List of busiest airports by passenger traffic (2000–2009)
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
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[1][2]
2008 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[3]
2007 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[4]
2006 statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[7]
2004 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[8]
| Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) |
Total passengers |
Rank change |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 83,606,583 |  |
 5.7%
|
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 75,533,822 | |
8.7%
|
| 3. |  London Heathrow Airport |
Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 67,344,054 | |
6.1%
|
| 4. |  Tokyo Haneda Airport |
Ōta, Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | HND/RJTT | 62,291,405 | |
 0.9%
|
| 5. | Los Angeles International Airport |
Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 60,688,609 | |
10.4%
|
| 6. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport |
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States, | DFW/KDFW | 59,412,217 | |
11.6%
|
| 7. |  Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport |
Roissy-en-France, Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 51,260,363 | 1 |
6.3%
|
| 8. |  Frankfurt Airport |
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 51,098,271 | 1 |
5.7%
|
| 9. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 42,541,180 | |
6.5%
|
| 10. | Denver International Airport |
Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 42,393,766 | |
13.0%
|
| 11. | McCarran International Airport |
Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 41,441,531 | 1 |
14.2%
|
| 12. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport |
Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 39,504,898 | 1 |
5.6%
|
| 13. |  Madrid-Barajas Airport |
Barajas, Madrid, Spain | MAD/LEMD | 38,704,731 | |
7.9%
|
| 14. |  Bangkok International Airport |
Don Mueang, Bangkok, Greater Bangkok, Central, Thailand | DMK/VTBD | 37,960,169 | 4 |
25.8%
|
| 15. | John F. Kennedy International Airport |
Queens, New York, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 37,518,143 | 2 |
18.2%
|
| 16. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport |
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 36,713,173 | 1 |
10.6%
|
| 17. |  Hong Kong International Airport |
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong | HKG/VHHH | 36,711,920 | 7 |
35.5%
|
| 18. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport |
Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 36,506,116 | 4 |
6.9%
|
| 19. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport |
Detroit, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 35,187,517 | 3 |
7.7%
|
| 20. |  Beijing Capital International Airport |
Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 34,883,190 | 12 |
43.2%
|
| 21. | San Francisco International Airport |
San Mateo County (unincorporated), California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 32,247,746 | 1 |
10.0%
|
| 22. | Newark Liberty International Airport |
Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 31,947,266 | 1 |
8.4%
|
| 23. | London Gatwick Airport |
Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 31,461,454 | 4 |
4.8%
|
| 24. | Orlando International Airport |
Orlando, Florida, United States | MCO/KMCO | 31,143,388 | 1 |
14.0%
|
| 25. | Narita International Airport |
Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | NRT/RJAA | 31,057,252 | 1 |
17.0%
|
| 26. |  Singapore Changi Airport |
Changi, Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 30,353,565 | 5 |
23.1%
|
| 27. | Miami International Airport |
Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 30,165,197 | 7 |
1.9%
|
| 28. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
SeaTac, Washington, United States | SEA/KSEA | 28,804,554 | 3 |
7.5%
|
| 29. |  Toronto Pearson International Airport |
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 28,615,709 | 1 |
15.7%
|
| 30. | Philadelphia International Airport |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHI | 28,507,420 | |
15.5%
|
| 31. |  Leonardo da Vinci Airport |
Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy | FCO/LIRF | 28,118,899 | 4 |
7.0%
|
| 32. |  Sydney Airport |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | SYD/YSSY | 26,983,107 | 3 |
10.3%
|
| 33. | Munich Airport |
Erding, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 26,814,505 | |
10.8%
|
| 34. | Logan International Airport |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 26,142,516 | 1 |
14.7%
|
| 35. |  Soekarno-Hatta International Airport |
Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 26,083,267 | 10 |
32.4%
|
| 36. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport |
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 25,534,374 | 2 |
10.7%
|
| 37. | Barcelona–El Prat Airport |
El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain | BCN/LEBL | 24,550,949 | 1 |
7.9%
|
| 38. | LaGuardia Airport |
Queens, New York, New York, United States | LGA/KLGA | 24,435,661 | 1 |
8.7%
|
| 39. |  Seoul Incheon International Airport |
Jung District, Incheon, Republic of Korea | ICN/RKSI | 24,235,089 | 4 |
21.6%
|
| 40. | Paris-Orly Airport |
Orly, Île-de-France, France | ORY/LFPO | 24,053,215 | 2 |
7.1%
|
| 41. |  Benito Juárez International Airport |
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 22,994,043 | 2 |
6.0%
|
| 42. | Washington Dulles International Airport |
Dulles, Virginia, United States | IAD/KIAD | 22,660,229 | ? |
35.1%
|
| 43. | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport |
Hebron, Kentucky, United States | CVG/KCVG | 22,062,557 | 3 |
2.0%
|
| 44. | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | HNL/PHNL | 21,971,556 | 2 |
11.3%
|
| 45. |  Dubai International Airport |
Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 21,711,522 | ? |
20.2%
|
| 46. | Manchester Airport |
Ringway, Manchester, England, United Kingdom | MAN/EGCC | 21,544,199 | 2 |
8.3%
|
| 47. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 21,124,233 | ? |
39.5%
|
| 48. |  Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 21,058,572 | ? |
20.6%
|
| 49. | London Stansted Airport |
Uttlesford, Essex, England, United Kingdom | STN/EGSS | 20,908,006 | 1 |
11.7%
|
| 50. | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport |
Broward County, Florida, United States | FLL/KFLL | 20,819,292 | ? |
16.1%
|
2003 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[9]
2002 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[10]
2001 statistics
[edit]Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:[11]
2000 statistics
[edit]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 |
Ōta, Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, 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, Île-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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "2004 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "2003 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "2002 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2001 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Passenger Traffic 2000 FINAL from Airports Council International". Retrieved 4 October 2014.