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

Contents
1 2010 year-to-date statistics
2 2008 preliminary statistics (January to December 2008)
3 2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)
4 2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)
5 Notes
6 References
7 See also

2010 year-to-date statistics
Airports Council International's year-to-date (April) figures are as follows.[1]

Rank

Airport

Location

Code
Total
Rank
(IATA/ICAO) Passengers Change

%
Change

1.

London Heathrow
Airport

Hillingdon, Greater London, England,
United Kingdom

LHR/EGLL

17,671,170

▼3.8%

2.

Hong Kong
International Airport

Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong
Kong, People's Republic of China

HKG/VHHH

15,821,000

▲5.0%

3.

Paris Charles de
Gaulle Airport

Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-deFrance, France

CDG/LFPG

15,258,984

▼4.9%

4.

Dubai International
Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Airport

DXB/OMDB

14,953,034

▲19.3%

Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt,
FRA/EDDF
Hesse, Germany

12,912,363

▼1.7%

Changi, East Region, Singapore

SIN/WSSS

12,869,981

▲16.1%

AMS/EHAM

12,263,719

▼1.9%

BKK/VTBS

11,275,119

▲15.7%

NRT/RJAA

10,582,537

▲6.6%

10,528,477

▲15.0%

5.

Frankfurt Airport

6.

Singapore Changi
Airport

7.

Amsterdam Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland,
Netherlands
Schiphol

8.

Suvarnabhumi
Airport

9.

Narita International Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan
Airport

10.

Incheon
International Airport

Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan,
Greater Bangkok, Thailand

Jung-gu, Incheon, Sudogwon, South Korea ICN/RKSI

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11.

Madrid-Barajas
Airport

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

MAD/LEMD

9,050,216

▲3.1%

12.

Taoyuan
International Airport

Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of
China

TPE/RCTP

7,488,395

▲20.0%

13.

London Gatwick
Airport

Crawley, West Sussex, South East
England, England, United Kingdom

LGW/EGKK

7,367,413

▼5.4%

14.

Kuala Lumpur
International Airport

Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

KUL/WMKK

7,253,914

▲27.7%

15.

Munich Airport

Oberding/Hallbergmoos/Marzling,
Erding/Freising, Bavaria, Germany

MUC/EDDM

6,782,898

▲0.7%

16.

John F. Kennedy
International Airport

Queens, New York City, New York,
United States

JFK/KJFK

6,471,275

▲2.0%

17.

Leonardo da Vinci
Airport

Fiumicino, Rome, Italy

FCO/LIRF

6,357,685

▲10.6%

18.

Zürich Airport

Kloten/Rümlang/Oberglatt,
Bülach/Dielsdorf, Zürich, Switzerland

ZRH/LSZH

6,293,143

▲1.5%

19.

Toronto Pearson
International Airport

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

YYZ/CYYZ

6,264,172

▲3.1%

20.

Atatürk
International Airport

Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey

IST/LTBA

5,792,230

▲15.1%

21.

Miami International Miami-Dade County, Florida, United
States
Airport

MIA/KMIA

5,416,983

▲3.1%

22.

Copenhagen
Airport

Kastrup, Tårnby Hovedstaden, Denmark

CPH/EKCH

5,171,220

▲0.7%

23.

Vienna
International Airport

Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung, Lower
Austria, Austria

VIE/LOWW

5,044,843

▲1.9%

24.

Malpensa Airport

Somma Lombardo, Varese, Lombardy,
Italy

MXP/LIMC

5,021,024

▲ 2.2%

25.

Dublin Airport

Fingal, Dublin, Leinster, Republic of
Ireland

DUB/EIDW

4,956,590

▼18.3%

26.

Los Angeles
International Airport

Los Angeles, California, United States

LAX/KLAX

4,888,693

▲7.0%

27.

London Stansted
Airport

Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, East of
England, England, United Kingdom

STN/EGSS

4,629,146

▼10.6%

28.

Brussels Airport

Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders,
Belgium

BRU/EBBR

4,500,294

▼5.2%

29.

Barcelona Airport

El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain

BCN/LEBL

4,460,408

▼0.9%

30.

Paris-Orly Airport Orly/Villeneuve-le-Roi, Paris, France

ORY/LFPO

4,253,415

▼1.7%

2008 preliminary statistics (January to December 2008)
Rank

Airport

Location

Total
passengers

Rank
Change

%
Change

London

61,345,518

▬

▼ 1.2%

55,804,279

▬

▲ 1.6%

1.

