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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is, erstwhile again, the busiest airdrome successful the world.
The airport, which is Delta Air Lines' largest hub, processed much than 108 cardinal passengers successful 2024, according to a study published contiguous by Airports Council International World.
However, that's inactive immoderate 2% less passengers than the airdrome processed successful 2019.
The fig of passengers astatine the second-busiest airdrome successful the satellite — Dubai International Airport — climbed astir 7% past twelvemonth from pre-pandemic levels, the ranking showed.
The airdrome besides tops a abstracted database that analyzes airports that process the astir planetary passengers. In 2024, immoderate 92.3 cardinal passengers — each planetary — passed done its doors.
In 2024, planetary rider postulation deed a grounds high, with immoderate 9.4 cardinal radical traveling by air, according to the report. That's astir 8.4% much passengers than successful 2023, and 2.7% much than successful 2019, it said.
The busiest airports successful the world, by full passengers, are:
1. Atlanta, USA (ATL) – 108.1 million
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB) – 92.3 million
3. Dallas/Fort Worth, USA (DFW) – 87.8 million
4. Tokyo, Japan (HND) – 85.9 million
5. London, U.K. (LHR) – 83.9 million
6. Denver, U.S. (DEN) – 82.4 million
7. Istanbul, Turkey (IST) – 80.1 million
8. Chicago, U.S. (ORD) – 80 million
9. New Delhi, India (DEL) – 77.8 million
10. Shanghai, China (PVG) – 76.8 million
11. Los Angeles, U.S. (LAX) – 76.6 million
12. Guangzhou, China (CAN) – 76.4 million
13. Incheon, Korea (ICN) – 71.2 million
14. Paris, France (CDG) – 70.3 million
15. Singapore (SIN) – 67.7 million
The busiest airports successful the world, by planetary passengers, are:
1. Dubai, UAE (DXB) – 92.3 million
2. London, U.K. (LHR) – 79.2 million
3. Incheon, Korea (ICN) – 70.7 million
4. Singapore (SIN) – 67.1 million
5. Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) – 66.8 million
6. Paris, France (CDG) – 64.5 million
7. Istanbul, Turkey (IST) – 63 million
8. Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) – 56.2 million
9. Hong Kong (HKG) – 52.9 million
10. Doha, Qatar (DOH) – 52.7 million
11. Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) – 50.3 million
12. Madrid, Spain (MAD) – 48.7 million
13. Taipei, Taiwan (TPE) – 44.7 million
14. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KUL) – 41.9 million
15. Barcelona, Spain (BCN) – 40.7 million
In summation to Dubai International Airport, different airports that are processing importantly much passengers than successful 2019, include:
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) – No. 3 (from No. 10 successful 2019)
- Denver International Airport (DEN) – No. 6 (from No. 16)
- Istanbul Airport (IST) – No. 7 (from No. 28)
- Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) – No. 9 (from No. 17)
The United States has six airports successful the apical 20 list. For the archetypal clip since the pandemic, 3 airports successful China — Shanghai (PVG), Guangzhou (CAN), and Beijing (PEK) — are backmost successful the apical 20 ranking.
Despite ranking among the world's busiest airports, large airports successful 7 cities person yet to spot the fig of pre-Covid passengers return, including Atlanta (-2.2%), Chicago (-5.4%), Los Angeles (-13%), Paris (-7.7%), Singapore (-0.9%), Beijing (-32.6%), Amsterdam (-6.8%) and Bangkok (-4.9%).
Global rider postulation is forecast to scope 9.9 billion in 2025, according to Airports Council International.
—CNBC's Kaela Ling contributed to this report.
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