World's Busiest Airports for Passengers

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Frequent fliers beware, the airports below process the most passengers of all the world's hubs

atlanta is busiest airport

Atlanta is world's busiest airport

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  Airport Total
passengers
1. Atlanta, Hartsfield (ATL) 110,531,300
2. Beijing (PEK) 100,011,000
3. Los Angeles International (LAX) 88,068,013
4. Tokyo, Haneda (HND) 87,098,683
5. Dubai (DXB) 86,396,757
6. Chicago, O'Hare (ORD) 84,397,776
7. London, Heathrow (LHR) 80,844,310
8. Shanghai, Pudong (PVG) 76,153,500
9. Paris, Charles de Gaulle (CDG) 76,066,956
10. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 75,066,956
11. Guangzhou, Baiyun (CAN) 73,378,475
12. Amsterdam, Schiphol (AMS) 71,706,999
13. Hong Kong (HKG) 71,541,000
14. Frankfurt (FRA) 70,560,987
15. Denver (DEN) 69,015,703
16. Seoul, Incheon (ICN) 68,350,784
17. Singapore, Changi (SIN) 68,300,000
18. Delhi, Indira Gandhi (DEL) 68,000,000
19. Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi (BKK) 65,424,697
20. Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) 64,000,000
21. New York, JFK (JFK) 62,551,072
22. Kuala Lumpur (KUL) 62,000,000
23. Madrid, Barajas (MAD) 61,734,037
24. San Francisco (SFO) 57,488,023
25. Chengdu, Shangliu (CTU) 55,858,552
 
NOTES: Total passengers enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
Source: Airports Council International Web: http://www.aci.aero/, 2019.
 
Note: Due to the extreme irregularities of air travel in 2020, we will list both sets of data as they become available. 

 

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