List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic

The following is a list of the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic.

2023 statistics

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Airports Council International's preliminary figures are as follows.[1]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 86,994,365    31.7%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 74,909,019    28.6%
3. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 61,882,546    17.9%
4. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 61,763,569    18.6%
5. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 58,411,000  4  83.1%
6. Istanbul   Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTFM 58,232,674  1  20.0%
7. Seoul   Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 55,763,768  25  212.9%
8. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 54,089,293  2  20.8%
9. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTHH 45,913,805  1  28.5%
10. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 43,799,968  3  20.9%

2022 statistics

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Airports Council International's preliminary figures are as follows.[2]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 66,069,981    127.0%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 58,243,060  5  230.5%
3. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 52,467,346    105.8%
4. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 51,763,569  1  128.9%
5. Istanbul   Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTFM 48,521,725  3  83.3%
6. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 44,771,711  2  97.3%
7. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 36,231,191  2  136.2%
8 Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTHH 35,726,721  2  160.4%
9. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 31,902,000  86  952.9%
10. London   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 30,145,083  45  501.5%

2021 statistics

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Airports Council International's preliminary figures are as follows.[3]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 29,110,609    12.7%
2. Istanbul   Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTFM 26,466,169  4  66.0%
3. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 25,488,783  1  22.1%
4. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 22,697,490  1  34.8%
5. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 22,616,995  1  18.7%
6. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTHH 17,701,978  1  41.4%
7. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 17,624,931  4  14.7%
8 Antalya   Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey AYT/LTAI 17,148,111  23  160.4%
9. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 15,337,775  1  38.8%
10. Cancún   Cancún International Airport Cancún, Mexico CUN/MMUN 13,261,951  18  94.5%

2020 statistics

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Airports Council International's preliminary figures are as follows.[4]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 25,831,363    70.1%
2. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 20,880,990  1  70.9%
3. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 20,650,473  1  72.8%
4. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 19,057,856  2  72.7%
5. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 16,837,104  3  73.3%
6. Istanbul   Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTFM 15,945,340  8  59.7%
7. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTHH 12,522,288  8  67.7%
8 Seoul   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 11,955,756  3  83.1%
9. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 11,635,000  2  82.8%
10. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 11,052,157  1  75.4%

2019 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) preliminary figures are as follows.[5]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 86,328,896    2.9%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 76,043,973    1.0%
3. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 71,679,691  1  1.0%
4. Hong Kong   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 71,287,552  1  4.1%
5. Seoul   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 70,578,050    4.3%
6. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 69,823,084    5.2%
7. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 67,601,000    4.2%
8. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 63,067,739    2.1%
9. Bangkok   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 52,933,565    4.1%
10. Taipei   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 48,360,290  1  4.8%
11. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 44,917,756  3  7.3%
12. Kuala Lumpur   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 44,854,685    3.1%
13. London   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 43,123,851    1.8%
14. Istanbul   Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTFM 39,434,579  NEW  0.0%
15. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 38,786,566  3  12.4%
16. Barcelona   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 38,630,785  1  5.4%
17. Munich   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 38,309,112  1  4.8%
18. Tokyo   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 36,645,448  1  3.8%
19. New York City   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 34,317,281    2.4%
20. Dublin   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Ireland DUB/EIDW 32,572,741  NEW  4.6%

2018 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) preliminary figures are as follows.[6]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 88,885,367    1.3%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 75,306,939    2.9%
3. Hong Kong   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 74,360,976    2.6%
4. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 70,956,258    3.7%
5. Seoul   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 67,676,147  2  10.0%
6. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 66,383,494  1  4.2%
7. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 64,890,000  1  5.4%
8. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 61,774,663    8.1%
9. Bangkok   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 50,868,846    4.2%
10. Istanbul   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 48,978,770  1  10.1%
11. Taipei   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 46,152,164  1  3.8%
12. Kuala Lumpur   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 43,531,741    2.8%
13. London   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 41,476,858    2.1%
14. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 41,857,125    8.8%
15. Barcelona   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 36,545,787  2  6.2%
16. Munich   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 36,545,787    5.3%
17. Tokyo   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 35,300,076  1  6.7%
18. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 34,495,078  3  2.2%
19. New York City   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 33,485,078    2.8%
20. Toronto   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 31,610,348    6.7%

