The world's busiest airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, which has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998 with the exception of 2020, when its passenger traffic dipped for a year due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Atlanta regained the top position in 2021, and has held it since. Alternatively, London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count.
As of 2025, the United States has the most airports in the top 50 list, with 14 (15 in 2024), followed by China with 12 (same as in 2024), while India, Spain, and Turkey each have two. In terms of regions, North America has 15 airports in the top 50 (17 in 2024), along with East Asia also with 15 (14 in 2024), Europe with eight (same as in 2024), Southeast Asia with five (same as in 2024), West Asia with four (three in 2024), South Asia with two (same as 2024), and South America with one (same as 2024).
For consistency, the Airports Council International's (ACI) annual figures are always used in the final presentation and ranking, even where figures given by airport operators or authorities differ.
2025 statistics
Rank Airport Location Country Code(IATA/ICAO) Totalpassengers Rankchange %change1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL/KATL 106,302,208 1.6%2. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, Dubai DXB/OMDB 95,192,160 3.1%3. Tokyo Haneda Airport Ōta, Tokyo HND/RJTT 91,679,8141 6.7%4. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas DFW/KDFW 85,660,1271 2.5%5. Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai PVG/ZSPD 84,994,5485 10.7%6. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD/KORD 84,856,0182 6.0%7. Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, London LHR/EGLL 84,482,1262 0.7%8. Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul IST/LTFM 84,437,7101 5.5%9. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong CAN/ZGGG 83,582,9523 9.5%10. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN/KDEN 82,427,9624 0.1%11. Indira Gandhi International Airport Palam, Delhi DEL/VIDP 78,148,0812 0.4%12. Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung District, Incheon ICN/RKSI 74,126,9121 4.1%13. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX/KLAX 73,709,5942 3.8%14. Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France CDG/LFPG 72,029,407 2.5%15. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing PEK/ZBAA 70,742,7121 5.0%16. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region SIN/WSSS 69,982,0001 3.5%17. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland AMS/EHAM 68,771,592 2.9%18. Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Community of Madrid, Barajas MAD/LEMD 68,118,754 3.0%19. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong SZX/ZGSZ 66,485,2133 8.2%20. Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor KUL/WMKK 63,409,5016 11.0%21. Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, Hesse FRA/EDDF 63,189,666 2.6%22. Suvarnabhumi AirportBang Phli, Samut Prakan BKK/VTBS 62,902,183 2 1.1%23. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York, New York JFK/KJFK 62,629,455 4 1.0%24. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 60,992,000 8 14.9%25. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO/KMCO 57,675,573 0.8%26. Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Catalonia, El Prat de Llobregat BCN/LEBL 57,483,0362 4.4%27. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan TFU/ZUTF 56,686,738 2 3.2%28. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Santacruz-Sahar, Mumbai, Maharashtra BOM/VABB 55,500,000 2 1.3%29. Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida MIA/KMIA 55,314,661 2 1.1%30. Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS/KLAS 54,989,185 6 5.9%31. Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Tangerang, Banten CGK/WIII 54,950,000 0.3%32. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California SFO/KSFO 54,532,613 4 4.3%33. Hamad International Airport Doha DOH/OTHH 54,338,667 3.1%34. Beijing Daxing International Airport Daxing District, Beijing PKX/ZBAD 53,618,949 3 8.4%35. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT/KCLT 53,600,000 11 8.9%36. King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah JED/OEJN 53,400,000 3 8.8%37. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA/KSEA 52,715,181 3 0.1%38. Ninoy Aquino International Airport Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila MNL/RPLL 52,020,000 1 3.8%39. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX/KPHX 51,618,649 4 1.4%40. Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio FCO/LIRF 50,872,356 4.1%41. Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Hangzhou, Zhejiang HGH/ZSHC 50,459,018 3 5.0%42. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai SHA/ZSSS 50,151,025 3 4.6%43. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing CKG/ZUCK 50,094,770 2 2.8%44. Kunming Changshui International Airport Kunming, Yunnan KMG/ZPPP 49,705,725 2 5.4%45. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Xi'an, Shaanxi XIY/ZLXY 48,535,594 2 3.2%46. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul SAW/LTFJ 48,420,757 17.0%47. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH/KIAH 48,131,213 4 0.7%48. Taoyuan International Airport Dayuan, Taoyuan TPE/RCTP 47,795,969 6.4%49. Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario YYZ/CYYZ 47,300,0001 0.5%50. São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport Guarulhos, São Paulo GRU/SBGR 47,188,085 8.0%
