List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers, defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 2000; with all airports combined London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count. As of 2019, six countries have at least two airports in the top 50, with the United States at 15 and Greater China at 11; the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Spain and India have two airports each. In terms of regions, North America has 17 airports in the top 50, followed by East Asia at 14, Europe at 9, Southeast Asia at 5, West Asia at 2, South Asia at 2 and Oceania at 1.
2019 statistics
Figures as reported by airports are as follows:2018 statistics
Figures as reported by airports are as follows:| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code | Total passengers | Rank Change | % change |
| 1. |  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 107,394,029 | 3.3% | |
| 2. |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing | China | PEK/ZBAA | 100,983,290 | 5.4% | |
| 3. |  Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai | DXB/OMDB | 89,149,387 | 1.0% | ||
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 87,534,384 | 1 | 3.5% |
| 5. |  Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 87,131,973 | 1 | 2.0% |
| 6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 83,339,186 | 4.4% | |
| 7. |  London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 80,126,320 | 2.7% | |
| 8. |  Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories | Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG/VHHH | 74,517,402 | 2.6% | |
| 9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 74,006,331 | 5.7% | |
| 10. |  Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 72,229,723 | 4.0% | |
| 11. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 71,053,157 | 3.7% | |
| 12. |  Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 69,900,938 | 4 | 10.2% |
| 13. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | CAN/ZGGG | 69,769,497 | 6.0% | |
| 14. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 69,510,269 | 7.8% | |
| 15. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 69,112,607 | 3 | 3.0% |
| 16. |  Seoul Incheon International Airport | Incheon | South Korea | ICN/RKSI | 68,350,784 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 17. |  Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Yeşilköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTBA | 68,192,683 | 2 | 6.4% |
| 18. |  Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 66,908,159 | 1 | 6.2% |
| 19. |  Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 65,628,000 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 20. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 64,494,613 | 5.1% | |
| 21. |  Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 63,378,923 | 4.1% | |
| 22. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 61,909,148 | 4.4% | |
| 23. |  Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor | Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 59,959,000 | 2.4% | |
| 24. |  Madrid Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 57,891,340 | 1 | 8.4% |
| 25. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 57,793,313 | 1 | 3.5% |
| 26. | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Shuangliu-Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan | China | CTU/ZUUU | 52,950,000 | 6.3% | |
| 27. | Barcelona–El Prat Airport | Barcelona | Spain | BCN/LEBL | 50,172,457 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 28. | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai, Maharashtra | India | BOM/VABB | 49,877,918 | 1 | 5.7% |
| 29. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington | United States | SEA/KSEA | 49,849,520 | 2 | 6.2% |
| 30. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | LAS/KLAS | 49,716,584 | 3 | 2.4% |
| 31. |  Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario | Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 49,507,418 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 32. | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong | China | SZX/ZGSZ | 49,350,000 | 2 | 8.2% |
| 33. |  Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 47,700,547 | 3 | 6.6% |
| 34. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida | United States | MCO/KMCO | 47,696,627 | 5 | 7.2% |
| 35. | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Guandu, Kunming, Yunnan | China | KMG/ZPPP | 47,090,000 | 2 | 5.3% |
| 36. |  Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan | Taiwan | TPE/RCTP | 46,535,180 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 37. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | CLT/KCLT | 46,444,380 | 5 | 1.1% |
| 38. | Munich Airport | Freising, Bavaria | Germany | MUC/EDDM | 46,253,623 | 3.8% | |
| 39. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex | United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 46,075,400 | 6 | 1.1% |
| 40. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | United States | EWR/KEWR | 46,065,175 | 3 | 6.2% |
| 41. |  Sheremetyevo International Airport | Khimki, Moscow Oblast | Russia | SVO/UUEE | 45,836,000 | 9 | 14.3% |
| 42. |  Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila | Philippines | MNL/RPLL | 45,082,544 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 43. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida | United States | MIA/KMIA | 45,044,312 | 3 | 2.1% |
| 44. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | PHX/KPHX | 44,943,686 | 3 | 2.2% |
| 45. | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | Weicheng, Xianyang, Shaanxi | China | XIY/ZLXY | 44,653,311 | 1 | 6.2% |
| 46. |  Sydney Airport | Mascot, New South Wales | Australia | SYD/YSSY | 44,389,000 | 4 | 5.4% |
| 47. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | United States | IAH/KIAH | 43,807,539 | 1 | 7.6% |
