This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.
The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and normally originates from national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator or international civil aviation authorities. Data for Iranian airports is accumulated based on Solar Hijri calendar as presented by Civil Aviation Authority of Islamic Republic of Iran and Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC).
2025 statistics 2025 data is being updated as not all airports and state regulatory entities have disclosed the statistic yet.
RankAirportCity servedCountryCode(IATA/ICAO)TotalpassengersRankchange%change1. Dubai International Airport DubaiDXB/OMDB95,200,000 3.1%2. Istanbul AirportIstanbul IST/LTFM84,457,4215.0%3. Hamad International AirportDoha DOH/OTHH54,300,0003.0%4. King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah JED/OEJN53,400,0008.8%5. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul SAW/LTFJ48,420,75716.8%6. King Khalid International AirportRiyadh RUH/OERK40,700,00018.3%7. Antalya AirportAntalya AYT/LTAI 39,160,49112.7%8. Zayed International AirportAbu Dhabi AUH/OMAA32,300,0007.1%9. Cairo International AirportCairo CAI/HECA30,944,2696.8%10. Sharjah International AirportSharjah SHJ/OMSJ19,480,00013.9%11 Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv TLV/LLBG19,160,160131.8%12. Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KWI/OKKK 15,412,95610.2%13. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara ESB/LTAC 13,987,298 18.3%14. King Fahd International AirportDammam DMM/OEDF 13,700,000 7.0%15. Muscat International Airport Muscat MCT/OOMS 13,200,00012.3%16. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir ADB/LTBJ 12,660,080110.0%17. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina MED/OEMA 11,891,85519.0%18. Hurghada International AirportHurghadaHRG/HEGN11,425,529118.5%19. Mehrabad International AirportTehran THR/OIII10,500,000623.6%20. Larnaca International AirportLarnaca LCA/LCLK9,914,092 214.8%21. Queen Alia International Airport Amman AMM/OJAI 9,780,00011.2%22. Bahrain International AirportMuharraq BAH/OBBI9,740,00024.2%23. Sharm El Sheikh International AirportSharm El Sheikh SSH/HESH 9,046,690232.3%24. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad MHD/OIMM7,360,000112.7%25. Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IKA/OIIETBU1TBU26. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut BEY/OLBA7,000,000124.6%27. Dalaman Airport Dalaman DLM/LTBS 5,638,02510.1%28. Çukurova International Airport Adana / Mersin COV/LTDB 5,401,952180.1% Data for Iranian airports is of year 1404 of Solar Hijri calendar.
2024 statistics RankAirportCity servedCountryCode(IATA/ICAO)TotalpassengersRankchange%change1. Dubai International Airport DubaiDXB/OMDB92,300,0006.2%2. Istanbul AirportIstanbul IST/LTFM80,430,7403.9%3. Hamad International AirportDoha DOH/OTHH52,700,00014.8%4. King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah JED/OEJN49,100,00015.0%5. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul SAW/LTFJ41,449,04412.0%6. Antalya AirportAntalya AYT/LTAI38,133,2737.3%7. King Khalid International AirportRiyadh RUH/OERK37,000,00017.8%8. Zayed International AirportAbu Dhabi AUH/OMAA29,400,000128.1%9. Cairo International AirportCairo CAI/HECA28,970,000111.4%10. Sharjah International AirportSharjah SHJ/OMSJ17,101,725211.4%11. Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KWI/OKKK 15,384,590 1.5%12 David Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv TLV/LLBG13,879,490234.2%13. Mehrabad International AirportTehran THR/OIII13,750,000111.3%14. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara ESB/LTAC 12,913,75317.5%15. Muscat International Airport Muscat MCT/OOMS 12,899,82922.4%16. King Fahd International AirportDammam DMM/OEDF12,800,00017.4%17. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir ADB/LTBJ 11,507,2969.1%18. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina MED/OEMA 10,912,802115.8%19. Hurghada International AirportHurghadaHRG/HEGN9,636,68929.6%20. Bahrain International AirportMuharraq BAH/OBBI9,350,0008.0%21. Queen Alia International Airport Amman AMM/OJAI 8,798,59527.4%22. Larnaca International AirportLarnaca LCA/LCLK8,661,3546.9%23. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad MHD/OIMM8,420,000219.0%24. Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IKA/OIIE7,429,391119.6%25. Sharm El Sheikh International AirportSharm El Sheikh SSH/HESH 6,837,007114.2%26. Dalaman Airport Dalaman DLM/LTBS 5,637,06717.9%27. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut BEY/OLBA5,620,000420.8% Data for Iranian airports is of year 1403 of Solar Hijri calendar.
