These are the top 10 busiest airports in the world—5 of them are in the U.S. (2024)
Airports Council International, the trade association of the world's airports, recently released its annual ranking of the busiest airports in the world.
The United States dominated the list, with half of the airports in the top 10 spread across the country.
Airports Council International's report noted that despite the increase in the number of passengers, the number of people who traveled in 2022 was still down from pre-Covid pandemic figures in 2019.
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Denver International Airport (DEN)
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
DubaiInternationalAirport (DXB)
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Istanbul Airport (IST)
Heathrow Airport (LHR)
Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport (DEL)
ParisCharles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport topped the list as the world's busiest airport for the second year in a row. The airport had an increase of 23.8% to 93,699,630 passengers in 2022.
The only year that Atlanta hasn't been the busiest airport in the last four years was 2020 when ATL came in second behind Guangzhou Baiyun International Airportin southern China.
Hartsfield-Jackson also serves as the primary hub for Delta Air Lines.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport came in second on the list with 73.4 million passengers in 2022. The Texas airport saw an increase of 17.5% from 2021 but a 2.3% decrease from 2019.
The airport is the largest hub for American Airlines. DFW is the second-largest airport by land area in the United States afterDenver International Airport, according to the Department of Transportation.
DFW is so big that it even has its own post officeZIP code. It occupies more surface area than the entire island of Manhattan in New York, according to NASA.
Denver's international airport rounded out the top three on the list. The Colorado facility had 69,289,461 passengers in 2022, up 17.8% compared with 2021.
Unlike the top two airports, DEN saw an increase of 0.4% in passengers compared with the pre-pandemic time in 2019. The airport is a major hub for bothUnited AirlinesandFrontier Airlines.
Charlotte Douglas handled 505,589 arrivals and departures last year and served nearly 48 million passengers, which is a 10% jump from 43 million passengers in 2021 and only 5% below the record-breaking 50 million passengers in 2019.
1. Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL), US: 104.6 million. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) is not only the busiest in the world by almost 10 million passengers per year, but it has also held the top spot in this list every year except one since 1998.
Beijing Daxing International Airport. Located in Beijing, China, Beijing Daxing International Airport covers an area of 25.8 square kilometres, making it the seventh-largest airport.
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL/KATL), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is currently the world's busiest airport. It serves millions of passengers annually and has earned its reputation as a major gateway to the United States and the Southeast.
Teterboro Airport is the busiest private aviation airport in the United States, providing a convenient gateway to New York City. Located just 12 miles from Manhattan, it allows passengers to avoid the hustle and bustle of larger commercial airports in the area and serves as the quickest way out of New York City by air.
1). Kent County International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan ranked number one on the list, followed by Syracuse Hanco*ck International Airport in Syracuse, NY. Jacksonville International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport also made the top ten list for least busy airports.
The busiest airport in the United States is Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). The Atlanta airport is also the No. 1 busiest airport in the world. In 2022, 45.4 million passengers boarded commercial aircraft in Atlanta, according to the FAA.
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