Top 10 Busiest Airports In The World

Top ten world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International and BAA). One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has been the world’s busiest airport every year since 2000 whilst London has the world’s busiest city airspace with 2 of its airports regularly found in the top ten.

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – Georgia, United States

Total Passenger: 20,181,931

2. O’Hare International Airport – Chicago, Illinois, United States

Total Passenger: 15,346,475

3. London Heathrow Airport – United Kingdom

Total Passenger: 15,268,609

Tokyo International Airport – Japan

Total Passenger: 15,180,894

Beijing Capital International Airport – China

Total Passenger: 15,153,600

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport – Texas, United States

Total Passenger: 12,833,031

Los Angeles International Airport – California, United States

Total Passenger: 12,630,858

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport – France

Total Passenger: 12,447,664

Denver International Airport – Colorado, United States

Total Passenger: 11,495,033

Hong Kong International Airport – Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Total Passenger: 11,098,500