| 48. | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | Changning-Minhang, Shanghai | China | SHA/ZSSS | 43,630,000 | 2 | 4.2% |
| 49. |  Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" | Rome-Fiumicino, Lazio | Italy | FCO/LIRF | 42,995,119 | 1 | 4.9% |
| 50. |  São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport | Guarulhos, São Paulo | Brazil | GRU/SBGR | 42,831,981 | ? | 13.4% |
2017 statistics
's full-year figures are as follows:| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code | Total passengers | Rank Change | % change |
| 1. | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 103,902,992 | 0.3% | |
| 2. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing | China | PEK/ZBAA | 95,786,442 | 1.5% | |
| 3. | Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 88,242,099 | 5.5% | |
| 4. | Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 85,408,975 | 1 | 6.5% |
| 5. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 84,557,968 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 79,828,183 | 2.4% | |
| 7. | London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 78,014,598 | 3.0% | |
| 8. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories | Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG/VHHH | 72,665,078 | 3.4% | |
| 9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 70,001,237 | 6.1% | |
| 10. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 69,471,442 | 5.4% | |
| 11. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 68,515,425 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 12. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 67,092,194 | 1 | 2.3% |
| 13. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | CAN/ZGGG | 65,887,473 | 2 | 10.3% |
| 14. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 64,500,386 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 15. | Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Yeşilköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTBA | 63,859,785 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 16. | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 63,451,503 | 5 | 14.1% |
| 17. | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 63,015,620 | 5 | 8.3% |
| 18. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 62,219,573 | 1 | 6.0% |
| 19. | Seoul Incheon International Airport | Incheon | Republic of Korea | ICN/RKSI | 62,157,834 | 7.5% | |
| 20. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 61,379,396 | 2 | 5.3% |
| 21. | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 60,860,557 | 1 | 8.9% |
| 22. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 59,392,500 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 23. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor | Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 58,558,440 | 1 | 11.2% |
| 24. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 55,822,129 | 1 | 5.1% |
| 25. | Madrid Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 53,386,075 | 5.9% | |
| 26. | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Shuangliu-Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan | China | CTU/ZUUU | 49,801,693 | 1 | 8.2% |
| 27. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | LAS/KLAS | 48,566,803 | 1 | 2.3% |
| 28. | Barcelona–El Prat Airport | Barcelona | Spain | BCN/LEBL | 47,262,826 | 5 | 7.1% |
| 29. | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai, Maharashtra | India | BOM/VABB | 47,204,259 | 5.7% | |
| 30. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario | Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 47,054,696 | 2 | 6.2% |
| 31. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington | United States | SEA/KSEA | 46,934,194 | 3 | 2.6% |
| 32. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | CLT/KCLT | 45,909,899 | 1 | 3.4% |
| 33. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex | United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 45,561,694 | 2 | 5.3% |
| 34. | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong | China | SZX/ZGSZ | 45,558,409 | 6 | 8.5% |
| 35. | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan | Taiwan | TPE/RCTP | 44,878,703 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 36. | Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 44,732,418 | 8 | 8.0% |
| 37. | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Guandu, Kunming, Yunnan | China | KMG/ZPPP | 44,729,736 | 2 | 6.6% |
| 38. | Munich Airport | Freising, Bavaria | Germany | MUC/EDDM | 44,577,241 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 39. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida | United States | MCO/KMCO | 44,511,265 | 2 | 6.2% |
| 40. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida | United States | MIA/KMIA | 44,071,313 | 10 | 1.2% |
| 41. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | PHX/KPHX | 43,921,670 | 7 | 1.2% |
| 42. | Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport | Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales | Australia | SYD/YSSY | 43,410,355 | 4 | 3.4% |
| 43. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | United States | EWR/KEWR | 43,393,499 | 3 | 7.0% |
| 44. |  Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila | Philippines | MNL/RPLL | 42,022,484 | 3 | 6.2% |
| 45. | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | Changning-Minhang, Shanghai | China | SHA/ZSSS | 41,884,059 | 3.5% | |
| 46. | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | Weicheng, Xianyang, Shaanxi | China | XIY/ZLXY | 41,857,406 | ? | 13.2% |
| 47. | Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" | Rome-Fiumicino, Lazio | Italy | FCO/LIRF | 40,968,756 | 5 | 1.8% |
| 48. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | United States | IAH/KIAH | 40,696,189 | 5 | 2.2% |
