bussiest airport in the world (data statistic per 2012 full years)

2012 statistics

Airports Council International’s preliminary full-year figures are as follows.

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total Passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	ATL/KATL	95,462,867		3.3%
2.	Beijing Capital International Airport	Chaoyang, Beijing, China	PEK/ZBAA	81,929,689		4.5%
3.	London Heathrow Airport	Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom	LHR/EGLL	70,038,857		0.9%
4.	Tokyo International Airport	Ōta, Tokyo, Japan	HND/RJTT	67,788,722	1	8.3%
5.	O’Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois, United States	ORD/KORD	67,091,391	1	0.4%
6.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX/KLAX	63,687,544		3.0%
7.	Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport	Roissy-en-France, Tremblay-en-France, Mitry-Mory, Île-de-France, France	CDG/LFPG	61,611,934		1.1%
8.	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, United States	DFW/KDFW	58,591,842		1.4%
9.	Soekarno-Hatta International Airport	Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia	CGK/WIII	57,730,732	3	14.4%
10.	Dubai International Airport	Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB/OMDB	57,684,550	3	13.2%
11.	Frankfurt Airport	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany	FRA/EDDF	57,520,001	2	1.9%
12.	Hong Kong International Airport	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China	HKG/VHHH	56,064,248	2	5.2%
13.	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colorado, United States	DEN/KDEN	53,156,278	2	0.6%
14.	Suvarnabhumi Airport	Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand	BKK/VTBS	53,002,328	2	10.6%
15.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, East Region, Singapore	SIN/WSSS	51,181,804	3	10.0%
16.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands	AMS/EHAM	51,035,590	2	2.6%
17.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York City, New York, United States	JFK/KJFK	49,293,587		3.1%
18.	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport	Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China	CAN/ZGGG	48,548,430	1	7.8%
19.	Madrid Barajas Airport	Madrid, Spain	MAD/LEMD	45,175,501	4	9.0%
20.	Atatürk International Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST/LTBA	44,992,420	10	20.1%
21.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Pudong, Shanghai, China	PVG/ZSPD	44,880,164		8.3%
22.	San Francisco International Airport	San Mateo County, California, United States	SFO/KSFO	44,431,894		8.6%
23.	McCarran International Airport	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	LAS/KLAS	41,666,527	4	0.5%
24.	Charlotte Douglas International Airport	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	CLT/KCLT	41,226,035	2	5.6%
25.	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	PHX/KPHX	40,452,009	2	0.3%
26.	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas, United States	IAH/KIAH	40,022,736	2	0.5%
27.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	KUL/WMKK	39,887,866	1	6.6%
28.	Miami International Airport	Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States	MIA/KMIA	39,467,444	2	3.0%
29.	Seoul Incheon International Airport	Incheon, Republic of Korea	ICN/RKSI	39,154,375	4	11.3%
30.	Munich Airport	Munich, Bavaria, Germany	MUC/EDDM	38,360,604	3	1.6%
31.	Sydney Airport	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	SYD/YSSY	37,342,798		3.7%
32.	Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport	Fiumicino, Rome, Italy	FCO/LIRF	36,980,161	3	1.8%
33.	Orlando International Airport	Orlando, Florida, United States	MCO/KMCO	35,214,430	1	0.4%
34.	Barcelona Airport	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain	BCN/LEBL	35,131,771	1	2.2%
35.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	YYZ/CYYZ	34,912,456	3	4.4%
36.	London Gatwick Airport	Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom	LGW/EGKK	34,222,405		1.7%
37.	Indira Gandhi International Airport	Delhi, India	DEL/VIDP	34,211,608	3	1.5%
38.	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey, United States	EWR/KEWR	33,993,962	1	0.9%
39.	Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport	Changning District, Shanghai, China	SHA/ZSSS	33,828,726		2.2%
40.	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport	Seattle, Washington, United States	SEA/KSEA	33,219,723	1	1.2%
41.	Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport	Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States	MSP/KMSP	33,125,768	1	0.2%
42.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Chiba, Japan	NRT/RJAA	32,874,530	9	17.2%
43.	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport	Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil	GRU/SBGR	32,477,646	2	6.9%
44.	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	Detroit, Michigan, United States	DTW/KDTW	32,205,358	2	0.7%
45.	Ninoy Aquino International Airport	Pasay/Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines	MNL/RPLL	31,878,935	1	7.9%
46.	Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport	Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China	CTU/ZUUU	31,599,353	1	8.7%
47.	Philadelphia International Airport	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	PHL/KPHI	30,228,596	4	2.0%
48.	Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	BOM/VABB	30,038,696	4	1.3%
49.	Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport	Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China	SZX/ZGSZ	29,569,725		4.7%
50.	Tullamarine International Airport	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	MEL/YMML	29,431,084		4.9%