%
11 Brazil Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,635,123[21] Decrease65.69%
12 Brazil Salvador International Airport Salvador 3,840,940[22] Decrease50.67%
13 Brazil Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport Porto Alegre 3,561,630[23] Decrease56.39%
14 Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 3,305,171[24] Decrease73.79%
15 Brazil Fortaleza Airport Fortaleza 3,156,418[25] Decrease55.14%
16 Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 3,085,601[13] Decrease66.48%
17 Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 2,508,359[17] Decrease61.43%
18 Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires 2,347,332[24] Decrease80.91%
19 Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém 2,075,540[17] Decrease42.80%
20 Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 1,955,998[13] Decrease64.61%
21 Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 1,879,635[13] Decrease66.81%
22 Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 1,869,671[26] Decrease52.33%
23 Brazil Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus 1,725,236[17] Decrease43.86%
24 Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 1,521,680[27] Decrease69.79%
25 Brazil Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Vitória 1,502,639[28] Decrease55.00%

Busiest airports in Africa, 2018[edit]

Country Airport City 2018 Change
(18-17)		 References
1  South Africa O. R. Tambo International Airport Johannesburg 21,231,510 Increase00.2% [29]
2  Egypt Cairo International Airport Cairo 15,010,501 Decrease05.9% [30]
3  Ethiopia Bole International Airport Addis Ababa 12,143,938 Increase020.6% [31]
4  South Africa Cape Town International Airport Cape Town 10,752,246 Increase00.6% [32]
5  Morocco Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca 9,748,567 Increase04.2% [33]
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 the world, 2018[edit]

Rank Airport Location Country Code
(IATA/ICAO)		 Total
passengers[34]		 Rank
Change		 %
Change
1. United States Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia United States ATL/KATL 107,394,029 0 13.3%
2. China Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing China PEK/ZBAA 100,983,290 0 15.4%
3. United Arab Emirates Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 89,149,387 0 11.0%
4. United States Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California United States LAX/KLAX 87,534,384 11 13.5%
5. Japan Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport Ōta, Tokyo Japan HND/RJTT 87,131,973 -11 12.0%
6. United States O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois United States ORD/KORD 83,339,186 0 14.4%
7. United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, London United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 80,126,320 0 12.7%
8. China Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories China HKG/VHHH 74,517,402 0 12.6%
9. China Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai China PVG/ZSPD 74,006,331 0 15.7%
10. France Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France France CDG/LFPG 72,229,723 0 14.0%
11. Netherlands Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland Netherlands AMS/EHAM 71,053,157 0 13.7%
12. India Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India DEL/VIDP 69,900,938 14 110.2%
13. China Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong China CAN/ZGGG 69,769,497 0 16.0%
14. Germany Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, Hesse Germany FRA/EDDF 69,510,269 0 17.8%
15. United States Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas United States DFW/KDFW 69,112,607 -13 13.0%
16. South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport Incheon South Korea ICN/RKSI 68,350,784 13 110.0%
17. Turkey Istanbul Atatürk Airport Yeşilköy, Istanbul Turkey IST/LTBA 68,192,683 -12 16.4%
18. Indonesia Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Tangerang, Banten Indonesia CGK/WIII 66,908,159 -11 16.2%
19. Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region Singapore SIN/WSSS 65,628,000 -11 15.5%
20. United States Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado United States DEN/KDEN 64,494,613 0 15.1%
21. Thailand Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok International) Airport Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Bangkok Thailand BKK/VTBS 63,378,923 0 14.1%
22. United States John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York, New York United States JFK/KJFK 61,909,148 0 14.4%
23. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor Malaysia KUL/WMKK 59,959,000 0 12.4%
24. Spain Madrid Barajas Airport Barajas, Madrid Spain MAD/LEMD 57,891,340 11 18.4%
25. United States San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California United States SFO/KSFO 57,793,313 -11 13.5%

See also[edit]

Continents[edit]

Regions[edit]

Rankings[edit]

References[edit]

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