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.
2009 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [1] [2]
2008 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [3]
2007 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [4]
2006 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [5]
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Bangkok International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006. [6]
2005 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [7]
2004 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [8]
2003 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [9]
2002 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [10]
2001 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [11]
2000 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [12]
| Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total passengers |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ÅŒta, Tokyo, KantÅ, HonshÅ«, 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, ÃŽle-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
|
See also
- List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic
- List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
- List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
- List of the busiest airports in the United States
- List of the busiest airports in Europe
References
- ^ ATW World Airline Report 2009
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2009 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2008 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2007 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2006 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ AOT Official Website - Investor Relation Archived 2008-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2005 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2004 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2003 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2002 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2001 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2000 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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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.
2009 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [1] [2]
2008 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [3]
2007 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [4]
2006 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [5]
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Bangkok International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006. [6]
2005 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [7]
2004 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [8]
2003 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [9]
2002 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [10]
2001 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [11]
2000 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows: [12]
| Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total passengers |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ÅŒta, Tokyo, KantÅ, HonshÅ«, 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, ÃŽle-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
|
See also
- List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic
- List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
- List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
- List of the busiest airports in the United States
- List of the busiest airports in Europe
References
- ^ ATW World Airline Report 2009
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2009 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2008 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2007 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2006 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ AOT Official Website - Investor Relation Archived 2008-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2005 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2004 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2003 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2002 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2001 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2000 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.