List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic

The world's busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic are measured by total number of passengers from all airports within a city or metropolitan area combined. London, with six commercial airports serving its metropolitan area, is the busiest city airport system in the world, ^[1] although Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest individual airport. ^[2]

2023 statistics

The following list is based on preliminary full-year figures provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ^[2] along with figures provided by airports and aviation ministries when not available from the former list.

Rank	Country	Metropolitan area	Total passengers	Airport(s) included
1.	United Kingdom	London	168,020,051	Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City, Southend [3]
2.	United States	New York City	147,461,065	JFK, Newark, LaGuardia, Westchester County, Long Island
3.	Turkey	Istanbul	113,127,321	Istanbul, Sabiha Gökçen [4]
4.	Japan	Tokyo	111,425,297	Haneda, Narita
5.	France	Paris	105,329,305	CDG, Orly, Beauvais [5]
6.	United States	Atlanta	104,653,451	Hartsfield–Jackson
7.	United States	Los Angeles	102,996,269	LAX, Long Beach, Burbank, John Wayne, Ontario
8.	United States	Dallas	99,347,147	Dallas-Fort Worth, Love Field, Fort Worth Meacham
9.	China	Shanghai	96,969,142	Pudong, Hongqiao
10.	United States	Chicago	96,177,715	O'Hare, Midway, Rockford
11.	United States	Miami	95,222,644	Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach
12.	China	Beijing	92,279,156	Capital, Daxing
13.	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	86,994,365	Dubai
14.	South Korea	Seoul	79,659,570	Incheon, Gimpo
15.	Thailand	Bangkok	78,679,532	Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang
16.	United States	Denver	77,837,917	Denver
17.	United States	Washington, D.C.	76,789,012	Dulles, Reagan, Thurgood Marshall
18.	Brazil	São Paulo	75,864,545	Guarulhos, Congonhas, Viracopos
19.	China	Chengdu	74,924,000	Tianfu, Shuangliu
20.	United States	San Francisco Bay Area	73,532,329	San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Charles M. Schulz
21.	India	Delhi	72,214,841	Indira Gandhi
22.	Russia	Moscow	71,000,000	Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo
23.	China	Guangzhou	64,240,637	Baiyun, Shadi [6]
24.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	61,889,586	Schiphol
25.	Germany	Frankfurt	61,055,389	Frankfurt, Hahn [7]
26.	United States	Orlando	60,677,182	Orlando, Sanford
27.	Spain	Madrid	60,181,604	Barajas
28.	United States	Houston	60,077,128	George Bush, Hobby
29.	Singapore	Singapore	58,946,000	Changi
30.	United States	Las Vegas	57,666,456	Harry Reid
31.	United States	Charlotte	53,445,770	Douglas
32.	Indonesia	Jakarta	52,870,532	Soekarno–Hatta, Halim Perdanakusuma
33.	China	Shenzhen	52,734,934	Bao'an
34.	Mexico	Mexico City	52,566,700	Benito Juarez, Felipe Ángeles, Toluca
35.	Spain	Barcelona	52,515,810	Josep Tarradellas, Girona-Costa Brava, Reus
36.	India	Mumbai	51,589,040	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
37.	Italy	Milan	51,477,949	Malpensa, Linate, Bergamo
38.	United States	Seattle	50,877,260	Seattle-Tacoma
39.	United States	Phoenix	50,529,732	Sky Harbor, Mesa Gateway
40.	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	48,742,468	Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
41.	Canada	Toronto	47,581,816	Pearson, Billy Bishop, Hamilton
42.	Philippines	Manila	47,300,322	Ninoy Aquino, Clark [8]
43.	Qatar	Doha	45,916,098	Hamad
44.	China	Chongqing	44,657,268	Jiangbei
45.	Italy	Rome	44,429,929	Fiumicino, Ciampino [9]
46.	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	42,910,407	King Abdulaziz
47.	United States	Boston	42,515,122	Logan, Providence T.F. Green, Manchester (NH)
48.	China	Kunming	42,053,214	Changshui
49.	Japan	Osaka	41,536,000	Kansai, Itami, Kobe [10]
50.	China	Xi'an	41,371,228	Xianyang
51.	China	Hangzhou	41,170,470	Xiaoshan

2012 statistics

The following list is based on information provided by the Airports Council International's preliminary full-year figures for the Top 30 airports in the world, ^[11] and the Top 50 airports in the US. ^[12]

