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World busiest airport Ranking: Which airport is the busiest in the world? Here we compare the busiest and lagest airport using cargo traffics and passenger traffics from 2000 to 2018.
The world's busiest and lagest airport is measure by traffics of total passengers and cargo volumes.
Total passengers is defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers (data from Airports Council International 2019). And total cargo volume includes transit freight.
- Most busiest Airport by passenger traffics
: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998 with all airports combined. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), also known as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, or Hartsfield–Jackson, is the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Georgia. The airport is located seven miles (9km) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. The airport has 192 gates: 152 domestic and 40 international. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land and has five parallel runways.
- Second busiest Airport by Passenger traffics
: Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport serving Beijing. It is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Beijing's city centre, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world's busiest airports in the past decade. It had become the busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic and total traffic movements by 2009. It has been the world's second busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic since 2010.
: O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD), typically referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the Loop business district.
O'Hare was the world's busiest airport since Chicago Midway's traffic quickly transfered(1962), serving 10 million passengers annually. O'Hare remained the world's busiest airport until 1998.
- Largest Airport by cargo traffics
: Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport. HKIA is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy, with approximately 65,000 employees. More than 100 airlines operate flights from the airport to over 180 cities across the globe. In 2015, HKIA handled 68.5 million passengers, making it the 8th busiest airport worldwide by passenger traffic. Since 2010, it has surpassed Memphis International Airport to become the world's busiest airport by cargo traffic.
: Memphis International Airport (IATA: MEM, ICAO: KMEM, FAA LID: MEM) is a civil-military airport seven miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is home to the FedEx Express global hub, which processes many of the company's packages. Non-stop FedEx destinations from Memphis include cities across the continental United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. From 1993 to 2009, Memphis had the largest cargo operations of any airport worldwide. MEM dropped to the second position in 2010, just behind Hong Kong; however, it remains the busiest cargo airport in the United States and in the Western Hemisphere.
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.
TOP 20 World busiest airport Ranking - Most Cargo and Passenger traffics ; 2000~2018
Source: Airports Council International, 2019
World busiest airport Ranking: Which airport is the busiest in the world? Here we compare the busiest and lagest airport using cargo traffics and passenger traffics from 2000 to 2018.
The world's busiest and lagest airport is measure by traffics of total passengers and cargo volumes.
Total passengers is defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers (data from Airports Council International 2019). And total cargo volume includes transit freight.
- Most busiest Airport by passenger traffics
: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998 with all airports combined. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), also known as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, or Hartsfield–Jackson, is the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Georgia. The airport is located seven miles (9km) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. The airport has 192 gates: 152 domestic and 40 international. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land and has five parallel runways.
- Second busiest Airport by Passenger traffics
: Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport serving Beijing. It is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Beijing's city centre, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world's busiest airports in the past decade. It had become the busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic and total traffic movements by 2009. It has been the world's second busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic since 2010.
: O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD), typically referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the Loop business district.
O'Hare was the world's busiest airport since Chicago Midway's traffic quickly transfered(1962), serving 10 million passengers annually. O'Hare remained the world's busiest airport until 1998.
- Largest Airport by cargo traffics
: Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport. HKIA is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy, with approximately 65,000 employees. More than 100 airlines operate flights from the airport to over 180 cities across the globe. In 2015, HKIA handled 68.5 million passengers, making it the 8th busiest airport worldwide by passenger traffic. Since 2010, it has surpassed Memphis International Airport to become the world's busiest airport by cargo traffic.
: Memphis International Airport (IATA: MEM, ICAO: KMEM, FAA LID: MEM) is a civil-military airport seven miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is home to the FedEx Express global hub, which processes many of the company's packages. Non-stop FedEx destinations from Memphis include cities across the continental United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. From 1993 to 2009, Memphis had the largest cargo operations of any airport worldwide. MEM dropped to the second position in 2010, just behind Hong Kong; however, it remains the busiest cargo airport in the United States and in the Western Hemisphere.
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.
TOP 20 World busiest airport Ranking - Most Cargo and Passenger traffics ; 2000~2018
Source: Airports Council International, 2019
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