2017 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) preliminary figures are as follows.[7]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 87,722,023    5.6%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 73,187,198    3.0%
3. Hong Kong   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 72,462,116    3.4%
4. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 68,401,146    7.7%
5. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 63,697,227    5.5%
6. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 61,574,000    5.9%
7. Seoul   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 61,520,572    7.6%
8. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 57,122,348    6.4%
9. Bangkok   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 48,811,600    7.8%
10. Taipei   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 44,479,754    6.2%
11. Istanbul   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 44,254,473    7.5%
12. Kuala Lumpur   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 42,354,534  2  14.6%
13. London   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 41,476,858  1  5.3%
14. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 38,479,159  1  6.7%
15. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 35,262,164  2  5.3%
16. Munich   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,721,745    6.6%
17. Barcelona   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 34,527,018    6.8%
18. Tokyo   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 33,090,944    3.4%
19. New York City   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 32,431,419    2.1%
20. Toronto   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 29,655,141  2  8.1%

2016 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) preliminary figures are as follows.[8]

Rank City Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1. Dubai   Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 83,105,798    7.3%
2. London   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 71,030,114    1.7%
3. Hong Kong   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 70,098,216    3.0%
4. Amsterdam   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 63,533,504  1  9.1%
5. Paris   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,384,622  1  
6. Singapore   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 58,158,000    6.1%
7. Seoul   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 57,152,206  1  17.3%
8. Frankfurt   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,707,953  1  0.5%
9. Bangkok   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 45,291,073    4.7%
10. Taipei   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 41,876,848  1  9.9%
11. Istanbul   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 41,035,985  1  2.2%
12. London   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 39,264,495    7.1%
13. Doha   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 37,216,179  3  20.4%
14. Kuala Lumpur   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 36,962,822  1  7.3%
15. Madrid   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 36,074,688  1  6.8%
16. Munich   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 32,569,420  1  4.0%
17. Barcelona   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 32,316,655  2  11.1%
18. Tokyo   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 31,991,208  1  4.7%
19. New York City   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 31,627,923  1  5.2%
20. Rome   Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 29,096,160    2.9%
21. Dublin   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Ireland DUB/EIDW 28,764,506  4  14.9%
22. Toronto   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 27,428,638    7.1%
23. Zürich   Zurich Airport Kloten/Rümlang/Oberglatt, Bülach/Dielsdorf, ZH, Switzerland ZRH/LSZH 27,413,593    3.1%
24. Copenhagen   Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark CPH/EKCH 26,394,122  2  4.4%
25. Abu Dhabi   Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AUH/OMAA 25,964,178  3  9.7%
26. Shanghai   Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD 24,865,920    6.8%

2015 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) figures are as follows.[9]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1.   Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 77,453,466    10.7%
2.   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 69,816,491    2.5%
3.   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 68,139,897    8.3%
4.   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,369,798    3.0%
5.   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 58,245,545    6.0%
6.   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 54,835,000    2.9%
7.   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,994,154    2.4%
8.   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 48,720,319    8.5%
9.   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 43,251,807  1  16.3%
10.   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 42,302,859  1  11.1%
11.   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 38,103,889    7.6%
12.   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 36,667,769    6.4%
13.   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 34,434,015    0.1%
14.   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 33,787,171  2  14.1%
15.   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 31,313,329  1  3.5%
16.   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 30,906,303  4  17.3%
17.   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 30,547,564  2  3.2%
18.   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 30,017,244  1  6.2%
19.   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 29,077,820  1  6,7%
20.   Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 28,280,267  1  5.4%
21.   Zurich Airport Kloten/Rümlang/Oberglatt, Bülach/Dielsdorf, ZH, Switzerland ZRH/LSZH 25,613,593    3.1%
22.   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 25,123,887  1  7.6%
23.   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Ireland DUB/EIDW 24,876,506  4  14.9%
24.   Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark CPH/EKCH 24,639,122  2  4.4%
25.   Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD 23,384,559  4  18.3%
26.   Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AUH/OMAA 23,225,980  4  18.6%
27.   Brussels Airport Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium BRU/EBBR 22,841,994  1  6.9%
28.   Vienna International Airport Vienna, Austria VIE/LOWW 22,147,203  2  1.5%
29.   Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 21,206,557  1  5.5%
30.   Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey AYT/LTAI 20,786,255  6  5.8%

