The world's thirty busiest airports by cargo traffic for various periods (data provided by Airports Council International). Numbers listed refer to loaded and unloaded freight in metric tonnes, including transit freight.
ACI's 2023 preliminary figures released in April 2024 are as follows. [1]
ACI's 2022 preliminary figures released in April 2023 are as follows. [2]
ACI's 2021 final figures released in July 2022 are as follows. [3]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Rank Change | Total Cargo (tonnes) | % Change |
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1. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China | HKG/VHHH | 1 | 5,025,495 | 12.5% |
2. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States | MEM/KMEM | 1 | 4,480,465 | 2.9% |
3. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 3,982,616 | 8.0% | |
4. | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | ANC/PANC | 3,555,160 | 12.6% | |
5. | Incheon International Airport | Jung, Incheon, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea | ICN/RKSI | 1 | 3,329,292 | 18.0% |
6. | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States | SDF/KSDF | 1 | 3,052,269 | 4.6% |
7. | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan | TPE/RCTP | 2,812,065 | 20.0% | |
8. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 2,691,830 | 20.7% | |
9. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba, Japan | NRT/RJAA | 2 | 2,644,074 | 31.1% |
10. | Hamad International Airport | Doha, Qatar | DOH/OTHH | 1 | 2,620,095 | 20.5% |
ACI's 2020 final figures released in November 2021 are as follows. [4]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Rank Change | Total Cargo (tonnes) | % Change |
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1. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States | MEM/KMEM | 1 | 4,613,431 | 6.7% |
2. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China | HKG/VHHH | 1 | 4,468,089 | 7.1% |
3. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 3,686,627 | 1.4% | |
4. | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | ANC/PANC | 2 | 3,157,682 | 15.0% |
5. | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States | SDF/KSDF | 1 | 2,917,243 | 4.6% |
6. | Incheon International Airport | Jung, Incheon, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea | ICN/RKSI | 1 | 2,822,370 | 2.1% |
7. | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan | TPE/RCTP | 2 | 2,342,714 | 7.4% |
8. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 5 | 2,229,476 | 6.6% |
9. | Hamad International Airport | Doha, Qatar | DOH/OTHH | 1 | 2,175,292 | 1.8% |
10. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 2 | 2,137,699 | 2.2% |
Aggregated top 10 airports | 30,550,623 | 3.0% |
ACI's 2019 preliminary figures released in May 2020 are as follows. [5]
ACI's 2018 final figures released in September 2019 are as follows. [6] [7]
ACI's 2017 final figures are as follows. [8]
ACI's 2016 final figures are as follows. [9]
ACI's 2015 figures are as follows. [10]
ACW's 2014 figures are as follows. [11]
ACI's 2013 preliminary full year figures are as follows. [12]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's 2012 preliminary full year figures are as follows. [13]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's 2011 preliminary full year figures are as follows. [14]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's 2010 preliminary full year figures are as follows. [15]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's 2009 final full year figures are as follows. [16]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's 2008 final full year figures are as follows. [17]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [18]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [19]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [20]
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [21]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total Cargo (tonnes) | Rank Change | % Change |
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1. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | MEM | 3,554,575 | 1 | +4.8% |
2. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China | HKG | 3,119,008 | 2 | +16.9% |
3. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba, Japan | NRT | 2,373,133 | 3 | +10.1% |
4. | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | ANC | 2,252,9111 | 4 | +7.2% |
5. | Incheon International Airport | Incheon, South Korea | ICN | 2,133,444 | 5 | +7.2% |
6. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX | 1,913,676 | 6 | +4.3% |
7. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG | 1,876,900 | 7 | +4.3% |
8. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA | 1,838,894 | 8 | +11.4% |
9. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region, Singapore | SIN | 1,795,646 | 10 (+1) | +10.0% |
10. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA | 1,778,902 | 9 (-1) | +8.6% |
11. | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | SDF | 1,739,492 | 12 (+1) | +7.5% |
12. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City, New York, United States | JFK | 1,706,468 | 11 (-1) | +3.1% |
