List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank Airport Location Country Code ( IATA/ICAO ) Total passengers Rank Change % change
1 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta , Georgia United States ATL/KATL 103,902,992 0.3%
2 Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang - Shunyi , Beijing China PEK/ZBAA 95,786,442 1.5%
3 Dubai International Airport Garhoud , Dubai United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 88,242,099 5.5%
4 Tokyo Haneda Airport Ōta , Tokyo Japan HND/RJTT 85,408,975 1 6.5%
5 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles , California United States LAX/KLAX 84,557,968 1 4.5%
6 O'Hare International Airport Chicago , Illinois United States ORD/KORD 79,828,183 2.4%
7 London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon , London United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 78,014,598 3.0%
8 Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok , Islands , New Territories Hong Kong SAR , China HKG/VHHH 72,665,078 3.4%
9 Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong , Shanghai China PVG/ZSPD 70,001,237 6.1%
10 Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France , Île-de-France France CDG/LFPG 69,471,442 5.4%
11 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer , North Holland The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 68,515,425 1 7.7%
12 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas - Fort Worth , Texas United States DFW/KDFW 67,092,194 1 2.3%
13 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Baiyun - Huadu , Guangzhou , Guangdong China CAN/ZGGG 65,887,473 2 10.3%
14 Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt , Hesse Germany FRA/EDDF 64,500,386 1 6.1%
15 Istanbul Atatürk Airport Yeşilköy , Istanbul Turkey IST/LTBA 63,859,785 1 5.9%
16 Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India DEL/VIDP 63,451,503 5 14.1%
17 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Tangerang , Banten Indonesia CGK/WIII 63,015,620 5 8.3%
18 Singapore Changi Airport Changi , East Region Singapore SIN/WSSS 62,219,573 1 6.0%
19 Seoul Incheon International Airport Incheon Republic of Korea ICN/RKSI 62,157,834 7.5%
20 Denver International Airport Denver , Colorado United States DEN/KDEN 61,379,396 2 5.3%
2017 statistics
Airports Council International 's full-year figures are as follows : [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers (data from Airports Council International), defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 2000; with all airports combined London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count. As of 2018, six countries have at least two airports in the top 50: the United States has 15, Greater China has 10, and the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and India have two airports each.