London Heathrow Airport

2.

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris

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▼ 0.7%

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong 47,201,000

▲1

▲ 2.0%

5.

Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt

46,707,577

▼1

▼ 0.8%

6.

Dubai International Airport

Dubai

36,592,307

▲2

▲ 9.3%

7.

Singapore Changi Airport

Singapore

36,288,050

▼1

▲ 3.0%

8.

Narita International Airport

Tokyo

32,343,590

▼1

▼ 5.5%

9.

London Gatwick Airport

London

30,433,810

▲1

▼ 2.3%

10.

Barajas Airport

Madrid

30,135,120

▲2

▲ 2.7%

3.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

4.

Amsterdam 47,349,319

2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)
Rank
1.

Location
London Heathrow Airport London, United Kingdom

Code
Total
%
(IATA) Passengers Change
LHR

61,348,340 ▲ 0.6%

2.

Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Airport

Paris, France

CDG

51,888,936 ▲ 6.2%

3.

Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

AMS

45,940,939 ▲ 4.4%

Frankfurt, Germany

FRA

45,697,176 ▲ 1.9%

4.

Frankfurt Airport

5.

Hong Kong International
Airport

New Territories, Hong Kong

HKG

43,274,765 ▲ 8.7%

6.

Narita International
Airport

Narita, Greater Tokyo, Japan

NRT

33,860,094

▲
25.3%

7.

Singapore Changi Airport Changi, Singapore

SIN

33,368,099 ▲ 8.6%

8.

London Gatwick Airport

West Sussex, United Kingdom

LGW

30,016,837 ▲ 4.4%

9.

Suvarnabhumi Airport[2]

Samut Prakan, Thailand

BKK

29,587,773

▲
10.3%

▲

10.

Dubai International
Airport

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DXB

27,925,522

11.

Seoul Incheon
International Airport

Incheon, South Korea

ICN

27,661,598 ▲ 8.1%

Barajas, Madrid, Spain

MAD

24,828,627

Sepang, Malaysia

KUL

24,570,385 ▲ 5.9%

Munich, Germany

MUC

21,390,900 ▲ 9.6%

Istanbul, Turkey

IST

21,265,974 ▲ 10%

12.
13.
14.
15.

Barajas Airport
Kuala Lumpur
International Airport
Munich Airport
Istanbul Ataturk
Airport[3]

16.7%

▲
10.6%

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17.
18.
19.

London Stansted Airport
Taiwan Taoyuan
International Airport
Dublin Airport
John F. Kennedy
International Airport

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Essex, United Kingdom

STN

20,972,291 ▲ 8.4%

Taoyuan, Taiwan

TPE

20,285,388 ▲ 5.6%

Dublin, Ireland

DUB

20,271,485

New York City, United States

JFK

19,606,958 ▲ 4.4%

▲
14.6%

20.

Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen, Denmark

CPH

18,898,625 ▲ 3.9%

21.

Malpensa Airport

Milan, Italy

MXP

18,654,497 ▲ 3.9%

22.

Manchester Airport

Greater Manchester, United
Kingdom

MAN

18,596,505 ▼ 0.5%

23.

Zürich Airport

Zürich, Switzerland

ZRH

18,444,894 ▲ 8.0%

24.

Toronto Pearson
International Airport

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

YYZ

17,210,155 ▲ 1.2%

25.

Leonardo da Vinci
Airport

Rome, Lazio, Italy

FCO

17,165,932 ▲ 6.4%

26.

Los Angeles International Westchester, Los Angeles,
Airport
California, United States

LAX

16,917,381 ▼ 3.3%

Zaventem, Brussels, Belgium

BRU

16,571,064 ▲ 3.1%

27.

Brussels Airport

28.

Vienna International
Airport

Vienna, Austria

VIE

16,218,828 ▲ 6.3%

29.

Shanghai Pudong
International Airport

Shanghai, China

PVG

16,073,367

30.

Son Sant Joan Airport

Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands,
PMI
Spain

▲
10.4%

16,039,187 ▲ 5.3%

2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)
Rank

Airport

Location

Code
Total
%
(IATA) Passengers Change

1.

