These are the figures for domestic passenger traffic only.

EUROPE
1 Madrid 18.5 million passengers
2 Paris (ORY) 12.8
3 Rome 12.5
4 Barcelona 11.9
5 Munich 8.8
6 Oslo 7.4
7 Frankfurt 7.3
8 London (LHR) 6.9
9 Milan (LIN) 6.4
10 Moscow (DME) 5.7

ASIA
1 Tokyo (HND) 61.5
2 Beijing 26.6
3 Osaka (ITM) 19.3
4 Jakarta 19.0
5 Guangzhou 17.5
6 Sapporo 17.1
7 Fukuoka 16.3
8 Shanghai (SHA) 14.9
9 Seoul (GMP) 14.2
10 Shenzhen 14.0

N. AMERICA
1 Atlanta 77.0
2 Chicago (ORD) 64.4
3 Dallas 54.3
4 Los Angeles 44.2
5 Denver 41.2
6 Las Vegas 40.0
7 Phoenix 38.0
8 Minneapolis/St Paul 35.1
9 Detroit 32.3
10 Houston 30.1

LATIN AMERICA
1 Sao Paulo (CGH) 13.6
2 Brasilia 9.9
3 Mexico City 7.9
4 Sao Paulo (GRU) 5.6
5 Buenos Aires (AEP) 4.6
6 Salvador 3.9
7 Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 3.8
8 Guadalajara 3.5
9 Caracas 3.5
10 Monterrey 3.4

AFRICA
1 Johannesburg 8.5
2 Cape Town 4.8
3 Durban 3.1
4 Lagos 2.2
5 Cairo 1.9
6 Abuja (Nigeria) 1.9
7 Algiers 1.4
8 Aswan (Egypt) 1.1
9 Port Elizabeth (S. Africa) 1.1
10 Luxor 0.9

OCEANIA
1 Sydney 17.5
2 Melbourne 16.0
3 Brisbane 11.7
4 Adelaide 4.9
5 Auckland 4.8
6 Perth 4.6

I don't get it:

You call it top domestic,
but you use the figures of domestic and international passengers added together....? :dunno:

^ I know for a fact that the Oceania figures are for domestic only, so i'm assuming it's the same for the rest of the airports.

^ I thought that the Tokyo figures are for domestic AND international, so i'm assuming it's the same for the rest of the airports ;)

Or maybe I am just wrong

in that case: sorry, and thx for the list!

Erm... how come London is so low?

Sorry, forgot to mention it's only domestic figures :doh: . I've edited the original post to include this.

Erm... how come London is so low?

Possibly because Heathrow has mostly international traffic and much of London's domestic traffic goes through Luton, Gatwick and other smaller airports. Also England is a very small country and many more people would travel by train or bus rather than by air - like in Australia or the USA.

Figures would be high for Haneda/Tokyo because of the very fequent 747 shuttle services they have between there and all other major Japanese cities. Those Japanese domestic services are basically crammed full in all economy mode.

London's other airports have very low domestic passenger numbers. The only other UK airports handling a fair number of domestic passengers are Edinburgh & Glasgow.

Umm Im not to sure about these.

The figures look correct for # of domestic passengers...

For example, Tokyo Haneda only handles Tokyo's domestic flights, whilst Tokyo Narita handles International Flights, so Tokyo Haneda is top of the Asia List whilst Narita is not on it.

Like JayT said, Heathrow mainly handles international arrivals and departures, so the number of domestic passengers would be low.

Umm Im not to sure about these.

UK airports handle mainly international traffic. Eg. Birmingham 1.3 million domestic, 7.5 international. Manchester 3.3 dom, 17.7 intl. The only major UK airport to handle more domestic traffic is Edinburgh 5.7 dom, 2.3 intl.

Impressive that Oslo made the list. Norway's got less than 5 million inhabitants, so they must really travel a lot by air!

How many domestic passengers for HKIA and Changi? :rofl:

How many domestic passengers for HKIA and Changi? :rofl:

0 ... :hahaha: :hahaha:

What is the status on Hong Kong flights to mainland Chinese cities and to Taiwanese cities? Are they considered "domestic" or "international." It's all semantics, but the mainland rulers in Beijing would pop a vein in their forehead if anything was not labeled to their likeing.

All flights in and out of Hong Kong are international. All foreign passengers must clear customs, even those from mainland China. This has nothing to do with what Beijing wants. Rather, it is a continuation of the border crossing in place since the British colony was born. At this time it is unwise to drop the border since Hong Kong is far wealthier than the richest Chinese city.

How many domestic passengers for HKIA and Changi? :rofl:
:rofl:

How many domestic passengers for HKIA and Changi? :rofl:
:lol:

Wow, the picture in North America is so different. Toronto's not even in the top 10.

All flights in and out of Hong Kong are international. All foreign passengers must clear customs, even those from mainland China. This has nothing to do with what Beijing wants. Rather, it is a continuation of the border crossing in place since the British colony was born. At this time it is unwise to drop the border since Hong Kong is far wealthier than the richest Chinese city.

What about the experimental flights from Taiwan over Hong Kong SAR and onto mainland China. How would those be labeled by Taiwanese and mainland Chinese officials?

Wow, the picture in North America is so different. Toronto's not even in the top 10.
Cause Toronto does not have alot of Domestic Airlines.