2014 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) figures are as follows.[10]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1.   Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 69,954,392  1  6.2%
2.   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 68,091,095  1  1.9%
3.   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 62,929,420    6.2%
4.   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 58,623,111    3.3%
5.   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 54,940,534  1  4.6%
6.   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 54,093,070  1  1%
7.   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 52,713,013    2.7%
8.   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 44,906,813  1  10.1%
9.   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 38,037,302  2  11.6%
10.   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 37,183,099  3  10%
11.   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 35,402,285  4  11.3%
12.   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 34,438,531  3  8.8%
13.   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 34,431,775  1  5.6%
14.   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 30,269,007  1  3.6%
15.   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 29,625,075  1  2.9%
16.   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 29,618,803  1  6.9%
17.   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 28,471,427  1  7.3%
18.   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 27,246,041  2  9%
19.   Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 26,840,909    7.1%
20.   Hamad International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 26,356,392  2  13.3%
21.   Zurich Airport Rümlang/Oberglatt, Bülach/Dielsdorf, ZH, Switzerland ZRH/LSZH 24,836,044    2.5%
22.   Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark CPH/EKCH 23,610,452    6.9%
23.   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 23,279,850    7.2%
24.   Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey AYT/LTAI 22,035,355  3  2.2%
25.   Vienna International Airport Vienna, Austria VIE/LOWW 21,831,400  1  2.2%
26.   Brussels Airport Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium BRU/EBBR 21,718,462  3  14.7%
27.   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Ireland DUB/EIDW 21,635,155  1  7.7%
28.   Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 20,096,541  3  0.5%
29.   Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD 19,954,392  NEW  9.4%
30.   Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AUH/OMAA 19,765,240  NEW  10.2%
31.   Manchester Airport Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom MAN/EGCC 19,484,972  NEW  5.7%

2013 statistics

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Airports Council International's (January–December) figures are as follows.[11]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1.   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 66,689,466    3.5%
2.   Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 65,872,250    15.3%
3.   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 59,294,439    6.5%
4.   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 56,767,748    1.0%
5.   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 52,775,360  2  5.7%
6.   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 52,527,699  1  3.0%
7.   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 51,315,550  1  1.1%
8.   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 41,302,852    4.9%
9.   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, Sudogwon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 40,785,953    6.4%
10.   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 33,955,798    14.2%
11.   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 32,605,356  1  18.1%
12.   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 31,657,805  1  4.2%
13.   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 30,516,135    3.0%
14.   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 29,216,808    2.1%
15.   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 28,608,274  1  10.2%
16.   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 27,711,197  1  9.5%
17.   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 26,530,698    5.9%
18.   Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 25,069,617    0.6%
19.   Barcelona–El Prat Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 25,003,256    5.8%
20.   Zurich Airport Kloten, ZH, Switzerland ZRH/LSZH 24,227,178    0.4%
21.   Doha International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 23,266,396    9.9%
22.   Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark CPH/EKCH 22,096,855    3.7%
23.   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 21,638,571    1.8%
24.   Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey AYT/LTAI 21,525,679  1  6.8%
25.   Vienna International Airport Vienna, Austria VIE/LOWW 21,357,730  1  0.7%
26   Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 20,201,626    4.3%
27.   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Ireland DUB/EIDW 20,092,659    5.6%
28.   Brussels Airport Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium BRU/EBBR 18,932,137    0.8%
29.   Sheremetyevo International Airport Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia SVO/UUEE 18,581,906  NEW  8.3%