Rank	Country	Metropolitan area	Total passengers	Airport(s) included
1.	United Kingdom	London	134,997,486	Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City, Southend [13]
2.	United States	New York City	112,427,757	JFK, Newark, LaGuardia, Westchester County, [14] Long Island, [15] Stewart [16]
3.	Japan	Tokyo	99,879,178	Haneda, Narita, [17] Ibaraki [18]
4.	United States	Atlanta	95,462,867	Hartsfield–Jackson
5.	France	Paris	92,738,772	CDG, Orly, Beauvais
6.	United States	Chicago	86,356,630	O'Hare, Midway, Gary, Rockford
7.	China	Beijing	85,389,239	Capital, Nanyuan [19]
8.	United States	Los Angeles	84,129,635	LAX, Long Beach, [20] Bob Hope, [21] John Wayne, Ontario [22]
9.	China	Shanghai	78,708,890	Pudong, Hongqiao [19]
10.	United States	Miami	68,626,693	Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach [23]
11.	United States	Dallas/Fort Worth	66,764,842	DFW, Love Field
12.	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	65,201,088	Dubai, Al Maktoum, Sharjah [24]
13.	Russia	Moscow	63,888,632	Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo
14.	United States	San Francisco Bay Area	62,736,923	San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Charles M. Schulz
15.	Germany	Frankfurt	61,013,452	Frankfurt, Hahn
16.	Turkey	Istanbul	59,485,750	Atatürk, Sabiha Gökçen
17.	Brazil	São Paulo	59,016,229	Guarulhos, Congonhas, Viracopos, Campo de Marte, São José dos Campos [25]
18.	Thailand	Bangkok	58,985,469	Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang
19.	South Korea	Seoul	58,583,599	Incheon, Gimpo
20.	Indonesia	Jakarta	57,831,462	Soekarno-Hatta, Halim Perdanakusuma [26]
21.	China	Hong Kong	56,057,751	Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok)
22.	United States	Denver	53,156,278	Denver
23.	Singapore	Singapore	51,181,804	Changi
24.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	51,035,590	Schiphol
25.	United States	Houston	50,326,484	George Bush, Hobby
26.	China	Guangzhou	48,731,462	Baiyun, Shadi [19]
27.	Spain	Madrid	45,224,305	Barajas, Torrejón, Cuatro Vientos [27]
28.	United States	Washington	42,038,011	Dulles, Reagan
29.	United States	Phoenix	41,808,611	Sky Harbor, Mesa Gateway [28]
30.	Italy	Rome	41,478,287	Fiumicino, Ciampino
31.	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	41,330,380	KLIA, Subang
32.	United States	Charlotte	41,228,372	Douglas
33.	United States	Las Vegas	40,799,830	McCarran
34.	Germany	Munich	39,227,979	Munich, Memmingen
35.	Spain	Barcelona	38,927,906	Barcelona, Girona-Costa Brava, Reus, Sabadell, Lleida-Alguaire [27]
36.	Canada	Toronto	37,163,947	Pearson, Billy Bishop, [29] Hamilton [30]
37.	Australia	Sydney	36,920,000	Kingsford Smith [31]
38.	Italy	Milan	36,657,911	Malpensa, Linate, Bergamo
39.	United States	Orlando	36,525,430	Orlando, Sanford [32]
40.	India	Delhi	35,881,965	Indira Gandhi

2010 statistics

The following list is based on two lists compiled by CAPA Centre for Aviation based on data from Airports Council International, one ranking cities with multiple airports ^[33] and the other ranking individual airports. ^[34]

Rank	Country	Metropolitan area	Total passengers	Airport(s) included
1.	United Kingdom	London	127,353,419	Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City, Southend [35]
2.	United States	New York City	107,586,717	JFK, Newark, LaGuardia, Westchester County, [36] Long Island, [37] Stewart [38]
3.	Japan	Tokyo	98,024,708	Haneda, Narita
4.	United States	Atlanta	89,331,622	Hartsfield–Jackson
5.	France	Paris	86,203,669	CDG, Orly, Beauvais
6.	United States	Chicago	84,302,427	O'Hare, Midway, Gary
7.	United States	Los Angeles	79,981,524	LAX, Long Beach, Bob Hope, John Wayne, Ontario [39]
8.	China	Beijing	76,171,801	Capital, Nanyuan [40]
9.	China	Shanghai	71,684,808	Pudong, Hongqiao
10.	United States	Dallas/Fort Worth	64,867,419	DFW, Love Field
11.	United States	Miami	63,998,275	Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach [41]
12.	United States	San Francisco Bay Area	56,905,161	San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Charles M. Schulz
13.	Germany	Frankfurt	56,172,796	Frankfurt, Hahn
14.	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	53,487,326	Dubai, Sharjah [42]
15.	United States	Denver	52,211,242	Denver
16.	South Korea	Seoul	51,044,826	Incheon, [43] Gimpo [44]
17.	Russia	Moscow	50,958,643	Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo
18.	China	Hong Kong	50,410,819	Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok)
19.	Spain	Madrid	49,786,202	Barajas
20.	United States	Houston	49,533,570	George Bush, Hobby
21.	Brazil	São Paulo	48,224,873	Guarulhos, Congonhas, Viracopos, Campo de Marte, São José dos Campos [45]
22.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	45,211,749	Schiphol
23.	Thailand	Bangkok	44,262,347	Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang
24.	Indonesia	Jakarta	43,981,022	Soekarno-Hatta
25.	Turkey	Istanbul	43,350,029	Atatürk, Sabiha Gökçen
26.	Singapore	Singapore	42,038,777	Changi
27.	United States	Washington	41,697,356	Dulles, Reagan
28.	China	Guangzhou	40,975,253	Baiyun
29.	Italy	Rome	40,486,202	Fiumicino, Ciampino
30.	United States	Phoenix	39,464,409	Sky Harbor, Mesa Gateway [46]
31.	Spain	Barcelona	38,768,886	Barcelona, Girona-Costa Brava, Reus, Sabadell, Lleida-Alguaire [47]
32.	United States	Las Vegas	39,397,359	McCarran
33.	United States	Charlotte	38,143,078	Douglas
34.	Australia	Sydney	35,992,164	Sydney
35.	United States	Orlando	35,775,107	Orlando, Sanford [48]
36.	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	35,205,636	KLIA, LCCT [49] Subang [50]
37.	Italy	Milan	34,670,437	Malpensa, Linate, Bergamo
38.	Germany	Munich	34,598,634	Munich
39.	Germany	Düsseldorf/Cologne/Bonn	33,475,569	Düsseldorf, Cologne Bonn, Dortmund, Weeze
40.	Canada	Toronto	33,452,851	Pearson, Toronto Island, Hamilton

See also

• List of cities with more than one commercial airport

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