London Heathrow
Airport

Hillingdon, Greater London, United
Kingdom

LHR

60,964,323 ▲ 1.5%

2.

Paris-Charles de
Gaulle Airport

Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/ValCDG
d'Oise, Île-de-France, France

48,551,870 ▲ 5.0%

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

FRA

44,756,469 ▲ 3.2%

3.

Frankfurt Airport

4.

Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol

Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The
Netherlands

AMS

43,881,540 ▲ 4.0%

5.

Hong Kong
International Airport

New Territories, Hong Kong

HKG

39,593,000

▲
10.2%

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6.

Singapore Changi
Airport

Changi, East Region, Singapore

SIN

30,577,724 ▲ 7.8%

7.

London Gatwick
Airport

Crawley, West Sussex, South East,
England, United Kingdom

LGW

28,710,566 ▲ 5.2%

8.

Narita International
Airport

Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan

NRT

27,115,822 ▲ 2.4%

9.

Bangkok
International Airport

Bangkok, Thailand

BKK

26,768,772 ▲ 4.5%

10.

Incheon International
Incheon, South Korea
Airport

ICN

25,541,362 ▲ 9.0%

11.

Dubai International
Airport

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DXB

23,607,507

12.

Barajas Airport

Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous
community), Spain

MAD

22,107,466

13.

Munich Airport

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria,
Germany

MUC

19,405,560 ▲ 8.3%

▲
15.9%

▲
10.6%

14.

Istanbul Ataturk
Airport[4]

Istanbul, Turkey

IST

19,293,769 ▲ 10%

15.

London Stansted
Airport

Uttlesford, Essex, East, England,
United Kingdom

STN

19,257,502 ▲ 6.6%

16.

Chiang Kai-shek
International Airport

Taoyuan, Taiwan

TPE

19,158,638 ▲ 9.0%

Greater Manchester, North West,
England, United Kingdom

MAN

18,690,695 ▲ 6.1%

Queens, New York City, New York,
United States

JFK

18,534,215 ▲ 7.1%

17.
18.

Manchester Airport
John F. Kennedy
International Airport

19.

Copenhagen Airport Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark

CPH

17,964,538 ▲ 5.0%

20.

Dublin Airport

Fingal, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

DUB

17,571,677 ▲ 8.0%

Westchester, Los Angeles, California,
United States

LAX

17,469,927 ▲ 6.6%

Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland

ZRH

17,265,955 ▲3.9%

21.
22.

Los Angeles
International Airport
Zürich Airport

23.

Toronto Pearson
International Airport

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

YYZ

16,972,867 ▲ 6.7%

24.

Leonardo da Vinci
Airport

Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy

FCO

16,527,016 ▲ 6.9%

25.

Malpensa Airport

Varese, Lombardy, Italy

MXP

16,199,824 ▲ 8.8%

26.

Brussels Airport

Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders,
Belgium

BRU

16,060,407 ▲ 3.6%

27.

Antalya Airport

Antalya, Turkey

AYT

15,864,863

▲
13.8%

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28.

Son Sant Joan
Airport

29.

Vienna International
Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria
Airport

VIE

15,172,072 ▲ 7.6%

30.

Shanghai Pudong
International Airport

PVG

14,542,233

Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain PMI

Shanghai, People's Republic of China

15,250,975 ▲ 4.3%

▲
16.2%

Notes
1. ^ 2010 Year-to-date International Passenger Traffic (as of April 2010) (http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common
/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-212-1376-1379_666_2__)
2. ^ Includes figures for Don Mueang International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006.
3. ^ Includes figures for Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Antalya Airport for 2006, http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/dosyalar
/istatistik/2006/2006tum/2006yolcu.pdf
4. ^ Includes figures for Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Antalya Airport for 2005, http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/dosyalar
/istatistik/2006/2006tum/2006yolcu.pdf

References
International Passenger Traffic, Airports Council International (http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci/display
/main/aci_content.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-212-1376-1380_9_2__)
"Airports Welcome Record 4.8 Billion Passengers in 2007". Airports Council International.
(http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&
cp=1-5-54_666_2__)

See also
Airport of entry
World's busiest airport
World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
World's busiest airports by traffic movements
World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
Busiest airports in the Republic of Ireland by total passenger traffic
US busiest airports by international passenger traffic
Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic
List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
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