2023 statistics
RankAirportCity servedCountryCode(IATA/ICAO)TotalpassengersRankchange%change1. Dubai International Airport DubaiDXB/OMDB86,900,00031.7%2. Istanbul AirportIstanbul IST/LTFM76,011,907 18.2%3. Hamad International AirportDoha DOH/OTHH45,916,10425.8%4. King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah JED/OEJN42,700,00034.9%5. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul SAW/LTFJ36,825,424120.5%6. Antalya AirportAntalya AYT/LTAI35,664,138114.2%7. King Khalid International AirportRiyadh RUH/OERK31,409,00010.3%8. Cairo International AirportCairo CAI/HECA26,000,00029.9%9. Abu Dhabi International AirportAbu Dhabi AUH/OMAA22,935,316147.6%10 David Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv TLV/LLBG21,088,23719.7%11. Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KWI/OKKK 15,616,8008.0%12. Sharjah International AirportSharjah SHJ/OMSJ15,356,21217.7%13. Muscat International Airport Muscat MCT/OOMS 12,600,000446.5%14. Mehrabad International AirportTehran THR/OIII12,355,29610.6%15. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara ESB/LTAC 11,950,940137.3%16. King Fahd International AirportDammam DMM/OEDF10,900,00029.0%17. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir ADB/LTBJ 10,556,19928.7%18. Queen Alia International Airport Amman AMM/OJAI 9,500,00021.2%19. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina MED/OEMA 9,423,410348.6%20. Bahrain International AirportMuharraq BAH/OBBI8,700,00026.1%21. Hurghada International AirportHurghada HRG/HEGN8,700,000221.4%22. Larnaca International AirportLarnaca LCA/LCLK8,100,000234.2%23. Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IKA/OIIE7,429,39119.6%24. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut BEY/OLBA7,100,000211.8%25. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad MHD/OIMM7,074.81618.5%26. Sharm El Sheikh International AirportSharm El Sheikh SSH/HESH5,900,00031.1%27. Dalaman Airport Dalaman DLM/LTBS 5,235,55816.0% Data for Iranian airports is of year 1402 of Solar Hijri calendar.
2022 statistics RankAirportCity servedCountryCode(IATA/ICAO)TotalpassengersRankchange%change1. Dubai International Airport DubaiDXB/OMDB66,069,9811127.0%2. Istanbul AirportIstanbul IST/LTFM64,518,073173.5%3. Hamad International AirportDoha DOH/OTHH35,730,4823101.8%4. King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah JED/OEJN31,648,3243134.6%5. Antalya AirportAntalya AYT/LTAI31,108,181141.3%6. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul SAW/LTFJ30,737,854323.4%7. King Khalid International AirportRiyadh RUH/OERK26,299,612263.5%8. Cairo International AirportCairo CAI/HECA20,009,336TBU76.4%9. David Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv TLV/LLBG20,008,532TBU197.8%10. Abu Dhabi International AirportAbu Dhabi AUH/OMAA15,540,000TBU202.0%11. Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KWI/OKKK 14,460,000TBU306.1%12. Sharjah International AirportSharjah SHJ/OMSJ13,000,000TBU84.7%13. Mehrabad International AirportTehran THR/OIII12,430,000TBU13.0%14. King Fahd International AirportDammam DMM/OEDF10,000,000TBU66.7%15. İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir ADB/LTBJ 9,834,578TBU29.9%16. Ankara Esenboğa Airport Ankara ESB/LTAC 8,679,594TBU23.5%17. Muscat International Airport Muscat MCT/OOMS 8,600,000 TBU132.0%18. Queen Alia International Airport Amman AMM/OJAI 7,837,501 TBU71.9%19. Hurghada International AirportHurghada HRG/HEGN7,164,088TBU46.0%20. Bahrain International AirportManama BAH/OBBI6,900,000TBU127.5%21. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut BEY/OLBA6,349,799TBU47.0%22. Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina MED/OEMA 6,340,684TBU24.4%23. Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IKA/OIIE6,211,927TBU205.0%24. Larnaca International AirportLarnaca LCA/LCLK6,037,133TBU68.1%25. Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad MHD/OIMM5,970,000TBUTBU
See also Busiest Airports by Country List of the busiest airports in Iran List of the busiest airports in Israel List of the busiest airports in Turkey
Busiest Airports by Region List of the busiest airports in the world List of the busiest airports in Africa List of the busiest airports in Asia List of the busiest airports in Europe
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References
External links JetPunk Quiz featuring busiest airports in the Middle East