"The world's top 100 airports: listed, ranked and mapped"

Friday, May 4, 2012

 

The world's top 100 airports: listed, ranked and mapped

Where are the world's busiest airports - and how many passengers passed through them? Get the latest data for the top 100
United Kingdom – The Guardian

 

                                                                           Where are the world's top 100 airports?

Where are the world's busiest airports?

The furore over Heathrow's immigration wait times has shone a light on the huge numbers of people flying into what is the world's third busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers.

Airports Council International compiles data for every airport in the world - and this shows exactly how busy they are. ACI has allowed us to publish its preliminary figures for that top 100 - before they've been officially released. This is how they look.

3.2bn passengers went through the world's top 100 airports in 2011, 998m of them in Europe and another 989m in North America.

The world's very biggest airports have seen big increases in passengers: Heathrow is up 5.1%, Atlanta (the world's biggest) is up 3.3% and Beijing is up 4.5%.

The biggest increases came in the new global powerhouses: New Delhi (up 17.8% to 34.7m passengers), Rio (up 17%) up Xiamen in China (up 15.9%).

The figures reflect the state of the world's economic problems too, with 13 of the top 100 airports seeing decreases in passengers, with Tokyo down 20.5%, Athens down 6.7%, followed by two more Japanese airports. London Stansted is down too, according to the data - by 2.9% to 18m passengers

But despite the recession, Europe's airport have gone up by an average of 7.4%, compared to a top 100 average change of 5.1%

Thanks to ACI, you can get the full data below.