| 49. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba | Japan | NRT/RJAA | 40,631,193 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 50. | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Khimki, Moscow Oblast | Russia | SVO/UUEE | 40,092,806 | ? | 17.8% |
2016 statistics
's full-year figures are as follows:| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code | Total passengers | Rank change | % change |
| 1. | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 104,171,935 | 2.6% | |
| 2. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing | China | PEK/ZBAA | 94,393,454 | 5.0% | |
| 3. | Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 83,654,250 | 7.2% | |
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 80,921,527 | 3 | 8.0% |
| 5. | Tokyo Haneda Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 79,699,762 | 5.8% | |
| 6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 78,327,479 | 2 | 1.8% |
| 7. | Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 75,715,474 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 8. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories | Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG/VHHH | 70,314,462 | 3.0% | |
| 9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 66,002,414 | 4 | 9.9% |
| 10. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 65,933,145 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 11. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 65,670,697 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 12. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 63,625,534 | 2 | 9.2% |
| 13. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 60,786,937 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 14. | Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Yeşilköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTBA | 60,248,741 | 3 | 1.7% |
| 15. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | CAN/ZGGG | 59,732,147 | 2 | 8.2% |
| 16. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 58,813,103 | 1 | 3.4% |
| 17. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 58,698,000 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 18. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 58,266,515 | 1 | 7.9% |
| 19. | Seoul Incheon International Airport | Incheon | Republic of Korea | ICN/RKSI | 57,849,814 | 3 | 17.1% |
| 20. | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 55,892,428 | 5.7% | |
| 21. | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 55,631,385 | 4 | 21.0% |
| 22. | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Benda, Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 54,969,536 | 4 | 1.7% |
| 23. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 53,099,282 | 2 | 6.1% |
| 24. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor | Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 52,640,043 | 1 | 7.6% |
| 25. | Madrid Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 50,397,928 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 26. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | LAS/KLAS | 47,496,614 | 4.5% | |
| 27. | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Shuangliu-Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan | China | CTU/ZUUU | 46,039,137 | 5 | 9.0% |
| 28. | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington | United States | SEA/KSEA | 45,736,700 | 3 | 8.0% |
| 29. | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai, Maharashtra | India | BOM/VABB | 44,680,555 | 6 | 10.0% |
| 30. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida | United States | MIA/KMIA | 44,584,603 | 2 | 0.5% |
| 31. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | CLT/KCLT | 44,422,022 | 4 | 1.0% |
| 32. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario | Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 44,335,198 | 1 | 8.0% |
| 33. | Barcelona–El Prat Airport | El Prat, Catalonia | Spain | BCN/LEBL | 44,131,031 | 7 | 11.2% |
| 34. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | PHX/KPHX | 43,302,381 | 5 | 1.7% |
| 35. | Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex | United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 43,136,795 | 2 | 7.1% |
| 36. | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Dayuan, Taoyuan | Taiwan | TPE/RCTP | 42,296,322 | 8 | 9.9% |
| 37. | Munich Airport | Freising, Bavaria | Germany | MUC/EDDM | 42,261,309 | 3 | 3.1% |
| 38. | Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport | Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales | Australia | SYD/YSSY | 41,985,810 | 5.2% | |
| 39. | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Guandu, Kunming, Yunnan | China | KMG/ZPPP | 41,980,515 | 7 | 11.9% |
| 40. | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong | China | SZX/ZGSZ | 41,975,090 | 1 | 5.7% |
| 41. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida | United States | MCO/KMCO | 41,923,399 | 2 | 8.0% |
| 42. | Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" | Rome-Fiumicino, Lazio | Italy | FCO/LIRF | 41,738,662 | 6 | 3.3% |
| 43. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | United States | IAH/KIAH | 41,622,594 | 13 | 3.3% |
| 44. | Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City | Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 41,410,254 | 1 | 7.8% |
| 45. | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | Changning-Minhang, Shanghai | China | SHA/ZSSS | 40,460,135 | 3 | 3.5% |
| 46. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | United States | EWR/KEWR | 40,289,969 | 1 | 7.4% |
| 47. | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila | Philippines | MNL/RPLL | 39,534,991 | 2 | 8.1% |
| 48. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba | Japan | NRT/RJAA | 39,000,563 | 4.7% | |
| 49. | Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport | St. Paul, Minnesota | United States | MSP/KMSP | 37,413,728 | 1 | 2.3% |
| 50. |  Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | DOH/OTHH | 37,283,987 | ? | 20.2% |