List of the busiest airports in the Middle East

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This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.

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The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and normally originates from national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator or international civil aviation authorities.

2023 statistics

2023 data is being updated as not all airports and state regulatory entities have disclosed the statistic yet.

RankAirportCity servedCountryCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Total
passengers		Rank
change		%
change
1. Dubai International Airport Dubai Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB86,900,000 [1] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg31.7%
2. Istanbul Airport Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey IST/LTFM76,236,980 [2] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg18.2%
3. Hamad International Airport Doha Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DOH/OTHH45,916,104 [3] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg25.8%
4. King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia JED/OEJN42,700,000 [4] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg34.9%
5. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey SAW/LTFJ37,030,005 [2] Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg20.5%
6. Antalya Airport Antalya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey AYT/LTAI35,538,387 [2] Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg14.2%
7. King Khalid International Airport Riyadh Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia RUH/OERK31,409,000 [5] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg10.3%
8. Cairo International Airport Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt CAI/HECA26,000,000 [6] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg29.9%
9. Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates AUH/OMAA22,935,316 [7] Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg47.6%
10 David Ben Gurion International Airport Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel TLV/LLBG21,088,237 [8] Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg9.7%
11. Kuwait International Airport Kuwait City Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait KWI/OKKK15,616,800 [9] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg8.0%
12. Sharjah International Airport Sharjah Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates SHJ/OMSJ15,300,000 [10] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg17.7%
13. Muscat International Airport Muscat Flag of Oman.svg  Oman MCT/OOMS12,600,000 [11] Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg46.5%
14. Mehrabad International Airport Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran THR/OIIITBUDecrease2.svg1TBU
15. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ESB/LTAC11.914.082 [2] Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg37.3%
16. King Fahd International Airport Dammam Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia DMM/OEDF10,900,000 [12] Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg9.0%
17. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ADB/LTBJ10,691,522 [2] Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg8.7%
18. Queen Alia International Airport Amman Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan AMM/OJAI9,500,000 [13] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg21.2%
19. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia MED/OEMA9,423,410 [14] Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg48.6%
20. Bahrain International Airport Muharraq Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain BAH/OBBI8,700,000 [15] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg26.1%
21. Hurghada International Airport Hurghada Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt HRG/HEGN8,700,000 [6] Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg21.4%
22. Larnaca International Airport Larnaca Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus LCA/LCLK8,100,000 [16] Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg34.2%
23. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon BEY/OLBA7,100,000 [17] Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg11.8%
24. Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran IKA/OIIETBUDecrease2.svg1TBU
25. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Mashhad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran MHD/OIMMTBUSteady2.svgTBU
26. Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Sharm El Sheikh Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt SSH/HESH5,900,000 [6] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg31.1%
27. Dalaman Airport Dalaman Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DLM/LTBS5,247,488 [2] Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg16.0%

2022 statistics

RankAirportCity servedCountryCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Total
passengers		Rank
change		%
change
1. Dubai International Airport Dubai Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB66,069,981 [18] Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg127.0%
2. Istanbul Airport Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey IST/LTFM64,518,073 [19] Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg73.5%
3. Hamad International Airport Doha Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DOH/OTHH35,730,482 [18] Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg101.8%
4. King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia JED/OEJN31,648,324 [18] Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg134.6%
5. Antalya Airport Antalya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey AYT/LTAI31,108,181 [19] Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg41.3%
6. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey SAW/LTFJ30,737,854 [19] Decrease2.svg3Increase2.svg23.4%
7. King Khalid International Airport Riyadh Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia RUH/OERK26,299,612 [18] Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg63.5%
8. Cairo International Airport Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt CAI/HECA20,009,336 [20] TBUIncrease2.svg76.4%
9. David Ben Gurion International Airport Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel TLV/LLBG20,008,532 [21] TBUIncrease2.svg197.8%
10. Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates AUH/OMAA15,540,000 [22] TBUIncrease2.svg202.0%
11. Kuwait International Airport Kuwait City Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait KWI/OKKK14,460,000 [23] TBUIncrease2.svg306.1%
12. Sharjah International Airport Sharjah Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates SHJ/OMSJ13,000,000 [24] TBUIncrease2.svg84.7%
13. Mehrabad International Airport Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran THR/OIII12,430,000 [25] TBUIncrease2.svg13.0%
14. King Fahd International Airport Dammam Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia DMM/OEDF10,000,000 [26] TBUIncrease2.svg66.7%
15. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ADB/LTBJ9,834,578 [19] TBUIncrease2.svg29.9%
16. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ESB/LTAC8,679,594 [19] TBUIncrease2.svg23.5%
17. Muscat International Airport Muscat Flag of Oman.svg  Oman MCT/OOMS8,600,000 [27] TBUIncrease2.svg132.0%
18. Queen Alia International Airport Amman Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan AMM/OJAI7,837,501 [28] TBUIncrease2.svg71.9%
19. Hurghada International Airport Hurghada Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt HRG/HEGN7,164,088 [20] TBUIncrease2.svg46.0%
20. Bahrain International Airport Manama Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain BAH/OBBI6,900,000 [29] TBUIncrease2.svg127.5%
21. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon BEY/OLBA6,349,799 [30] TBUIncrease2.svg47.0%
22. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia MED/OEMA6,340,684 [31] TBUIncrease2.svg24.4%
23. Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran IKA/OIIE6,211,927TBUIncrease2.svg205.0%
24. Larnaca International Airport Larnaca Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus LCA/LCLK6,037,133 [32] TBUIncrease2.svg68.1%
25. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Mashhad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran MHD/OIMM5,970,000 [25] TBUTBU

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