Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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When talking about an airport's size, busyness, and capacity are often used interchangeably. While busyness most of the time refers to an airport's annual passenger throughput, size refers to the actual land area the airport occupies. So in this video, we take a look at the world’s 6 largest commercial airports currently operating, ranked not by passenger traffic, but by the amount of land they occupy.

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