The thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). A movement is a landing or takeoff of an aircraft and includes both air transport movements and general aviation. [1]
Airports Council International's preliminary full-year figures are as follows: [2]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
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1. | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 775,818 | 7.1% | |
2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 720,582 | 1.3% | |
3. | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 689,569 | 5.0% | |
4. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 657,218 | 8.1% | |
5. | Harry Reid International Airport | Paradise, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 611,806 | 5.3% | |
6. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 575,097 | 3.3% | |
7. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 539,066 | 6.6% | |
8. | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul, Turkey | IST/LTFM | 505,968 | 2 | 18.8% |
9. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 481,075 | 7.2% | |
10. | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | HND/RJTT | 464,910 | 8 | 19.8% |
Airports Council International's preliminary full-year figures are as follows: [3]
Airports Council International's final full-year figures are as follows: [4]
Airports Council International's final full-year figures are as follows: [5]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
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1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 548,016 | 39.4% | |
2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 538,211 | 41.5% | |
3. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 514,702 | 28.5% | |
4. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 436,971 | 30.9% | |
5. | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 402,444 | 11.9% | |
6. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 397,983 | 31.2% | |
7. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 379,364 | 45.1% | |
8. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | CAN/ZGGG | 373,421 | 24.0% | |
9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 325,678 | 36.4% | |
10. | McCarran International Airport | Paradise, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 323,422 | 41.5% | |
Airports Council International's final full-year figures are as follows: [6]
Airports Council International's full-year figures are as follows: [7]
Airports Council International's full-year figures are as follows: [8]
Airports Council International's full-year figures are as follows: [9]
Source: [10]
Source: [11]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total movements | Rank Change | Change |
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1. | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | ATLANTA GA, US | ATL/KATL | 923,996 | 2.7% | |
2. | O'Hare International Airport | CHICAGO IL, US | ORD/KORD | 878,798 | 0.4% | |
3. | Los Angeles International Airport | LOS ANGELES CA, US | LAX/KLAX | 702,895 | 5.4% | |
4. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 646,803 | 0.8% | |
5. | Denver International Airport | DENVER CO, US | DEN/KDEN | 628,796 | 0.2% | |
6. | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | CHARLOTTE NC, US | CLT/KCLT | 539,842 | 1 | 2.0% |
7. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 533,257 | 1 | 3.0% |
8. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 531,538 | 1 | 5.1% |
9. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | HOUSTON TX, US | IAH/KIAH | 517,262 | 3 | 2.7% |
10. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 514,059 | 2.8% | |
11. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 487,162 | 4.9% | |
12. | London Heathrow Airport | LONDON, GB | LHR/EGLL | 480,931 | 1 | 5.7% |
13. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | PHOENIX AZ, US | PHX/KPHX | 461,989 | 2 | 2.8% |
14. | Philadelphia International Airport | PHILADELPHIA PA, US | PHL/KPHL | 448,129 | 2 | 2.7% |
15. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | DETROIT MI, US | DTW/KDTW | 443,028 | 1 | 2.1% |
16. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 437,083 | 4 | 8.6% |
17. | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | MINNEAPOLIS MN, US | MSP/KMSP | 436,506 | 1 | 0% |
18. | Barajas Airport | MADRID, ES | MAD/LEMD | 429,390 | 1 | 1.0% |
19. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | TORONTO ON, CA | YYZ/CYYZ | 428,764 | 1 | 2.5% |
20. | Newark Liberty International Airport | NEWARK NJ, US | EWR/KEWR | 410,024 | 1 | 2.9% |
21. | Munich Airport | MUNICH, DE | MUC/EDDM | 409,956 | 1 | 5.1% |
22. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NEW YORK NY, US | JFK/KJFK | 408,730 | 1 | 2.5% |
23. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 403,564 | 4.2% | |
24. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 394,572 | 4.9% | |
25. | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | HND/RJTT | 379,670 | 4 | 10.8% |
26. | Logan International Airport | BOSTON MA, US | BOS/KBOS | 368,987 | 2 | 4.6% |
27. | LaGuardia Airport | NEW YORK NY, US | LGA/KLGA | 366,597 | 1.2% | |
28. | Salt Lake City International Airport | SALT LAKE CITY UT, US | SLC/KSLC | 358,002 | 2 | 1.3% |
29. | Mexico City International Airport | MEXICO CITY, MX | MEX/MMMX | 350,032 | 1 | 3.0% |
30. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | CAN/ZGGG | 349,259 | - | 6.1% |
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