Where are the world’s busiest airports?
The furore over Heathrow‘s immigration wait times has shone a light on the huge numbers of people flying into what is the world’s third busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers.
Airports Council International compiles data for every airport in the world – and this shows exactly how busy they are. ACI has allowed us to publish its preliminary figures for that top 100 – before they’ve been officially released. This is how they look.
3.2bn passengers went through the world’s top 100 airports in 2011, 998m of them in Europe and another 989m in North America.
The world’s very biggest airports have seen big increases in passengers: Heathrow is up 5.1%, Atlanta (the world’s biggest) is up 3.3% and Beijing is up 4.5%.
The biggest increases came in the new global powerhouses: New Delhi (up 17.8% to 34.7m passengers), Rio (up 17%) up Xiamen in China (up 15.9%).
The figures reflect the state of the world’s economic problems too, with 13 of the top 100 airports seeing decreases in passengers, with Tokyo down 20.5%, Athens down 6.7%, followed by two more Japanese airports. London Stansted is down too, according to the data – by 2.9% to 18m passengers
But despite the recession, Europe’s airport have gone up by an average of 7.4%, compared to a top 100 average change of 5.1%
Thanks to ACI, you can get the full data below. What can you do with it?
Data summary
The world’s top 100 airports
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SOURCE: AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL
1
Americas
ATLANTA GA, US (ATL)
92,365,860
89,292,748
3.3
2
Asia/Pacific
BEIJING, CN (PEK)
77,403,668
73,913,402
4.5
3
Europe
LONDON, GB (LHR)
69,433,565
65,884,143
5.1
4
Americas
CHICAGO IL, US (ORD)
66,561,023
66,904,971
-0.5
5
Asia/Pacific
TOKYO, JP (HND)
62,263,025
64,117,894
-3.0
6
Americas
LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX)
61,848,449
58,995,672
4.6
7
Europe
PARIS, FR (CDG)
60,970,551
58,166,563
4.6
8
Americas
DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW)
57,806,152
56,905,066
1.6
9
Europe
FRANKFURT, DE (FRA)
56,436,255
53,009,221
6.1
10
Asia/Pacific
HONG KONG, HK (HKG)
53,314,213
50,359,536
5.5
11
Americas
DENVER CO, US (DEN)
52,699,298
52,209,203
0.9
12
Middle East
DUBAI, AE (DXB)
50,977,960
47,180,628
7.4
13
Asia/Pacific
JAKARTA, ID (CGK)
50,446,618
43,981,022
14.7
14
Europe
AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS)
49,754,910
45,211,749
9.1
15
Europe
MADRID, ES (MAD)
49,644,302
49,842,726
-0.4
16
Asia/Pacific
BANGKOK, TH (BKK)
47,910,744
42,784,967
10.7
17
Americas
NEW YORK NY, US (JFK)
47,854,283
46,493,667
2.8
18
Asia/Pacific
SINGAPORE, SG (SIN)
46,543,845
42,038,777
9.7
19
Asia/Pacific
GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN)
45,400,156
40,975,253
9.7
20
Americas
LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS)
41,479,572
39,757,359
4.2
21
Asia/Pacific
SHANGHAI, CN (PVG)
41,450,211
40,387,640
2.6
22
Americas
SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO)
40,907,389
39,254,110
4.0
23
Americas
PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX)
40,565,677
38,552,409
5.0
24
Americas
HOUSTON TX, US (IAH)
40,170,844
40,475,669
-0.8
25
Americas
CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT)
39,043,708
38,143,078
2.3
26
Americas
MIAMI FL, US (MIA)
38,314,389
35,698,025
6.8
27
Europe
MUNICH, DE (MUC)
37,763,701
34,721,605
8.1
28
Asia/Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR, MY (KUL)
37,670,586
34,087,636
9.5
29
Europe
ROME, IT (FCO)
37,651,222
36,227,778
3.8
30
Europe
ISTANBUL, TR (IST)
37,398,221
32,165,817
14.0
31
Asia/Pacific
SYDNEY, AU (SYD)
36,022,614
35,992,172
0.1
32
Americas
ORLANDO FL, US (MCO)
35,356,991
34,877,507
1.4
33
Asia/Pacific
INCHEON, KR (ICN)
35,191,825
33,605,579
4.5
34
Asia/Pacific
NEW DELHI, IN (DEL)
34,729,467
28,531,607
17.8
35
Europe
BARCELONA, ES (BCN)
34,387,597
29,197,135