2024 statistics
Rank Airport Location Country Code(IATA/ICAO) Totalpassengers Rankchange %change1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL/KATL 108,067,766 3.3%2. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, Dubai DXB/OMDB 92,331,506 6.1%3. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas DFW/KDFW 87,817,864 7.4%4. Tokyo Haneda Airport Ōta, Tokyo HND/RJTT 85,900,167 1 9.1%5. Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, London LHR/EGLL 83,884,572 1 5.9%6. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN/KDEN 82,358,744 5.8%7. Istanbul Airport Arnavutköy, Istanbul IST/LTFM 80,073,252 5.3%8. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD/KORD 80,043,050 1 8.3%9. Indira Gandhi International Airport Palam, Delhi DEL/VIDP 77,820,834 1 7.8%10. Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong, Shanghai PVG/ZSPD 76,787,039 11 41.0%11. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX/KLAX 76,588,028 3 2.1%12. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong CAN/ZGGG 76,365,092 20.9%13. Seoul Incheon International Airport Jung District, Incheon ICN/RKSI 71,212,515 7 26.6%14. Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France CDG/LFPG 70,290,260 3 4.3%15. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region SIN/WSSS 67,650,000 2 14.8%16. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing PEK/ZBAA 67,367,428 7 27.4%17. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland AMS/EHAM 66,828,759 3 8.0%18. Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Community of Madrid, Barajas MAD/LEMD 66,148,340 3 9.9%19. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York, New York JFK/KJFK 63,265,984 6 1.9%20. Suvarnabhumi AirportBang Phli, Samut Prakan BKK/VTBS 62,234,693 6 20.4%21. Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, Hesse FRA/EDDF 61,564,957 5 3.7%22. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong SZX/ZGSZ 61,477,337 2 16.6%23. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT/KCLT 58,811,725 1 10.0%24. Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS/KLAS 58,447,782 5 1.4%25. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida MCO/KMCO 57,211,628 7 0.9%26. Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang, Selangor KUL/WMKK 57,044,869 9 20.7%27. Miami International Airport Miami-Dade County, Florida MIA/KMIA 55,926,566 2 6.8%28. Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Catalonia, El Prat de Llobregat BCN/LEBL 55,034,955 2 10.3%29. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan TFU/ZUTF 54,905,784 10 22.6%30. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Santacruz-Sahar, Mumbai, Maharashtra BOM/VABB 54,821,000 3 6.3%31. Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Tangerang, Banten CGK/WIII 54,809,500 1 11.7.%32. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, New Territories HKG/VHHH 53,100,000 34.3%33. Hamad International Airport Doha DOH/OTHH 52,714,976 4 14.8%34. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport SeaTac, Washington SEA/KSEA 52,640,716 6 3.4%35. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX/KPHX 52,325,266 2 17.9%36. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California SFO/KSFO 52,288,098 7 4.1%37. Ninoy Aquino International Airport Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila MNL/RPLL 50,100,000 1 10.4%38. Beijing Daxing International Airport Daxing District, Beijing PKX/ZBAD 49,441,029 14 25.5%39. King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah JED/OEJN 49,072,000 3 15.0%40. Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport Fiumicino, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio FCO/LIRF 48,879,000 21.4%41. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR/KEWR 48,853,370 10 0.5%42. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing CKG/ZUCK 48,676,973 1 9.0%43. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH/KIAH 48,448,545 7 4.8%44. Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Hangzhou, Zhejiang HGH/ZSHC 48,053,915 3 16.7%45. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai SHA/ZSSS 47,944,067 2 12.8%46. Kunming Changshui International Airport Kunming, Yunnan KMG/ZPPP 47,178,347 2 12.2%47. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Xi'an, Shaanxi XIY/ZLXY 47,030,407 2 13.7%48. Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario YYZ/CYYZ 46,800,000 8 4.4%49. El Dorado International Airport Bogotá BOG/SKBO 45,802,360 16.0%50. Mexico City International Airport Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City MEX/MMMX 45,359,500 16 6.2%
2023 statistics Source: 2023 report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey