My first post and thread ever after creating an account a few months ago :)

Anyway, my airport, Sydney International Airport (SYD) is the busiest airport in Australia, in terms of both passengers and flights. A total of 43 international airlines serves sydney airport. Here's the link if you want to see what they are.

http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/SACL/Flight+Info/Airlines/International/default.htm

The latest figures are from 04/05 show that the airport carries about 28.3 million passengers annually, of which 9.6 million are international, and there was a total of 286 484 aircraft movements in that year, of which 56 355 were international. For more details:

http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/NR/rdonlyres/106D4FA9-C507-4B79-9BCA-29B0F484EC5B/0/FactSheetFactsAtAGlance.pdf

So what about the airport in your city, big and small?

Toronto has close to 30 million passnegers and growing every year.

well tel aviv's ben gurion airport had like 9 million passengers last year, but i guess this year we will have less :( although lots of new airlines started flying to tel aviv this year

Hong Kong handled almost 41 million passengers in 2005.
http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/aboutus/statistics/ms200512.pdf

Barcelona El Prat airport had got more than 28 million passengers in the last 12 months.
;)
30 million passengers are expected for the year 2006.
:wink2:

Baltimore-Washington International. It's packed every time I go there.

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL, Manila)
I'm not sure about this figure but I think they'll be expecting, more or less, 20 million passengers this year.

There are 32 airlines which fly regularly to MNL.

Bangkok International Airport got 37 million passengers last year.

Even though Copenhagen is a quite small "big city", it's airport CPH Intl. gets well over 20 million passengers because of it's Star Alliance hub status and strategic location in Northern Europe. The airport has direct flights to all continents except for Oceania (will hopefully change soon).

However, it seems to have reached it's capacity since its terminals are terribly overcrowded. Still, it gets awards such as "Best airport in the world" and "Most efficient airport in the world" every consecutive year.
An expansion is very welcome though.

Well basically right now it's 0 passengers/day ... (Beirut) hehe, I think you all know the situation.

These are the overall figures for London's airports in 2005:

(exact figures for top 2... rounded figures for the other 3)


London Heathrow - 67,915,389 (3rd worldwide) |
Selection of Airliners: Air Canada, Air China, Air France Air India, Air Jamaica, Air Mauritius, Air New Zealand, ANA, American Airlines, Biman Bangladesh, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, Gulf Air, Iran Air, JAL, Korean Air, Kuwait Airways, Kenya Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, PIA, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Saudia, Singapore Airlines, SN Brussels Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Varig, Virgin Atlantic......

http://static.flickr.com/38/102793998_4d5b3bdc4b.jpg

London Gatwick - 32,784,177 (24th worldwide) |
Selection of Airliners: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air France, Air Namibia, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, SN Brussels Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Nigeria......

http://static.flickr.com/7/6927122_75f405133c.jpg

London Stanstead - 22,000,000 |
Air Berlin, Air Malta, Albanian Airlines, Atlantic Airways, Atlantic Express, AtlasJet, Aurigny Air Services, Blue1, Centralwings, Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, easyJet, El Al, Eos Airlines, Euromanx, FlyMe, Flyglobespan, Germanwings, Iceland Express, Israir, Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları, MAXjet Airways, Niki, Norweigan, Ryanair, Sky Europe, SunExpress, Transavia, Turkish Airlines, Zoom Airlines, Alpha-Jet, Canadian Affair, First Choice Airways, MyTravel Airways, Thomas Cook Holidays, Thompson.

London Luton - 9,000,000 |
Aer Araan, AJet, British Airways, easyJet, Flybe, Monarch Scheduled, Ryanair, Thomsonfly, Wizzair, Excel Airways, First Choice Airways, Monarch Airlines, MyTravel Airways, SunExpress, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsonfly.

London City Airport - 1,900,000 |
Air France (Cityjet), British Airways (BA Connect), Cirrus Airlines, Darwin Airline, Eastern Airways, EuroManx, KLM (KLM Cityhopper), Lufthansa (Lufthansa CityLine/Lufthansa Regional), Luxair, OLT, SAS, Scot Airways, Swiss International Air Lines, VLM Airlines.


London Overall: 133,599,566

^^
I'm very sorry for that. I hope Israel will stop the murdering in your lovely country!

Well basically right now it's 0 passengers/day ... (Beirut) hehe, I think you all know the situation.

Do you know how long it would take to repair the 3 runways? :(

Even though Copenhagen is a quite small "big city", it's airport CPH Intl. gets well over 20 million passengers because of it's Star Alliance hub status and strategic location in Northern Europe. :yes:


Copenhagen Airport ( CPH ) - 20 million+/year

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3681/airtimescphbe7.gif

International ratings
Copenhagen Airport has received numerous awards for its high service level, shopping facilities, infrastructure and baggage handling system. Some of these acknowledgements are:

2005

"Europe's best airport" - Business Traveller's Magazine
"Europe's best airport" - AETRA and Global Aiport Monitor
"Europe's most efficient airport" - Air Transport Research Society

2004

"Europe's best airport" - Business Traveller's Magazine
"Europe's best airport" - AETRA and Global Aiport Monitor
"Europe's most efficient airport - Air Transport Research Society

2003

"Europe's best airport" - Business Traveller's Magazine
"Europe's best airport" - IATA and Global Aiport Monitor

2002

"World's best airport" - Wallpaper
"World's best airport" - IATA and Global Aiport Monitor

http://www.copcap.com/composite-2527.htm

These are the overall figures for London's airports in 2005:

(exact figures for top 2... rounded figures for the other 3)


London Heathrow - 67,915,389 (3rd worldwide) |
Selection of Airliners: Air Canada, Air China, Air France Air India, Air Jamaica, Air Mauritius, Air New Zealand, ANA, American Airlines, Biman Bangladesh, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, Gulf Air, Iran Air, JAL, Korean Air, Kuwait Airways, Kenya Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, PIA, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Saudia, Singapore Airlines, SN Brussels Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Varig, Virgin Atlantic......

London Gatwick - 32,784,177 (24th worldwide) |
Selection of Airliners: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air France, Air Namibia, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, SN Brussels Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Nigeria......

London Stanstead - 22,000,000 |
Air Berlin, Air Malta, Albanian Airlines, Atlantic Airways, Atlantic Express, AtlasJet, Aurigny Air Services, Blue1, Centralwings, Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, easyJet, El Al, Eos Airlines, Euromanx, FlyMe, Flyglobespan, Germanwings, Iceland Express, Israir, Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları, MAXjet Airways, Niki, Norweigan, Ryanair, Sky Europe, SunExpress, Transavia, Turkish Airlines, Zoom Airlines, Alpha-Jet, Canadian Affair, First Choice Airways, MyTravel Airways, Thomas Cook Holidays, Thompson.

London Luton - 9,000,000 |
Aer Araan, AJet, British Airways, easyJet, Flybe, Monarch Scheduled, Ryanair, Thomsonfly, Wizzair, Excel Airways, First Choice Airways, Monarch Airlines, MyTravel Airways, SunExpress, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsonfly.

London City Airport - 1,900,000 |
Air France (Cityjet), British Airways (BA Connect), Cirrus Airlines, Darwin Airline, Eastern Airways, EuroManx, KLM (KLM Cityhopper), Lufthansa (Lufthansa CityLine/Lufthansa Regional), Luxair, OLT, SAS, Scot Airways, Swiss International Air Lines, VLM Airlines.


London Overall: 133,599,566

Wow so London has...4 international airports? (I assume Luton is domestic only because I don't see any international airlines), but I've never knew Stanstead or London City Airport existed... :runaway:

My airport, Dallas/Ft. Worth International (DFW), is considered the world's third busiest in terms of aircraft movements (takeoffs & landings) at 712,000 per year. It is also the 6th busiest in terms of passengers at around 60,000,000 each year.

Wow so London has...4 international airports? (I assume Luton is domestic only because I don't see any international airlines), but I've never knew Stanstead or London City Airport existed... :runaway:
London has 5 international airports. Even though most of the airlines that operates from there are from the UK/Ireland, they fly to all over Europe.

Stansted is the #1 LCC airport in the London area - whereas London City Airport is mostly for business travel (due to it's central location very close to Canary Wharf for example).

Thanks staff :)

Right now, Luton is the UK's fastest growing airport... but it won't catch up to Stanstead any time soon.

Jakarta CGK, 25-28 million Pax this year, the busiest in Indonesia.

cheers

Do you know how long it would take to repair the 3 runways? :(

It wasn't badly hit, I would say around 2-3 days, but the problem is the gas tanks. Well actually the real problem is the humanitarian crisis happening currently. The runway is no big deal.

RES/SARE - Resistencia Intl. Airport, Argentina, is about this busy...


http://www.aeropuertosarg.com.ar/temp/_restwr.jpg

:(

104,542 passengers in 2005; its record year was 1998 with almost 200,000.

It's been almost historically between the 10th and 12th busiest airport of Argentina (Being EZE and AEP at Buenos Aires, with 7 million each one +/- the number 1 and 2).

Here is for our glory Chicago Airport System is comprised of O'Hare International and Midway International Airports *. The statistics include monthly flight operations, passenger totals and cargo tonnage. The reports are compiled as the result of a monthly total provided by the airlines and summarized by the Chicago Department of Aviation.
http://www.flychicago.com/doa/about/AirportStatistics.shtm

:runaway:

World's busiest airport
Chicago has steps on it all over... :) :runaway:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airport

O'Hare rivals Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the world's busiest airport. However in 2005, Hartsfield overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport in terms of takeoffs and landings. This was mainly due to the federal government imposing flight caps at O'Hare to reduce flight delays.(Resulted in the massive expansion underway!) For the first half of 2006, O'Hare turned out to be the busiest.[1] In terms of total passengers served, Hartsfield has held the title of world's busiest airport for 8 years now. Both airports serve primarily as hubs for cross-country connections, although O'Hare also has a strong international airline presence with flights to more than 60 foreign destinations. O'Hare ranks fourth in the nation's top ten international gateways; only JFK International Airport in New York City, LAX in Los Angeles, and Miami International Airport better it.

Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Held from 1932 until O'Hare took the title in 1962, Midway was the world's busiest airport by passenger and aircraft movements. Before World War II, Chicago Midway was the origin or destination of one in four U.S. airline flights.

Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Largest number of passengers annually (before 1998)
Most arrivals and departures annually (before 1998, 2001–2004).

Buffalo International Airport has over 5 million passengers. The passenger rate was supposed to be at 5 million in 2020. This is forcing the airport to expand.

Hamburg Airport could (should) be busier for its size. In 2005 10.677.268 passengers used Hamburg Airport, which is practically already 100% of the capacity used. Hamburg Airport has only 4 intercontinental connections (flights to tourist destinations in northern africa being not counted as intercontinental here): New York (Newark), Toronto, Dubai, Shanghai (planned). The rest are within Europe and directly bordering countries.
However, the airport seems to be busy with little intervalls between landing/starting planes.

City management has committed to a $6 billion capital investment plan to increase the airport's capacity and decrease delays by an estimated 79 percent[2]. This plan was approved by the FAA in October 2005 and will involve a reconfiguration of the airfield and addition of terminal space.

Runway color:
blue: existing
orange: removed
green: new

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/O%27Hare_International_Airport_%28USGS%29_Phase3.png
:cheers:

Las Vegas's McCarran International should hit over 44 million passengers this year. 41 million last year. Mostly tourists. Busiest airport in the country at night time. Mostly Boeing 737's, very few 747's. Another gate is in the planning stages now, and a possible new frieght airport will be built south of town.
http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/june282006/mccarran_field.jpg
http://www.dcnr.nv.gov/photo/macaren0203.jpg

Warsaw has currently 1 airport - Frederic Chopin, which served 7,1 mio pax last year. If the trend continues, it should be 8,3 mio this year. Also a new airport for low-cost airlines should open in 2007.

Bradley International Airport had almost 7m in 2005..

It serves Hartford and Springfield...but I usually go to JFK or Newark.

Mexico City Airport. Has 29 million passengers last year.

Jakarta CGK, 25-28 million Pax this year, the busiest in Indonesia.

cheers
25 or 28 million?
:?
It is a very big difference!
:sly:

http://www.flychicago.com/doa/stats/1205SUMMARY.pdf
For 2005 Chicago O'Hare International Airport:
Total Passenger Volume: 76+ million
Total Cargo Tonage: 1+ million

25 or 28 million?
:?
It is a very big difference!
:sly:

The airport authorities predicts 28 million but the government predicts it will reach 25 million passengers only this year due of fuel surcharge in many airlines, but last year it reached 24 million pax according to statistic.

cheers

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think airports in the USA are ranked busiest in the world mostly because of the very large amount of domestic passnegers! For example Atlanta hartford was the world's most busiest airport recently (don't know about now) but Atlanta is not really a very big city in terms of international scale! I think if you ranked busiest airports in terms of INTERNATIONAL passengers, only 2 or 3 american airports are in top 30!

If you compare this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_international_passenger_traffic

You will know what i mean! Something I observed recently and wanted to share with everyone :)

around 20 million this year (india's busiest)

the closest to where i live is Larnaka international airport.
It handles around 5 million passengers/year but its capacity is only for 2,5 million.
A new airport is under construction nearby,it will be ready in 2009.It will be for 7,5 million passengers/year with expansion plans allowing it to handle 9,5 million/year.

Closest airport to me is Amsterdam Schiphol, with 44.2 million passengers and 1.45 millions tons of cargo in 2005 one of the busiest in Europe.

http://www.aerophoto-schiphol.nl/pictures/spl.JPG
Image source: www.aerophoto-schiphol.nl (http://www.aerophoto-schiphol.nl).



There's one airfield closer to where I live (Groningen Airport Eelde), but that's little more than a strip of tarmac in a meadow (163.000 passagiers passengers in 2005)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/b/b2/VliegveldEelde.jpg
Image source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_Airport_Eelde

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think airports in the USA are ranked busiest in the world mostly because of the very large amount of domestic passnegers! For example Atlanta hartford was the world's most busiest airport recently (don't know about now) but Atlanta is not really a very big city in terms of international scale! I think if you ranked busiest airports in terms of INTERNATIONAL passengers, only 2 or 3 american airports are in top 30!

If you compare this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_international_passenger_traffic

You will know what i mean! Something I observed recently and wanted to share with everyone :)

Yep, that's a well known (I hope) fact. The United States has an enormous and extensive domestic network. I was at KATL last year, and just a small section is used for international arrivals/departures compared to the rest of the airport. Most planes I saw land/take of were around the size of a 737-400.

^^
Americans fly domestic whereas Europeans mostly take the train (both domestic and intra-Europe) due to the short distances. For international passengers however, European airports walk all over American ones. European airports generally have more long haul routes and thus more widebody planes as well

In the "How many carriers from unique countries does your airport have"-thread, it was concluded that Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, the busiest airport in the world, doesn't even have 10 different carriers from unique countries in the world.

Seattle has got about 30,000,000 each year. Its the main hub of Alaska Airlines and its got direct flights to about ten cities in Asia and direct flights to London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Moscow, Paris, and about ten cities in Mexico.

The airport authorities predicts 28 million but the government predicts it will reach 25 million passengers only this year due of fuel surcharge in many airlines, but last year it reached 24 million pax according to statistic.

cheers
Thanks mate!
;)

Recife -Brazil , 4 million.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think airports in the USA are ranked busiest in the world mostly because of the very large amount of domestic passnegers! For example Atlanta hartford was the world's most busiest airport recently (don't know about now) but Atlanta is not really a very big city in terms of international scale! I think if you ranked busiest airports in terms of INTERNATIONAL passengers, only 2 or 3 american airports are in top 30!

If you compare this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_international_passenger_traffic

You will know what i mean! Something I observed recently and wanted to share with everyone :)

That can be true and nice observation. However, the thread is asking how "busy" is your airport? What is asking is how often are the planes taking off and landing in one minute time and trust me, you wouldn't want to live near O'hare Int. Airport for its amounts of passenger and cargo planes landing and taking off! :runaway: :runaway:

BTW, I wouldn't be too concer how they use the term "International" to the ranking, because in europe, every countries are next to each other and most of them are small in size so it is quite easy to fly by countries rather than states as US here, so that international stats is only good for european airports not for countries that are large in size and distant away from other of its neighboring nations! :)

This is all you need to see the true busiest airport in the world....damn it is in my neighborhood :scouserd:
Here is the link to World's busiest airports by traffic movements in 2005:
Notice that top 10 busiest airports are in US!!! Then No. 11 is paris based airport....Something to think about... :runaway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_traffic_movements

Conclusion, Chicago O'Hare Int. Airport currently having the busiest traffic movements in the world!

I don't want to mess with you Chicagoskyline or anything like that but the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in Passenger traffic and also the #1 in the world in landings and take offs.

I don't want to mess with you Chicagoskyline or anything like that but the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in Passenger traffic and also the #1 in the world in landings and take offs.


No fouls taken panmaboy! :)
Anyway, yes ATL hartsfield was #1 world's buiest airport by passengers for couple of years! However, if you look at my linked that were rank by air traffic movements, you can see that Chicago O'hare is clearly the mothership of all! Since this thread ask how busy, don't forget that traffic are both passenger and cargo, I would consider the more numbers of planes taking off and land is the greatest concern here since the busier the traffice movement, the more noise and distractions it creates! :sleepy:
BTW, did I mention that Chicago O'Hare air control tower is the toughest air tower in the world to work in!

World's busiest airports by traffic movements
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The thirty world's busiest airports by traffic movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). One total movement is a landing and take off of an aircraft.

[edit]
2005 preliminary statistics
Rank Airport Location Code (IATA) Volume 2004
Rank %
1. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD 970,867 1 -2.2%
2. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL 958,593 2 -0.6%
3. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW 711,878 3 -11.6%
4. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX 650,629 4 -0.7%
5. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS 605,046 7 (+2) +11.1%
6. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH 562,966 12 (+6) +8.8%
7. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN 559,046 5 (-2) -0.2%
8. Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States PHX 555,256 6 (-2) +1.6%
9. Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL 535,666 13 (+4) +10.2%
10. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States MSP 532,239 8 (-2) -1.6%
11. Charles De Gaulle International Airport Paris, Île-de-France, France CDG 522,619 9 (-2) -0.6%
12. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW 521,899 10 (-2) -0.1%
13. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT 521,878 19 (+6) +22.1%
14. Washington Dulles International Airport Washington, D.C., United States IAD 509,459 16 (+2) +8.5%
15. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati, Ohio, United States CVG 496,366 11 (-4) -4.1%
16. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA 490,147 14 (-2) +2.7%
17. London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR 477,888 15 (-2) +0.4%
18. Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States SLC 455,472 21 (+3) +10.6%
19. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR 437,165 18 (-1) -0.2%
20. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS 420,533 N/A N/A
21. Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD 415,577 24 (+3) +3.5%
22. Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys, California, United States VNY 411,317 17 (-5) -8.3%
23. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario, Canada YYZ 409,645 23 +1.5%
24. Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States BOS 409,070 22 (-2) +0.9%
25. LaGuardia Airport New York City, New York, United States LGA 403,509 26 (+1) +1.1%
26. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport Munich, Germany MUC 398,838 28 (+2) +4.1%
27. Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee, United States MEM 392,360 27 +1.1%
28. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA 381,610 25 (-3) -4.8%
29 Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States DVT 378,225 N/A N/A
30 Long Beach Municipal Airport Long Beach, California, United States LGB 353,011 N/A N/A

As you can see that Chi o'hare and ATL hartsfield are very close in the air traffic movement volume, but don't forget that is because last couple of years, CHI O'Hare has been restricted by the FAA to reduced tons of flights so that can hopefully bring its delay time to 70%!!!! The casue now is taken to action by Chicago to expand our O'hare terminals, facilities and runways(I also posted above), next few years, you will see the air traffic movement handle by O'Hare jump back to "normal" and as the construction of expansion closing complete, it can handles one additional airport's traffic movement!!!
BTW, next of airports are way below in volume handle from No 3, so I would say that ATL Hartsfield is still in good shape! :)

World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
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The thirty world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International). One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day.

Contents [hide]
1 2006 preliminary (January - April) statistics
2 2005 final statistics
3 2004 final statistics
4 2003 final statistics
5 2002 final statistics
6 See also
7 External links



[edit]
2006 preliminary (January - April) statistics
Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total passengers
to date
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 26,641,429
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 24,011,515
3. London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 21,220,624
4. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) Tokyo, Kanto, Japan HND/RJTT 20,220,206
5. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 19,194,220
6. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 19,076,983
7. Charles De Gaulle International Airport Paris, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 17,121,173
8. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA/EDDF 15,603,391
9. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 14,887,971
10. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 14,755,745
11. Bangkok International Airport Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBD 14,744,381
12. Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing, Beijing Shi, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 14,554,716
13. Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China HKG/VHHH 13,950,000
14. Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 13,845,034
15. George Bush (Houston) Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 13,744,742
16. Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 13,662,849
17. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 13,132,966
18. John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 12,846,477
19. Orlando McCoy International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 12,123,165
20. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 11,439,904
21. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 11,435,688
22 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 11,286,943
23. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 11,233,850
24. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 11,080,528
25. San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, California, United States SFO/KSFO 10,263,018
26. Narita International Airport Chiba, Kanto, Japan NRT/RJAA 10,237,824
27. Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 9,884,003
28. Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SYD 9,857,401
29. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 9,764,537
30. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta) Cengkareng, Banten, Indonesia CGK/WIII 9,606,497

In 2005, Barcelona El Prat airport was the 35th in the world, in number of passengers.
;)
The 8th of Europe and the 2nd in Spain!
:wink2:

It's so weird how Chicago and Atlanta beat all of the largest touristic cities and largest cities in the world in passengers!

36,713,173

It's so weird how Chicago and Atlanta beat all of the largest touristic cities and largest cities in the world in passengers!

Why do you think that's weird? Both cities are major hubs for three different airlines. Believe it or not, airlines may serve tourist cities, but that doesn't neccesary mean those cities will get more service than a hub city (like Chicago, Atlanta, or Dallas). Airlines make more money on business passengers, not tourists.

The closest near me is:

Raleigh-Durham International: about 10 million passengers, but its largest passenger number was about 12 million in 2000, but we all know what happened the next year. the only international flights are to London-Gatwick and I think Lufthansa is beginning flights from there.

the busiest in NC is Charlotte-Douglas International with about 28-29 million passengers annually. It is the nation's 17th busiest and the world's 33rd busiest, don't quote me on that, but it is rather busy in terms of passengers. Charlotte is one of the main gateways in the south for Lufthansa and British Airways. Charlotte is also the main hub for US Airways and now America West which joined with US Airways. the other hubs are Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.

Closest airport to me is Amsterdam Schiphol,

Leaving out Eelde Airport, Bremen Airport is ca. 10-15 km closer to Groningen than Amsterdam (linear distance). ;)

Tampa International... 19.8m projected this year. It is mostly a destination airport, so I find that to be pretty great. Course, there are international flights to Canada, UK, Bahamas, Mexico, and a few other Caribbean nations...

BARAJAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MADRID
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http://p.airliners.net/photos/photos/2/5/5/0836552.jpg

Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, particularly Latin America. In 2005, 41,963,197 passengers used Barajas; it ranks as the world's 12th—and Europe's fifth—busiest airport.
On February 5, 2006, the immense Terminal 4 was inaugurated—making Barajas the world's largest airport, in terms of terminal area, with an area of more than one million square meters (11 million square feet). With the new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.
Until June of 2006 Barajas was used by 18.074.156 passengers, being now the 4th airport in Europe.
In October the two new runaways will be 100% working so is expected to carries more than 50.000.000 people in 2007.

The new terminal 4:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Barajas_interior6.jpg/800px-Barajas_interior6.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/barajasinauguracion/100_8839.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/barajasinauguracion/T4s5.jpg

2005 final statistics

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 85,907,423 1 +2.8%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 76,510,003 2 +1.3%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 67,915,403 3 +0.8%
4. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) Tokyo, Kanto, Japan HND/RJTT 63,282,219 4 +1.6%
5. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 61,489,398 5 +1.3%
6. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 59,176,265 6 -0.4%
7. Charles De Gaulle International Airport Paris, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 53,798,308 7 +5.0%
8. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA/EDDF 52,219,412 8 +2.2%
9. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 44,163,098 9 +3.8%
10. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 43,989,982 11 (+1) +6.0%
11. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 43,387,513 10 (-1) +2.6%
12. Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 41,940,059 13 (+1) +8.4%
13. John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 41,885,104 15 (+2) +8.9%
14. Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 41,213,754 12 (-2) +4.3%
15. Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing, Beijing Shi, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 41,004,008 20 (+5) +17.5%
16. Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China HKG/VHHH 40,269,847 17 (+1) +9.7%
17. George Bush (Houston) Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 39,684,640 18 (+1) +8.7%
18. Bangkok International Airport Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBD 38,985,043 14 (-4) +2.7%
19. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 37,604,373 16 (-3) +2.4%
20. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 36,389,294 19 (-1) +3.2%
21. Orlando McCoy International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 34,128,048 24 (+3) +8.4%
22 Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 33,999,990 22 +3.3%
23. San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, California, United States SFO/KSFO 32,802,363 21 (-2) +2.0%
24. London Gatwick Airport West Sussex, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 32,784,330 23 (-1) +4.2%
25. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 32,430,856 26 (+1) +6.8%
26. Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 31,495,385 30 (+4) +10.5%
27. Narita International Airport Chiba, Kanto, Japan NRT/RJAA 31,451,274 25 (-2) +1.3%
28. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA/KMIA 31,008,453 27 (-1) +2.8%
29. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 29,914,750 28 (-1) +4.5%
30. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington, United States SEA/KSEA 29,289,026 N/A +1.7%

BARAJAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MADRID
http://p.airliners.net/photos/photos/0/3/8/0755830.jpg
http://p.airliners.net/photos/photos/2/5/5/0836552.jpg

Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, particularly Latin America. In 2005, 41,963,197 passengers used Barajas; it ranks as the world's 12th—and Europe's fifth—busiest airport.
On February 5, 2006, the immense Terminal 4 was inaugurated—making Barajas the world's largest airport, in terms of terminal area, with an area of more than one million square meters (11 million square feet). With the new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.
Until June of 2006 Barajas was used by 18.074.156 passengers, being now the 4th airport in Europe.
In October the two new runaways will be 100% working so is expected to carries more than 50.000.000 people in 2007.

The new terminal 4:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Barajas_interior6.jpg/800px-Barajas_interior6.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/barajasinauguracion/100_8839.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/barajasinauguracion/T4s5.jpg

Incredible views and airport! :)

chicago midway
http://p.airliners.net/photos/photos/6/9/7/0610796.jpg

chicago o'hare int.
http://p.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/5/2/1057251.jpg
:cheers:

^^
Americans fly domestic whereas Europeans mostly take the train (both domestic and intra-Europe) due to the short distances. For international passengers however, European airports walk all over American ones. European airports generally have more long haul routes and thus more widebody planes as well

In the "How many carriers from unique countries does your airport have"-thread, it was concluded that Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, the busiest airport in the world, doesn't even have 10 different carriers from unique countries in the world.

I agree with the point that the US is as large as most of the EU, which is more than 20 countries! So really, a LA-NY flight which is 3000 miles is domestic, whereas a Paris to London, which is 200 miles is international!

Its true that the US is large, but there are still more long-haul flights from European cities than American cities. I understand that the countries here are close, but most major airports in Europe deal with intercontinental flights. As staff said, there are far more international airliners in European hubs, than KATL or other large US hubs.
When I was in Atlanta last year, I saw most flights didn't go further than the south or east coast of America.

If you see this post by Monkey, you'll see that long-haul dominates London's agenda: http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9395219&postcount=26

"Six of the world's 10 fastest-growing long-haul air routes involve London, with flights between the British capital and Dubai topping the list, according to figures published Tuesday." etc.

Its true that the US is large, but there are still more long-haul flights from European cities than American cities. I understand that the countries here are close, but most major airports in Europe deal with intercontinental flights. As staff said, there are far more international airliners in European hubs, than KATL or other large US hubs.
When I was in Atlanta last year, I saw most flights didn't go further than the south or east coast of America.

If you see this post by Monkey, you'll see that long-haul dominates London's agenda: http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9395219&postcount=26

"Six of the world's 10 fastest-growing long-haul air routes involve London, with flights between the British capital and Dubai topping the list, according to figures published Tuesday." etc.

I am sorry, but why would you bring long-haul domination into this discussion? What does it that have anything to do with your busy airport other than that they are way bigger and slower?
Why would you pick on ATL Hartsfield about is lack of international flights when it is indeed a major us hub for domestic flights? Why didn't use NY JFK or LAX for your international comparison?
Just how busy is your city airport is by taking a look at the all the landing and taking off planes in one amount of timeframe not some long haul domination business that you were discussing eventho european countries are so close to each other and small in relative compare to US! :)

OMFG! How many runways does Chigago O'Hare International Airport have? I counted 9. I'm I right?