15.1
36
Europe
LONDON, GB (LGW)
33,668,048
31,378,644
6.8
37
Americas
NEWARK NJ, US (EWR)
33,577,154
33,133,852
1.3
38
Americas
TORONTO ON, CA (YYZ)
33,434,199
31,937,895
4.5
39
Asia/Pacific
SHANGHAI, CN (SHA)
33,112,442
31,298,812
5.5
40
Americas
MINNEAPOLIS MN, US (MSP)
33,074,443
32,749,649
1.0
41
Americas
SEATTLE WA, US (SEA)
32,820,060
31,553,166
3.9
42
Americas
DETROIT MI, US (DTW)
32,419,181
32,377,064
0.1
43
Americas
PHILADELPHIA PA, US (PHL)
30,839,130
30,775,271
0.2
44
Asia/Pacific
MUMBAI, IN (BOM)
30,439,122
28,137,797
7.6
45
Americas
SÃO PAULO, BR (GRU)
30,371,131
27,432,346
9.7
46
Asia/Pacific
MANILA, PH (MNL)
29,551,394
27,148,724
8.1
47
Asia/Pacific
CHENGDU, CN (CTU)
29,073,990
25,805,815
11.2
48
Americas
BOSTON MA, US (BOS)
28,866,313
27,429,152
5.0
49
Asia/Pacific
SHENZHEN, CN (SZX)
28,245,745
26,713,610
5.4
50
Asia/Pacific
MELBOURNE, AU (MEL)
28,060,111
27,731,252
1.2
51
Asia/Pacific
TOKYO, JP (NRT)
28,055,772
33,815,906
-20.5
52
Europe
PARIS, FR (ORY)
27,139,076
25,203,787
7.1
53
Americas
MEXICO CITY, MX (MEX)
26,368,861
24,130,535
8.5
54
Europe
MOSCOW, RU (DME)
25,701,610
22,253,529
13.4
55
Europe
ANTALYA, TR (AYT)
25,183,142
21,857,524
13.2
56
Asia/Pacific
TAIPEI, TW (TPE)
24,947,551
25,114,413
-0.7
57
Europe
ZURICH, CH (ZRH)
24,283,941
22,826,942
6.0
58
Americas
NEW YORK NY, US (LGA)
24,028,400
23,980,687
0.2
59
Americas
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, US (FLL)
23,348,804
22,406,810
4.0
60
Americas
WASHINGTON, DC, US (IAD)
23,056,291
23,447,177
-1.7
61
Europe
PALMA DE MALLORCA, ES (PMI)
22,723,837
21,110,092
7.1
62
Europe
COPENHAGEN, DK (CPH)
22,673,477
21,452,464
5.4
63
Europe
MOSCOW, RU (SVO)
22,555,309
19,329,185
14.3
64
Americas
BALTIMORE MD, US (BWI)
22,395,638
21,951,650
2.0
65
Asia/Pacific
KUNMING, CN (KMG)
22,272,776
20,194,754
9.3
66
Europe
VIENNA, AT (VIE)
21,106,330
19,691,206
6.7
67
Europe
OSLO, NO (OSL)
21,092,873
19,091,113
9.5
68
Middle East
JEDDAH, SA (JED)
20,929,686
17,913,975
14.4
69
Asia/Pacific
BRISBANE, AU (BNE)
20,589,207
20,020,966
2.8
70
Americas
SALT LAKE CITY UT, US (SLC)
20,440,913
20,987,646
-2.7
71
Europe
DÜSSELDORF, DE (DUS)
20,339,466
18,988,489
6.6
72
Europe
BOGOTA, CO (BOG)
20,327,901
18,827,118
7.4
73
Europe
MILAN, IT (MXP)
19,291,427
18,947,808
1.8
74
Africa
JOHANNESBURG, ZA (JNB)
19,114,384
18,565,250
2.9
75
Europe
STOCKHOLM, SE (ARN)
19,088,363
16,988,614
11.0
76
Europe
MANCHESTER, GB (MAN)
18,991,503
17,873,023
5.9
77
Americas
CHICAGO IL, US (MDW)
18,882,549
17,647,771
6.5
78
Americas
WASHINGTON DC, US (DCA)
18,811,335
18,105,802
3.8
79
Europe
BRUSSELS, BE (BRU)
18,756,885
17,149,416
8.6
80
Europe
DUBLIN, IE (DUB)
18,735,944
18,431,678
1.6
81
Asia/Pacific
SEOUL, KR (GMP)
18,513,982
17,575,244
5.1
82
Middle East
DOHA, QA (DOH)
18,202,649
15,863,292
12.9
83
Europe
LONDON, GB (STN)
18,046,777
18,574,204
-2.9
84
Asia/Pacific
HANGZHOU, CN (HGH)
17,512,034
17,068,585
2.5
85
Asia/Pacific
JEJU, KR (CJU)
17,202,278
15,724,770
8.6
86
Americas
VANCOUVER BC, CA (YVR)
17,193,080
16,926,870
1.5
87
Europe
BERLIN, DE (TXL)
16,919,820
15,025,600
11.2
88
Americas
SAN DIEGO CA, US (SAN)
16,836,027
16,901,322
-0.4
89
Americas
TAMPA FL, US (TPA)
16,732,051
16,645,765
0.5
90
Americas
SÃO PAULO, BR (CGH)
16,687,731
15,441,789
7.5
91
Americas
BRASILIA, BR (BSB)
15,801,122
14,824,113
6.2
92
Asia/Pacific
SAPPORO, JP (CTS)
15,773,073
16,745,235
-6.2
93
Asia/Pacific
XIAMEN, CN (XMN)
15,753,183
13,248,367
15.9
94
Middle East
RIYADH, SA (RUH)
15,432,950
14,136,837
8.4
95
Asia/Pacific
FUKUOKA, JP (FUK)
15,431,078
16,404,617
-6.3
96
Americas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BR (GIG)
15,184,350
12,605,637
17.0
97
Europe
HELSINKI, FI (HEL)
14,851,675
12,866,036
13.4
98
Europe
LISBON, PT (LIS)
14,791,260
14,058,751
5.0
99
Europe
ATHENS, GR (ATH)
14,428,032
15,390,156
-6.7
100
Asia/Pacific
AUCKLAND, NZ (AKL)
14,012,329
13,705,116
2.2
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