World's busiest airports by traffic movements

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The thirty world's busiest airports by traffic movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). One total movement is a landing or take off of an aircraft.

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[edit] 2007 Preliminary statistics[1]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)		 Total
Movements		 Rank
Change		 Change
1. Flag of the United States Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 994,346 ▬ ▲1.8%
2. Flag of the United States O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 927,834 ▬ ▼3.1%
3. Flag of the United States Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 684,779 ▬ ▼2.0%
4. Flag of the United States Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 681,445 ▬ ▲3.7%
5. Flag of the United States Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 614,169 ▲2 ▲2.8%
6. Flag of the United States McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 609,472 ▼1 ▼1.6%
7. Flag of the United States George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 603,836 ▼1 ▲0.2%
8. Flag of France Charles De Gaulle International Airport Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 552,721 ▲1 ▲2.1%
9. Flag of the United States Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 538,036 ▼1 ▼1.5%
10. Flag of the United States Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 522,541 ▲1 ▲2.5%
11. Flag of the United States Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 498,963 ▼1 ▼3.3%
12. Flag of Germany Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA/EDDF 492,569 ▬ ▲0.6%
13. Flag of Spain Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain MAD/LEMD 483,284 ▲5 ▲11.1%
14. Flag of the United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 481,356 ▬ ▲0.9%
15. Flag of the United States Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 467,230 ▼2 ▼3.0%
16. Flag of the Netherlands Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 454,357 ▲1 ▲3.2%
17. Flag of the United States Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 450,337 ▼2 ▼5.3%
18. Flag of the United States Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 443,952 ▬ ▼0.3%
19. Flag of the United States John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 443,004 ▲11 ▲17.9%
20. Flag of Germany Munich International Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 431,815 ▲1 ▲5.0%
21. Flag of Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 425,513 ▼1 ▲1.8%
22. Flag of the United States Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States SLC/KSLC 414,395 ▼3 ▼0.1%
23. Flag of the People's Republic of China Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 399,986 ▲? ▲6.3%
24. Flag of the United States Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States BOS/KBOS 399,537 ▬ ▼1.6%
25. Flag of the United States Long Beach Airport Long Beach, California, United States LGB/KLGB 398,433 ▲? ▲7.8%
26. Flag of the United States LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States LGA/KLGA 389,492 ▼1 ▼2.5%
27. Flag of the United States Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 386,981 ▲1 ▲0.4%
28. Flag of the United States Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia, United States IAD/KIAD 382,907 ▲1 ▲0.9%
29. Flag of Australia Jandakot Airport Perth, Western Australia, Australia JAD/YPJT 381,724[2] ▼7 ▼6.2%
30. Flag of the United States San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, California, United States SFO/KSFO 379,500 ▲? ▲5.7%

[edit] 2006 final statistics[3]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)		 Total
Movements		 2005
Rank		 Change
1. Flag of the United States Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 976,447 1 ▼0.4%
2. Flag of the United States O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 958,643 2 ▼1.4%
3. Flag of the United States Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 699,773 3 ▼1.7%
4. Flag of the United States Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 656,842 4 ▲1.0%
5. Flag of the United States McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 619,486 ▲2.4%
6. Flag of the United States George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 602,672 ▲7.1%
7. Flag of the United States Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 598,489 ▲6.7%
8. Flag of the United States Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 546,510 ▼3.0%
9. Flag of France Charles De Gaulle International Airport Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 541,566 ▲3.6%
10. Flag of the United States Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 515,869 ▼3.7%
11. Flag of the United States Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 509,559 ▼2.4%
12. Flag of Germany Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA/EDDF 489,406 ▼0.2%
13. Flag of the United States Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 481,740 ▼7.7%
14. Flag of the United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 477,030 ▼0.2%
15. Flag of the United States Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 475,668 ▼10.6%
16. Flag of the United States Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 444,374 ▲1.9%
17. Flag of the Netherlands Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 440,154 ▲4.6%
18. Flag of Spain Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain MAD/LEMD 435,018 ▲4.6%
19. Flag of the United States Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States SLC/KSLC 421,436 ▼7.5%
20. Flag of Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 417,921 ▲2.1%
21. Flag of Germany Munich International Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 411,335 ▲3.1%
22. Flag of Australia Jandakot Airport Perth, Western Australia, Australia JAD/YPJT 407,148[4]
23. Flag of the United States Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States DVT/KDVT 406,507 ▲7.6%
24. Flag of the United States Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States BOS/KBOS 406,119 ▼0.7%
25. Flag of the United States LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States LGA/KLGA 399,827 ▼1.3%
26. Flag of the United States Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys, California, United States VNY/KVNY 394,915 ▼4.0%
27. Flag of the United States Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee, United States MEM/KMEM 384,823 ▼1.9%
28. Flag of the United States Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 384,477 ▲0.8%
29. Flag of the United States Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia, United States IAD/KIAD 379,571 ▼25.5%
30. Flag of the United States John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 378,389 ▲8.2%

[edit] 2005 final statistics

Rank Airport Location Code (IATA) Volume
1 Flag of the United States Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL 980,386 [1]
2 Flag of the United States O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 972,248 [2]
3 Flag of the United States Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport Dallas, Texas DFW 704,865
4 Flag of the United States Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 655,097
5 Flag of the United States Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 560,198
6 Flag of the United States Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 546,763
7 Flag of the United States McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 544,679
8 Flag of the United States Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 541,093
9 Flag of France Charles de Gaulle International Airport Roissy, France CDG 525,660
10 Flag of the United States Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 522,538
11 Flag of the United States Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Hebron, Kentucky CVG 517,520
12 Flag of the United States George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 517,197
13 Flag of the United States Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 486,164
14 Flag of Germany Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Germany FRA 477,475
15 Flag of the United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Hayes, United Kingdom LHR 475,999
16 Flag of the United States Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 469,634
17 Flag of the United States Van Nuys Airport Los Angeles, California VNY 448,681
18 Flag of the United States Newark International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 437,828
19 Flag of the United States Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 427,390
20 Flag of the Netherlands Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands AMS 418,613
21 Flag of the United States Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 411,978
22 Flag of the United States Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 405,258
23 Flag of Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Canada YYZ 403,778
24 Flag of Spain Madrid Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD 401,503
25 Flag of the United States Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 400,864
26 Flag of the United States LaGuardia Airport New York, New York LGA 398,957
27 Flag of the United States Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee MEM 387,968
28 Flag of Germany Munich International Airport Munich, Germany MUC 383,110
29 Flag of the United States Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington SEA 358,894
30 Flag of the United States Orlando Sanford International Airport Orlando, Florida SFB 357,076

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Traffic Movements 2007 PRELIMINARY from Airports Council International
  2. ^ Movements at Australian Airports 2007 Calendar Year Totals (PDF). Airservices Australia (11 February 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  3. ^ Traffic Movements 2006 FINAL from Airports Council International
  4. ^ Movements at Australian Airports 2006 Calendar Year Totals (PDF). Airservices Australia (2 April 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.

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