World Busiest airports
These lists make ACI (Airports Council International) organization. ACI reported 573 members operating 1751 airports in
174 countries and territories, representing over 95 percent of global airport
traffic. In 2012, ACI member airports worldwide handled 5.7 billion
arriving and departing passengers, 92.5 million Airport Service Quality Awards
(ASQ), based on passenger satisfaction ratings in the ASQ Survey, which is
a global survey based on interviews with passengers on the day of travel.metric tonnes of cargo and 79
million movements. The ACI gives out the
The ACI define busiest airport in three ways:
- Passengers Traffic:
- Cargo Traffic: (Cargo loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes)
- Traffic Movements :( landings and take-offs of aircraft)
Record
Holder World Busiest Airport:
Hartsfield–Jackson
Atlanta International Airport, USA:
Hartsfield–Jackson is located seven miles (11 km) south of
the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia,
United States.
It has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998, and by
number of landings and take-offs since 2005. Hartsfield–Jackson held its
ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2012, both in passengers and number
of flights, by accommodating 95 million passengers (more than 260,000
passengers daily) and 950,119 flights. The airport has 207 domestic and
international gates.
Hong Kong
International Airport, China:
It is the main airport in Hong
Kong located on the island
of Chek Lap Kok, which is
largely reclaimed for the construction of the airport itself. The airport is
currently the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest
passenger airports. The Hong Kong
International Airport
is also home to one of the world's largest passenger terminal buildings (the
largest when opened in 1998). HKIA is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy, with approximately 60,000 employees.
About 90 airlines operate flights from the airport to over 150 cities across
the globe. In 2012 HKIA handled 56,057,751 passengers, making it the 12th
busiest airport worldwide by passenger traffic.
Airports of London
combined, United Kingdom:
The metropolitan area of London, England
is served by six international airports and several smaller airports. These are
names of six international Airports of London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton,
London City and Southend. Together, they make
the busiest airport system in the world by passenger numbers and the second
busiest by aircraft movements in 2011, all six airports handled 133,709,327
passengers. The London airports handle 60% of
all the United Kingdom's
air traffic. There are 14 domestic destinations served by the airports, and 396
international destinations.
London Heathrow Airport,
United Kingdom:
Located
in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in West London, Heathrow is the busiest
airport in the United
Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the
world (as of 2012) in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more
international passengers than any other airport in world. The airport sustains
76,600 jobs directly and around 116,000 indirectly in the immediate area. Airport
is used by over 90 airlines flying to 170 destinations worldwide.
Rank
|
Airport
|
Location
|
Total
Passengers |
1.
|
38,154,391
|
||
2.
|
Chaoyang,
|
33,917,960
|
|
3.
|
Hillingdon,
|
27,878,945
|
|
4.
|
Garhoud,
|
27,124,195
|
|
5.
|
Ōta,
|
26,522,936
|
|
6.
|
26,163,993
|
World's busiest
airports by cargo traffic 2012:
Rank
|
Airport
|
Location
|
Total Cargo
(Metric Tonnes) |
1.
|
4,062,261
|
||
2.
|
3,916,535
|
||
3.
|
2,939,157
|
||
4.
|
2,456,724
|
||
5.
|
2,449,551
|
||
6.
|
2,267,365
|
World's busiest
airports by traffic movements 2011:
Rank
|
Airport
|
Location
|
Total
Movements |
1.
|
923 996
|
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2.
|
O'Hare
|
878 798
|
|
3.
|
LOS ANGELES CA, US
|
702 895
|
|
4.
|
Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport
|
DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US
|
646 803
|
5.
|
DENVER CO, US
|
628 796
|
|
6.
|
Charlotte/Douglas
International Airport
|
539 842
|