13. | Chiang Kai-shek International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan | TPE | 1,701,020 | 14 (+1) | +13.4% |
14. | Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG | 1,642,176 | 17 (+3) | +38.1% |
15. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD | 1,474,652 | 13 (-2) | -2.4% |
16. | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS | 1,467,204 | 15 (-1) | +8.4% |
17. | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR | 1,412,033 | 16 (-1) | +8.6% |
18. | Dubai International Airport | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB | 1,169,286 | 18 | +22.2% |
19. | Don Mueang Airport | Bangkok, Thailand | BKK | 1,058,145 | 19 | +11.3% |
20. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR | 984,838 | 21 (+1) | +2.4% |
21. | Indianapolis International Airport | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | IND | 932,449 | 20 (-1) | +5.9% |
22. | Kansai International Airport | Osaka, Japan | KIX | 887,819 | 23 (+1) | +11.9% |
23. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL | 862,230 | 22 (-1) | +7.5% |
24. | Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) | Tokyo, Japan | HND | 774,113 | 24 | +7.1% |
25. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW | 742,289 | 25 | +11.4% |
26. | Luxembourg-Findel Airport | Sandweiler, Luxembourg | LUX | 712,985 | 27 (+1) | +8.5% |
27. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS | 679,637 | 25 (-2) | +1.1% |
28. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK | 668,690 | 26 (-1) | +1.0% |
29. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | KUL | 655,368 | 29 (+1) | +11.1% |
30. | San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport | Oakland, California, United States | OAK | 644,753 | 28 (-1) | +7.9% |
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [22]
Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total Cargo (tonnes) | Rank Change | % Change |
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1. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | MEM | 3,390,515 | 1 | +0.0% |
2. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China | HKG | 2,668,880 | 2 | +6.6% |
3. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba, Japan | NRT | 2,154,691 | 3 | +7.6% |
4. | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | ANC | 2,102,0251 | 5 (+1) | +18.7% |
5. | Incheon International Airport | Incheon, South Korea | ICN | 1,843,055 | 6 (+1) | +8.0% |
6. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX | 1,833,300 | 4 (-2) | +2.8% |
7. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG | 1,723,700 | 9 (+2) | +6.0% |
8. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA | 1,650,476 | 8 | +1.2% |
9. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA | 1,637,278 | 10 (+1) | +0.8% |
10. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region, Singapore | SIN | 1,632,409 | 7 (-3) | +1.7% |
11. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City, New York, United States | JFK | 1,626,722 | 11 | 2.5% |
12. | Louisville International Airport | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | SDF | 1,618,336 | 12 | +6.2% |
13. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD | 1,510,746 | 13 | +2.5% |
14. | Chiang Kai-shek International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan | TPE | 1,500,071 | 14 | +8.6% |
15. | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS | 1,353,760 | 16 (+1) | +5.1% |
16. | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR | 1,300,420 | 15 (-1) | +0.8% |
17. | Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG | 1,189,303 | 26 (+9) | +87.3% |
18. | Dubai International Airport | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB | 956,795 | 21 (+3) | +21.9% |
19. | Don Mueang Airport | Bangkok, Thailand | BKK | 950,136 | 17 (-2) | +0.7% |
20. | Indianapolis International Airport | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | IND | 889,163 | 18 (-2) | +8.7% |
21. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR | 874,641 | 19 (-2) | +2.0% |
22. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL | 798,501 | 22 | +8.8% |
23. | Kansai International Airport | Osaka, Japan | KIX | 793,478 | 20 (-3) | +1.5% |
24. | Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) | Tokyo, Japan | HND | 722,736 | 23 (-1) | +2.2% |
25. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS | 672,419 | 25 | -3.3% |
26. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW | 667,574 | 24 (-1) | +0.2% |
27. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK | 662,141 | 25 (-1) | +1.1% |
28. | Luxembourg-Findel Airport | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | LUX | 657,254 | 30 (+3) | +19.5% |
29. | San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport | Oakland, California, United States | OAK | 597,383 | 27 (-1) | +5.9% |
30. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | KUL | 589,982 | N/A | +10.9% |
1. Volume includes transit freight
ACI's final full year figures are as follows. [23]
1. Volume includes transit freight
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