World's busiest airport

The cachet of being known as the world's busiest airport is fiercely fought over by owners of the world's largest airports.

The following airports have variously made claims (or had claims made for them).

The thirty busiest airports for various periods (data provided by Airports Council International) measured by number of passengers are as follows. One 'passenger' is described as someone who arrives in, departs from or transfers through the airport on a given day.

Table of contents
1 January-October 2003 preliminary figures
2 August 2002 final statistics
3 External links

January-October 2003 preliminary figures

(Last updated January 2004)

  1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ATL) 65,828,450
  2. O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States (ORD) 57,857,991
  3. Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California United States, (LAX) 56,223,843
  4. London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom (LHR) 53,160,966
  5. Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (HND) 53,003,557
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States, (DFW) 45,725,744
  7. Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) 41,076,981
  8. Charles De Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France (CDG) 40,667,872
  9. Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (AMS) 34,120,822
  10. Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, United States (PHX) 31,300,291
  11. Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States (DEN) 31,260,117
  12. McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (LAS) 30,357,813
  13. Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain (MAD) 30,357,813
  14. George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, United States (IAH) 28,267,791
  15. Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (MSP) 27,816,494
  16. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan, United States (DTW) 27,351,802
  17. John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States (JFK) 26,233,049
  18. London Gatwick Airport, London, United Kingdom (LGW) 26,164,668
  19. Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States (EWR) 24,603,130
  20. Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, United States (MIA) 24,370,638
  21. San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, United States (SFO) 24,331,673
  22. Don Muang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 24,095,894
  23. Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida, United States (MCO) 22,583,624
  24. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States (SEA) 22,583,624
  25. Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome, Italy (FCO) 22,179,259
  26. Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (NRT) 21,587,666
  27. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (HKG) 21,123,000
  28. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (YYZ) 20,825,822
  29. Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (PHL) 20,581,147
  30. Franz Josef Strauß International Airport, Munich, Germany (MUC) 20,457,847

August 2002 final statistics

  1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ATL) 76,876,128
  2. O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States (ORD) 66,565,952
  3. London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom (LHR) 63,338,641
  4. Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (HND) 61,079,478
  5. Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California United States, (LAX) 56,223,843
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States, (DFW) 52,828,573
  7. Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) 48,450,357
  8. Charles De Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France (CDG) 48,350,172
  9. Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (AMS) 40,736,009
  10. Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States (DEN) 35,651,098
  11. Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, United States (PHX) 35,547,167
  12. McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (LAS) 35,009,011
  13. Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain (MAD) 33,913,456
  14. George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, United States (IAH) 33,905,253
  15. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (HKG) 33,882,463
  16. Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (MSP) 32,628,331
  17. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan, United States (DTW) 32,477,694
  18. Don Muang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 32,182,980
  19. San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, United States (SFO) 31,456,422
  20. Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, United States (MIA) 30,060,241
  21. John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States (JFK) 29,943,084
  22. London Gatwick Airport, London, United Kingdom (LGW) 29,628,423
  23. Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States (EWR) 29,202,654
  24. Changi International Airport, Singapore (SIN) 28,979,344
  25. Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (NRT) 28,883,606
  26. Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, People's Republic of China (PEK) 27,159,665
  27. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States (SEA) 26,690,843
  28. Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida, United States (MCO) 26,653,672
  29. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (YYZ) 25,930,363
  30. Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States (STL) 25,626,114

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