OMFG! How many runways does Chigago O'Hare International Airport have? I counted 9. I'm I right?
ORD has 6 right now. They will have 8 [6 of which will be parallel to each other] after the field's modernization program is complete. :yes:

Seattle International or Seatac is the bussiest Airport in the northwest. I know it's one of the bussiest in the country. I don't know where.

I am sorry, but why would you bring long-haul domination into this discussion? What does it that have anything to do with your busy airport other than that they are way bigger and slower?

If you look at the posts before mine, you'll see that the topic of "Domestic and International Traffic" was raised.
In this post (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9386175&postcount=34), someone raised the point that "airports in the USA are ranked busiest in the world mostly because of the very large amount of domestic passnegers"
... and it continues from there. Read page 2 before suggesting that I brought short haul/long haul discussion here... and there is nothing wrong with it.

The amount of international flights an airport has usually goes in correlation with the average size of plane that take off and land there. It is also good to discuss the purpose of an airport.

Why would you pick on ATL Hartsfield about is lack of international flights when it is indeed a major us hub for domestic flights? Why didn't use NY JFK or LAX for your international comparison?

I used KATL, because it is the biggest, and the last American airport I went to. If you want me to use JFK, I will:

JFK had 37,518,143 passengers (18,534,215 international passengers) last year, with the most frequent route being London-NewYork. That is the largest figure of any US airport. This results in JFK aircraft movement statistics being pretty low compared to larger domestic hubs like KATL. In conclusion, JFK handles many passengers compared to its relatively low aircraft movement figures. This means more wide-body aircraft use JFK than any other airport.

Just how busy is your city airport is by taking a look at the all the landing and taking off planes in one amount of timeframe not some long haul domination business that you were discussing eventho european countries are so close to each other and small in relative compare to US! :)

As you can see with my previous point, it does not matter as much how many aircraft take off or land, but how many passengers use an airport. This is because aircraft with high traffic-movement generally handle smaller planes.

A busy airport like JFK would not even come in the world top-20 if we compared traffic movement, so it is not the best way to gauge the activity of an airport.

I think that many visitors to ATL believe that because the airport only has a half-dozen or so European and Asian airlines that it doesn't have many long-haul international flights. Actually, it's mainly because Delta has driven all but the strongest non-SkyTeam airlines (BA & LH) out of town. Additionally, Delta does not currently own or use 747s or A340s for any of its service, even on the longest of the long-haul routes. It uses 777s and 767s, and may even copy Continental by using modifies 757s on some of the shorter trans-Atlantic flights from JFK to additional small cities in England primarily.

Back in the early 90's, Atlanta had daily (or near daily) service from Japan Airlines (747), Sabena (various equipment), British Airways (DC-10), Lufthansa (747), Varig (767), KLM (747), SwissAir (747), Aeromexico (various equipment), AeroPostal (defunct Venezuelan airline), Cayman (737), Air Jamaica (A310) and others throughout this period. As the various airline alliances formed and solidified (SkyTeam with Delta, Star and OneWorld), most of the non-SkyTeam airlines left ATL for nearby alliance friendly hub cities and SkyTeam Airlines that hadn't flown into ATL started offering service. KLM left and started flying from Memphis, which was a Northwest-KLM mini-alliance city, but after a decade or so the Northwest-KLM mini-alliance joined SkyTeam and KLM soon returned to ATL. :)

Here's a list of Delta's international flights out of Atlanta. I wrote this list down in the beginning of 2006 and from what I've seen most of these flights have been implemented. If you want to check just go to www.amadeus.net or any other airline ticket booking website.


ATLANTA


Europe/Middle East/Japan

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Barcelona, Spain
Brussels, Belgium
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dublin, Ireland
Düsseldorf, Germany
Edinburgh, Scotland
Frankfurt, Germany
London/Gatwick, England
Manchester, England
Madrid, Spain
Milan, Italy
Munich, Germany
Moscow, Russia
Nice, France
Paris/Charles De Gaulle, France
Rome, Italy
Shannon, Ireland
Stuttgart, Germany
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tokyo/Narita, Japan
Venice, Italy
Zürich, Switzerland


Latin America/Caribbean

Acapulco, Mexico
Aruba
Antigua
Barbados
Belize City, Belize
Bogota, Colombia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cancun, Mexico
Caracas, Venezuela
Cozumel, Mexico
Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Guadalajara, Mexico
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hamilton, Bermuda
Liberia, Costa Rica
Lima, Peru
Los Cabos, Mexico
Managua, Nicaragua
Merida, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Monterrey, Mexico
Nassau, Bahamas
Panama City, Panama
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Roatan, Honduras
San Jose, Costa Rica
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
San Salvador, El Salvador
Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Dominican Republic
St. Lucia
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sao Paulo, Brazil
St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa, Mexico