Data summary

The world's top 100 airports Click heading to sort table. Download this data
RANK	Region	Airport	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2010	% Change
SOURCE: AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL
1	Middle East	ATLANTA GA, US (ATL)	92,365,860	89,292,748	3.3
2	Asia/Pacific	BEIJING, CN (PEK)	77,403,668	73,913,402	4.5
3	Europe	LONDON, GB (LHR)	69,433,565	65,884,143	5.1
4	N America	CHICAGO IL, US (ORD)	66,561,023	66,904,971	-0.5
5	Asia/Pacific	TOKYO, JP (HND)	62,263,025	64,117,894	-3.0
6	N America	LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX)	61,848,449	58,995,672	4.6
7	Europe	PARIS, FR (CDG)	60,970,551	58,166,563	4.6
8	N America	DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW)	57,806,152	56,905,066	1.6
9	Europe	FRANKFURT, DE (FRA)	56,436,255	53,009,221	6.1
10	Asia/Pacific	HONG KONG, HK (HKG)	53,314,213	50,359,536	5.5
11	N America	DENVER CO, US (DEN)	52,699,298	52,209,203	0.9
12	Middle East	DUBAI, AE (DXB)	50,977,960	47,180,628	7.4
13	Asia/Pacific	JAKARTA, ID (CGK)	50,446,618	43,981,022	14.7
14	Europe	AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS)	49,754,910	45,211,749	9.1
15	Europe	MADRID, ES (MAD)	49,644,302	49,842,726	-0.4
16	Asia/Pacific	BANGKOK, TH (BKK)	47,910,744	42,784,967	10.7
17	N America	NEW YORK NY, US (JFK)	47,854,283	46,493,667	2.8
18	Asia/Pacific	SINGAPORE, SG (SIN)	46,543,845	42,038,777	9.7
19	Asia/Pacific	GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN)	45,400,156	40,975,253	9.7
20	N America	LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS)	41,479,572	39,757,359	4.2
21	Asia/Pacific	SHANGHAI, CN (PVG)	41,450,211	40,387,640	2.6
22	N America	SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO)	40,907,389	39,254,110	4.0
23	N America	PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX)	40,565,677	38,552,409	5.0
24	N America	HOUSTON TX, US (IAH)	40,170,844	40,475,669	-0.8
25	N America	CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT)	39,043,708	38,143,078	2.3
26	N America	MIAMI FL, US (MIA)	38,314,389	35,698,025	6.8
27	Europe	MUNICH, DE (MUC)	37,763,701	34,721,605	8.1
28	Asia/Pacific	KUALA LUMPUR, MY (KUL)	37,670,586	34,087,636	9.5
29	Europe	ROME, IT (FCO)	37,651,222	36,227,778	3.8
30	Europe	ISTANBUL, TR (IST)	37,398,221	32,165,817	14.0
31	Asia/Pacific	SYDNEY, AU (SYD)	36,022,614	35,992,172	0.1
32	N America	ORLANDO FL, US (MCO)	35,356,991	34,877,507	1.4
33	Asia/Pacific	INCHEON, KR (ICN)	35,191,825	33,605,579	4.5
34	Asia/Pacific	NEW DELHI, IN (DEL)	34,729,467	28,531,607	17.8
35	Europe	BARCELONA, ES (BCN)	34,387,597	29,197,135	15.1
36	Europe	LONDON, GB (LGW)	33,668,048	31,378,644	6.8
37	N America	NEWARK NJ, US (EWR)	33,577,154	33,133,852	1.3
38	N America	TORONTO ON, CA (YYZ)	33,434,199	31,937,895	4.5
39	Asia/Pacific	SHANGHAI, CN (SHA)	33,112,442	31,298,812	5.5
40	N America	MINNEAPOLIS MN, US (MSP)	33,074,443	32,749,649	1.0
41	N America	SEATTLE WA, US (SEA)	32,820,060	31,553,166	3.9
42	N America	DETROIT MI, US (DTW)	32,419,181	32,377,064	0.1
43	N America	PHILADELPHIA PA, US (PHL)	30,839,130	30,775,271	0.2
44	Asia/Pacific	MUMBAI, IN (BOM)	30,439,122	28,137,797	7.6
45	Europe	SÃO PAULO, BR (GRU)	30,371,131	27,432,346	9.7
46	Asia/Pacific	MANILA, PH (MNL)	29,551,394	27,148,724	8.1
47	Asia/Pacific	CHENGDU, CN (CTU)	29,073,990	25,805,815	11.2
48	N America	BOSTON MA, US (BOS)	28,866,313	27,429,152	5.0
49	Asia/Pacific	SHENZHEN, CN (SZX)	28,245,745	26,713,610	5.4
50	Asia/Pacific	MELBOURNE, AU (MEL)	28,060,111	27,731,252	1.2
51	Asia/Pacific	TOKYO, JP (NRT)	28,055,772	33,815,906	-20.5
52	Europe	PARIS, FR (ORY)	27,139,076	25,203,787	7.1
53	Europe	MEXICO CITY, MX (MEX)	26,368,861	24,130,535	8.5
54	Europe	MOSCOW, RU (DME)	25,701,610	22,253,529	13.4
55	Europe	ANTALYA, TR (AYT)	25,183,142	21,857,524	13.2
56	Asia/Pacific	TAIPEI, TW (TPE)	24,947,551	25,114,413	-0.7
57	Europe	ZURICH, CH (ZRH)	24,283,941	22,826,942	6.0
58	N America	NEW YORK NY, US (LGA)	24,028,400	23,980,687	0.2
59	N America	FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, US (FLL)	23,348,804	22,406,810	4.0
60	N America	WASHINGTON, DC, US (IAD)	23,056,291	23,447,177	-1.7
61	Europe	PALMA DE MALLORCA, ES (PMI)	22,723,837	21,110,092	7.1
62	Europe	COPENHAGEN, DK (CPH)	22,673,477	21,452,464	5.4
63	Europe	MOSCOW, RU (SVO)	22,555,309	19,329,185	14.3
64	N America	BALTIMORE MD, US (BWI)	22,395,638	21,951,650	2.0
65	Asia/Pacific	KUNMING, CN (KMG)	22,272,776	20,194,754	9.3
66	Europe	VIENNA, AT (VIE)	21,106,330	19,691,206	6.7
67	Europe	OSLO, NO (OSL)	21,092,873	19,091,113	9.5
68	Middle East	JEDDAH, SA (JED)	20,929,686	17,913,975	14.4
69	Asia/Pacific	BRISBANE, AU (BNE)	20,589,207	20,020,966	2.8
70	N America	SALT LAKE CITY UT, US (SLC)	20,440,913	20,987,646	-2.7
71	Europe	DÜSSELDORF, DE (DUS)	20,339,466	18,988,489	6.6
72	Europe	BOGOTA, CO (BOG)	20,327,901	18,827,118	7.4
73	Europe	MILAN, IT (MXP)	19,291,427	18,947,808	1.8
74	Africa	JOHANNESBURG, ZA (JNB)	19,114,384	18,565,250	2.9
75	Europe	STOCKHOLM, SE (ARN)	19,088,363	16,988,614	11.0
76	Europe	MANCHESTER, GB (MAN)	18,991,503	17,873,023	5.9
77	N America	CHICAGO IL, US (MDW)	18,882,549	17,647,771	6.5
78	N America	WASHINGTON DC, US (DCA)	18,811,335	18,105,802	3.8
79	Europe	BRUSSELS, BE (BRU)	18,756,885	17,149,416	8.6
80	Europe	DUBLIN, IE (DUB)	18,735,944	18,431,678	1.6
81	Asia/Pacific	SEOUL, KR (GMP)	18,513,982	17,575,244	5.1
82	Middle East	DOHA, QA (DOH)	18,202,649	15,863,292	12.9
83	Europe	LONDON, GB (STN)	18,046,777	18,574,204	-2.9
84	Asia/Pacific	HANGZHOU, CN (HGH)	17,512,034	17,068,585	2.5
85	Asia/Pacific	JEJU, KR (CJU)	17,202,278	15,724,770	8.6
86	N America	VANCOUVER BC, CA (YVR)	17,193,080	16,926,870	1.5
87	Europe	BERLIN, DE (TXL)	16,919,820	15,025,600	11.2
88	N America	SAN DIEGO CA, US (SAN)	16,836,027	16,901,322	-0.4
89	N America	TAMPA FL, US (TPA)	16,732,051	16,645,765	0.5
90	Europe	SÃO PAULO, BR (CGH)	16,687,731	15,441,789	7.5
91	Europe	BRASILIA, BR (BSB)	15,801,122	14,824,113	6.2
92	Asia/Pacific	SAPPORO, JP (CTS)	15,773,073	16,745,235	-6.2
93	Asia/Pacific	XIAMEN, CN (XMN)	15,753,183	13,248,367	15.9
94	Middle East	RIYADH, SA (RUH)	15,432,950	14,136,837	8.4
95	Asia/Pacific	FUKUOKA, JP (FUK)	15,431,078	16,404,617	-6.3
96	Europe	RIO DE JANEIRO, BR (GIG)	15,184,350	12,605,637	17.0
97	Europe	HELSINKI, FI (HEL)	14,851,675	12,866,036	13.4
98	Europe	LISBON, PT (LIS)	14,791,260	14,058,751	5.0
99	Europe	ATHENS, GR (ATH)	14,428,032	15,390,156	-6.7
100	Asia/Pacific	AUCKLAND, NZ (AKL)	14,012,329	13,705,116	2.2