The world’s largest and busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers. Total passengers imply to 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. The data is from Airports Council International (ACI), which is the trade association of the world’s airports, founded in 1991 with the objective of fostering cooperation among its member airports and other partners in world aviation, including the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Air Transport Association and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization.
Rank | Airport | Country | Total passengers |
1. | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | United States | 107,394,029 |
2. | Beijing Capital International Airport | China | 100,983,290 |
3. | Dubai International Airport | United Arab Emirates | 89,149,387 |
4. | Los Angeles International Airport | United States | 87,534,384 |
5. | Tokyo Haneda Airport | Japan | 86,942,794 |
6. | O’Hare International Airport | United States | 83,245,472 |
7. | London Heathrow Airport | United Kingdom | 80,126,320 |
8. | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | 74,515,927 |
9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | China | 74,006,331 |
10. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | France | 72,229,723 |
11. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Netherlands | 71,053,147 |
12. | Indira Gandhi International Airport | India | 69,900,938 |
13. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | China | 69,743,211 |
14. | Frankfurt Airport | Germany | 69,510,269 |
15. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | United States | 69,112,607 |
16. | Seoul Incheon International Airport | South Korea | 68,360,648 |
17. | Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Turkey | 68,350,784 |
18. | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Indonesia | 65,667,506 |
19. | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | 65,628,000 |
20. | Denver International Airport | United States | 64,494,613 |