TOP AIRPORTS IN BRAZIL

1. São Paulo - Guarulhos International (GRU) | 19,000,000
Airlines: Aerolineas Argentinas, AeroMexico, AeroSur, Air Canada, Air France, Air Nippon Airlines, Alitalia, American Airlines, Avianca, BRA, British Airways, Continental, Copa Airlines, Delta Airlines, GOL, Iberia, JAL, KLM, Korean Air Lines, LAN Chile, LLoyd Aereo Boliviano, Lufthansa, Líder Táxi Aéreo, Passaredo, Pluna, Rio Sul, Scandinavian Airlines System, South African Airways, Spanair, SwissAir, Taca Peru, TAM, TAP, UAIR, United Airlines, VARIG.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/gru.jpg

2. São Paulo - Congonhas Domestic (CGH) | 17,000,000
Airlines: BRA, GOL, Ocean Air, Pantanal, TAM, VARIG.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/cgh.jpg

3. Rio de Janeiro - Galeão International (GIG) | 11,000,000
Airlines: Aerolineas Argentinas, Air France, American Airlines, Avianca, BRA, British Airways, Continental, Delta, GOL, Iberia, LAN Chile, Pluna, TAAG, TAM, TAP, United Airlines, VARIG, Web Jet.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/gig.jpg

4. Brasília - Juscelino Kubitschek International (BSB) | 9,000,000
Airlines: Abaeté, BRA, GOL, Ocean Air, TAM, Total, VARIG.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/bsb.jpg

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^^I thought the old domestic only airport in Sao Paulo (Congonhas) was the busiest airport in Brazil?

^^ Dude, I had completely forgoten about CGH!! :hammer:
And, no... it is no longer the busiest airport in Brazil. The Civil Aviation Dept transferred alot of flights to GRU... after all, Congonhas is extremely old :ancient: !! and ugly.

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Leaving out Eelde Airport, Bremen Airport is ca. 10-15 km closer to Groningen than Amsterdam (linear distance). ;)
Yeah, I know. Hamburg and Hannover aren't really that far away either. But I just gave in to a bit of old-fashioned patriottism ;)

1. São Paulo - Guarulhos International (GRU) | 19,000,000
Airlines: Scandinavian Airlines System
SAS does not fly to GRU anymore. :) ;)

Incase you're interested, here's the top 40 airports of Africa:

Currently, there are several airports undergoing/are about to undergo major expansion in this region. They include Johannesburg, Durban, Lagos (new terminal), Nairobi (double size expansion), Luanda (US$2billion expansion) and Abuja (new terminal).

Here's the 40 busiest airports in Africa (Sep'04-Sep'05). Figures are in '000 with % change from 2004/5.

1. Johannesburg, South Africa....15,339 | 13.6%
2. Cairo, Egypt........................10,145 | 7.0%
3. Cape Town, South Africa.........6,574 | 12.6%
4. Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt............4,750 | 6.2%
5. Hurgada, Egypt......................4,564 | 3.1%
6. Casablanca, Morocco..............4,317 | 15.6%
7. Nairobi, Kenya........................4,123 | 7.0%
8. Monastir, Tunisia....................4,117 | 17.3%
9. Lagos, Nigeria........................3,930 | 6.8%
10.Tunis, Tunisia........................3,641 | 7.5%
11.Durban, South Africa...............3,462 14.3%
12.Algiers, Algeria.......................3,405 2.8%
13.Jerba, Tunisia........................2,403 11.6%
14.Luxor, Egypt..........................2,305 10.6%
15.Abuja, Nigeria........................2,225 3.2%
16.Mauritius...............................2,133 3.0%
17.Marrakech, Morocco................2,078 32.5%
18.Addis Ababa, Ethiopia..............1,810 21.5%
19.St Denis, Reunion...................1,573 -0.4%
20.Agadir, Morocco.....................1,283 15.0%
21.Port Elizabeth, South Africa......1,211 20.7%
22.Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde...........1,151 39.3%
23.Aswan, Egypt........................1,111 -4.5%
24.Dar es Salaam, Tanzania..........1,109 14.8%
25.Mombasa, Kenya....................1,019 8.2%
26.Port Harcourt, Nigeria................889 -2.1%
27.Accra, Ghana...........................840 2.8%
28.Luanda, Angola........................833 10.9%
29.Abidjan, Ivory Coast.................761 -10.1%
30.Antanarivo, Madagascar............683 15.0%
31.Libreville, Gabon.......................624 -17.6%
32.Entebbe, Uganda......................605 14.7%
33.Douala, Cameroon.....................558 4.9%
34.George, South Africa.................548 32.5%
35.Kinshasa, DRC..........................542 7.7%
36.Maputo, Mozambique.................541 16.1%
37.Windhoek, Namibia....................524 0.8%
38.East London, South Africa..........521 24.5%
39.Bamako, Mali............................508 6.8%
40.Brazzaville, Congo.....................500 11.7%