The 30 biggest airports (if you count the amount of passengers) in 2006 were:
1. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) Atlanta, USA - 84 846 639
2. Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) USA - 77 028 134
3. London Heathrow (LHR) England - 67 530 197
4. Tokyo International Airport (HND) Japan - 65 810 672
5. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - LA, USA - 61 041 066
6. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) - USA - 60 226 138
7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) - France - 56 849 567
8. Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) - Germany - 52 810 683
9. Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) - Beijing, China - 48 654 770
10. Denver International Airport (DEN) - USA - 47 325 016
11. McCarran International Airport (LAS) - Las Vegas, USA - 46 193 329
12. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Holland - 46 065 719
13. Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) - Spain - 45 501 168
14. Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) - China - 43 857 908
15. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) - New York, USA - 43 762 282
16. Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) - Bangkok, Thailand - 42 799 532
17. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) - Houston, USA - 42 550 432
18. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) - USA - 41 436 737
19. Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) - New Yersey/New York, USA - 36 724 167
20. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) - USA - 35 972 673
21. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) - Minnesota, USA - 35 612 133
22. Changi Airport (SIN) - Singapore - 35 033 083
23. Tokyo Narita (NRT) - Japan - 34 975 225
24. Orlando International Airport (MCO) - USA - 34 640 451
25. London Gatwick Airport (LGW) - England - 34 172 492
26. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) - USA - 33 574 807
27. Miami International Airport (MIA) - USA - 32 533 974
28. Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) - USA - 31 768 272
29. Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) - Canada - 30 972 577
30. Munich International Airport (MUC) - Germany - 30 757 978
If you only look at international passengers, the results were:
1. London Heathrow (LHR) England - 61 348 340
2. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) - France - 51 888 936
3. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Holland - 45 940 939
4. Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) - Germany - 45 697 176
5. Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) - China - 43 274 765
6. Tokyo Narita (NRT) - Japan - 33 860 094
7. Changi Airport (SIN) - Singapore 33 368 099
8. London Gatwick Airport (LGW) - England - 30 016 837
9. Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) - Bangkok, Thailand - 29 587 773
10. Dubai International Airport (DXB) United Arab Emirates 27 925 522
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November 24, 2007 at
jimmytomato
Great Post!
I’ve always wondered about this and I’m quite surprised that Atlanta is No. 1 and JFK is at 15??
Cheers,
Jim
November 25, 2007 at
Raph
Malaysia’s KLIA should be in there though.
November 25, 2007 at
Erica Johansson
Thanks Jim. I was quite surprised about that too actually, thought JFK was going to be much higher up on the list.
Raph, I just read KLIA has about 15-25 million passengers a year, so it’s not among the 30 biggest. But it might be the best because it was voted as the world’s best airport two years in a row!
November 28, 2007 at
Raph
Really? Oh wow.
Any links to this?
Cheers!
November 28, 2007 at
Erica Johansson
I read it on their website at http://www.klia.com.my/
November 30, 2007 at
rome
Very interesting. I thought to find in this list the airport of Rome (Italy). But no. This is also due to the crisis of Alitalia, the Italian national airline.
The Alitalia crisis has two factors:
- The first is a lack of a clear corporate strategy to relaunch the company.
- The second factor responsible for the crisis is the divisions within the government (the main shareholder in Alitalia) regarding the measures to be taken.
Alitalia probably will be sold to a foreign company, and I am a little sad, I am Italian, from Rome …ciao!
December 27, 2007 at
Laurentiu
Congratulations Erica !!!
For me your Top is a start point.
Please help me with aditional informations ( if you wish and can ).
Thankyou anyway & all the best.
December 27, 2007 at
Erica Johansson
Laurentiu,
If I should help, you need to say what kind of additional information you are looking for.
January 16, 2008 at
kaki ampu
But i stiil luv KLIA Sepang in Kuala Lumpur. It very different. To me KLIA was the best airport in the world…i swear!
January 18, 2008 at
tomal
i realy srprise that, there is no place for riyad & dubai airports in top 10..how come? i think the person did this research never been to riyad or dubai airport.its realy surprising…
January 18, 2008 at
Erica Johansson
tomal,
As you can see in the international passengers list, Dubai is on the 10th place.
Riyadh Airport’s yearly amount of passenger is only a 7-figure number. The airports among the top 30 all have an 8-figure number. Facts about Riyadh Airport can be found at http://www.azworldairports.com/cfm/frame.cfm?src=http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/p2390ruh.htm
January 20, 2008 at
Manchester gaz
I Must admit im a bit dissapointed that manchester Airport is nowhere to be seen, but not suprised as it is the UKs second city.
That rate its growing at, it will work its way on the top 30.
January 20, 2008 at
Magdalene Ngina
I recently had my first exposure to a large airport Amsterdam and it was big the travelers were many and it was really confusing especially for me coming all the way from Africa.