List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
Rank Airport Location Code ( IATA/ICAO ) Total movements Rank Change Change
1 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta , Georgia , United States ATL/KATL 970,235 0.8%
2 O'Hare International Airport Chicago , Illinois , United States ORD/KORD 827,899 6.1%
3 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Coppell , Euless , Grapevine , and Irving , Texas , United States DFW/KDFW 638,782 2.7%
4 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles , California , United States LAX/KLAX 634,383 1.9%
5 Denver International Airport Denver , Colorado , United States DEN/KDEN 607,019 2.0%
6 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston , Texas , United States IAH/KIAH 538,168 1 6.6%
7 Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Seine-et-Marne , Seine-Saint-Denis , Val-d'Oise , Île-de-France , France CDG/LFPG 525,314 1 7.2%
8 McCarran International Airport Paradise , Nevada , United States LAS/KLAS 511,064 2 11.7%
9 Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte , North Carolina , United States CLT/KCLT 509,448 5.0%
10 Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang - Shunyi , Beijing , China PEK/ZBAA 488,505 11 13.2%
11 Philadelphia International Airport Eastwick , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States PHL/KPHL 472,668 3.9%
12 London Heathrow Airport Hayes , Hillingdon , Greater London , United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 466,393 1 2.6%
13 Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt , Hessen , Germany FRA/EDDF 463,111 1 4.7%
14 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix , Arizona , United States PHX/KPHX 457,207 4 9.0%
15 Barajas Airport Barajas , Madrid , Madrid , Spain MAD/LEMD 435,179 1 7.4%
16 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus , Michigan , United States DTW/KDTW 432,589 1 6.5%
17 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Fort Snelling , Minnesota , United States MSP/KMSP 432,395 1 3.9%
18 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens , New York City , New York , United States JFK/KJFK 416,945 5.5%
19 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark , Elizabeth , New Jersey , United States EWR/KEWR 411,607 5.3%
20 Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga , Ontario , Canada YYZ/CYYZ 407,352 2 5.4%
2009 final statistics
The thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). A movement is a landing or takeoff of an aircraft.