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Airports Council International's (January–December) figures are as follows.[12]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
passengers
Monthly rank
change
%
change
1.   London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 64,687,737    6.2%
2.   Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 55,674,880    4.8%
3.   Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China HKG/VHHH 52,749,262    6.0%
4.   Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 50,192,013  1  8.4%
5.   Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 49,680,283  1  10.1%
6.   Frankfurt Airport Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 49,477,184  2  6.9%
7.   Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 45,429,263    11.0%
8.   Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 35,009,002  3  11.4%
9.   Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung-gu, Incheon, Sudogwon, South Korea ICN/RKSI 34,537,845  1  4.8%
10.   Madrid-Barajas Airport Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 32,449,857    4.7%
11.   London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 29,923,391  1  7.5%
12.   Munich Airport Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling, Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 27,879,045  1  10.1%
13.   Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Japan NRT/RJAA 26,331,010  4  18.1%
14.   Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia KUL/WMKK 25,915,723  4  10.7%
15.   Leonardo da Vinci Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Italy FCO/LIRF 24,448,925    5.0%
16.   John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 24,164,827    4.6%
17.   Atatürk International Airport Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey IST/LTBA 24,048,585    32.2%
18.   Zurich Airport Rümlang/Oberglatt, Bülach/Dielsdorf, ZH, Switzerland ZRH/LSZH 23,628,718  1  6.6%
19.   Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan TPE/RCTP 23,137,062  5  0.0%
20.   Barcelona Airport El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain BCN/LEBL 21,663,602  6  23.5%
21.   Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey AYT/LTAI 20,555,170  2  13.6%
22.   Vienna Airport Vienna, Austria VIE/LOWW 20,398,766  NEW  8.0%
23.   Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 20,355,771  3  6.0%
24.   Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark CPH/EKCH 20,233,904  3  6.7%
25.   Dublin Airport Swords, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland DUB/EIDW 18,607,651  1  3.1%
26.   Brussels Airport Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium BRU/EBBR 18,590,891  3  9.6%
27   Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 18,417,513  1  9.0%
28.   Doha International Airport Doha, Qatar DOH/OTBD 18,108,521  NEW  15.2%
29.   Malpensa Airport Somma Lombardo, Varese, Lombardy, Italy MXP/LIMC 17,551,677  4  1.3%
30.   Manchester Airport Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom MAN/EGCC 16,605,737  NEW  7.7%

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Top 10 busiest airports in the world shift with the rise of international air travel demand". Airports Council International. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  2. ^ "International travel returns: Top 10 busiest airports in the world revealed - ACI World". 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  3. ^ "The top 10 busiest airports in the world revealed" (Press release). Montréal: Airports Council International. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "ACI World data reveals COVID-19's impact on world's busiest airports" (Press release). Montréal: Airports Council International. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  5. ^ "ACI reveals top 20 airports for passenger traffic, cargo, and aircraft movements" (Press release). Montréal: Airports Council International. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  6. ^ "ACI World releases preliminary 2018 world airport traffic rankings Passenger traffic: Passenger traffic remains resilient but cargo hubs see volume growth weaken India becomes world's third largest aviation market for passenger traffic". www.aci.aero. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  7. ^ "ACI World releases preliminary 2017 world airport traffic rankings Passenger traffic: Indian and Chinese airports major contributors to growth Air cargo: Volumes surge at major hubs as trade wars threaten". www.aci.aero. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  8. ^ "ACI releases preliminary 2016 world airport traffic rankings—Robust gains in passenger traffic at hub airports serving trans-Pacific and East Asian routes". www.aci.aero. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  9. ^ "Year to date". aci.aero.
  10. ^ "Year to date". aci.aero.
  11. ^ "12 months". aci.aero.
  12. ^ "Year to date International Passenger Traffic August 2010". aci.aero. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.

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