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List of the busiest airports

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This list of the busiest airports includes the world's busiest airports by a range of criteria. The criteria are specified by the Airports Council International (ACI) in Montreal, Canada. |access-date = 13 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080222072049/http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54_666_2__ |archive-date = 22 February 2008

Busiest airport by traffic type

Busiest airport by passenger traffic

Main article: List of busiest airports by passenger traffic

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia, United States has been the busiest airport by passenger traffic since 2021. It was also the busiest airport from 1998-2019, only missing out in 2020 when it was passed by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. Passenger traffic is defined by the ACI as the total passengers embarked and disembarked, but passengers in transit are only counted once. |access-date=13 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429194226/http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54-55_666_2__ |archive-date=April 29, 2012

Busiest airport by international passenger traffic

Main article: List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic

Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates has served the most international passengers annually since 2014.

Busiest airport by aircraft movements

Main article: List of busiest airports by aircraft movements

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport also tops the list for total aircraft movements, defined by the ACI as total landings and takeoffs. |access-date=13 June 2008

Busiest airport by cargo traffic

Main article: List of busiest airports by cargo traffic

Hong Kong International Airport, New Territories, Hong Kong is the busiest by cargo traffic and has held the top spot since 2022. The busiest airport by cargo traffic is defined by the ACI as the airport which has handled the most loaded and unloaded freight and mail, by mass. |access-date = 13 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080622012135/http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54-4819_666_2__ |archive-date = 22 June 2008

Busiest city destination

Main article: List of busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic

The Airports of London combined make London, United Kingdom the busiest city destination. The city transports the most passengers annually across all of its airports, and has been the busiest city destination since 2010.

Busiest airport by continent

Busiest airport in Africa

Main article: List of the busiest airports in Africa

Cairo International Airport in Egypt has been the busiest airport in Africa since 2020.

By country

List of the busiest airports in Morocco
List of the busiest airports in South Africa
List of the busiest airports in Tanzania

Busiest airport in Asia

Main article: List of the busiest airports in Asia

Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates is the busiest airport in Asia.

By region

List of the busiest airports in the Middle East
List of the busiest airports in the former Soviet Union
List of the busiest airports in Southeast Asia

By country

List of the busiest airports in Armenia
List of the busiest airports in China
List of the busiest airports in Georgia
List of the busiest airports in India
List of the busiest airports in Indonesia
List of the busiest airports in Iran
List of the busiest airports in Japan
List of the busiest airports in Kazakhstan
List of the busiest airports in Malaysia
List of the busiest airports in Nepal
List of the busiest airports in Pakistan
List of the busiest airports in the Philippines
List of the busiest airports in Russia
List of the busiest airports in South Korea
List of the busiest airports in Taiwan
List of the busiest airports in Thailand
List of the busiest airports in Turkey
List of the busiest airports in Vietnam

Busiest airport in Europe

Main article: List of the busiest airports in Europe

London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom is the busiest airport in Europe.

By region

List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states
List of the busiest airports in the European Union
List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries
List of the busiest airports in the former Soviet Union

By country

List of the busiest airports in Austria
List of the busiest airports in Belgium
List of the busiest airports in Bulgaria
List of the busiest airports in Croatia
List of the busiest airports in France
List of the busiest airports in Germany
List of the busiest airports in Greece
List of the busiest airports in Hungary
List of the busiest airports in Ireland
List of the busiest airports in Italy
List of the busiest airports in the Netherlands
List of the busiest airports in Poland
List of the busiest airports in Portugal
List of the busiest airports in Romania
List of the busiest airports in Russia
List of the busiest airports in Spain
List of the busiest airports in Switzerland
List of the busiest airports in Turkey
List of the busiest airports in Ukraine
List of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom

Busiest airport in North America

Main article: List of the busiest airports in North America

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia, United States is the busiest airport in North America.

By region

List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
List of the busiest airports in Central America
List of the busiest airports in Latin America

By country

List of the busiest airports in Canada
List of the busiest airports in Dominican Republic
List of the busiest airports in Mexico
List of the busiest airports in the United States
- List of the busiest cargo airports in the United States
- List of the busiest airports in California
- List of the busiest airports in Texas

Busiest airport in Oceania

Main article: List of the busiest airports in Oceania

Sydney Airport, Australia is the busiest airport in Oceania as of 2017.

By country

List of the busiest airports in Australia
List of the busiest airports in New Zealand

Busiest airport in South America

Main article: List of the busiest airports in South America

El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia is the busiest airport in South America as of 2022.

By region

List of the busiest airports in Latin America

By country

List of the busiest airports in Argentina
List of the busiest airports in Brazil
List of the busiest airports in Chile
List of the busiest airports in Colombia
List of the busiest airports in Ecuador
List of the busiest airports in Paraguay
List of the busiest airports in Peru

Historical claims

Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States :In the late 1940s, Chicago Midway was the busiest airport in the United States by total aircraft operations – i.e., including every training aircraft practicing take-offs and landings. New York LaGuardia had the most airline operations and passengers until the early 1950s, when Chicago Midway became the busiest airport in the United States by any criterion. Before World War II, Chicago Midway was the origin or destination of one in four U.S. airline flights, although a 1939 Official Aviation Guide shows more airline flights scheduled at Newark than at Chicago.
Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee, United States :As the home of FedEx Express, Memphis had the largest cargo operations worldwide from 1993 to 2009. It remains the busiest cargo airport in the United States and the Western Hemisphere.

References

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(11 April 2022). "The top 10 busiest airports in the world revealed". Airports Council International.
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