Here's the busiest airports for 2008. Couldn't get updated stats for Sapporo, Fukuoka, Naha, Jeddah and Doha so I've included the 2007 figures (in red). Doha and Sapporo will no doubt still be in the top 100 but not sure about the others. Depending on this there a couple of newcomers and Oakland is no longer in the top 100. Stats are for passenger totals (in millions).

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7316/2008airports.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/i/2008airports.jpg/)





Source: ACI and various others.

Excelent list. I would have liked to see the list was a little longer to see what was SJU place, which is around 10 million.

Here's up to position 150. If anyone has 2008 stats for the airports in red please let me know so I can update the list.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9403/2008airports2copy.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/i/2008airports2copy.jpg/)

Thank a lot GregPZ. i apreciatted your act!:)
i attach the map
Lucian

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr259/buchetfotografic/AEROPORTURIMARI.jpg

Jakarta over 30 million passanger?interesting

really ineresting map, Lucian :okay:

really ineresting map, Lucian :okay:

Thnk a lot for encouragement.
Lucian

:)

BCN airport is decreasing from 33M to 30M passengers. Crisis and high speed train fault...
:(

Updated Ho Chi Minh City. Now just need 2008 figures for Doha and some of the Japanese and Saudi airports.

Notice how almost all big US airpots are going down..

great list. you can see effects of the worldwide crisis. I bet the list of 2009 will change considerably.

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2009 year-to-date statistics

The following is the ACI's year-to-date figures from January to April . These figures should be read with caution as airports may witness seasonal peaks at a certain period of time, which implies the year-to-date statistics may not well reflect the whole year's performance.

Rank ↓ Airport ↓ Location ↓ Code(IATA/ICAO) ↓ Total Totalpassengers


1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 27,460,376

2. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 20,677,400

3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 20,089,311

4. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 19,744,829

5. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 19,624,500

6. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 17,524,898

7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 17,486,499

8. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 17,272,326

9. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 15,436,572

10. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 15,277,500

11. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 15,175,418

12. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 14,551,965

13. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 13,251,385

14. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS13,194,943

15. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 12,980,274

16. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 12,800,985

17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 12,613,306

18. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 12,553,972

19. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 12,518,664

20. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of ChinaCAN/ZGGG 12,066,774

21. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 11,617,116

22. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 11,449,024

23. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 11,388,566

24. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 11,113,896

25. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 10,987,829

26. Sydney International Airport Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SYD/YSSY 10,857,526

27. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 10,361,705

28. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 10,324,392

29. Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan NRT/RJAA 10,303,127

30. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Java, Jakarta, Indonesia CGK/WIII 10,273,514

^^ Bewcause of seasonal peaks it's better to use the stats for the last 12 months as they give a more accurate picture.

May 2008-April 2009...

1 ATLANTA GA, US (ATL) 88 903 067 (1.6)

2 CHICAGO IL, US (ORD) 67 297 091 (9.3)

3 LONDON, GB (LHR) 66 234 789 (2.5)

4 TOKYO, JP (HND) 65 181 185 (2.7)

5 PARIS, FR (CDG) 59 659 898 (1.3)

6 BEIJING, CN (PEK) 59 345 077 9.9

7 LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX) 57 726 569 (7.6)

8 DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW) 56 412 274 (4.5)

9 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA) 51 928 951 (5.0)

10 DENVER CO, US (DEN) 50 411 257 (0.2)

11 MADRID, ES (MAD) 48 679 474 (8.4)

12 HONG KONG, HK (HKG) 47 218 414 (2.0)

13 NEW YORK NY, US (JFK) 45 920 212 (4.6)

14 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS) 45 918 996 (4.3)

15 LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS) 42 260 386 (11.0)

16 HOUSTON TX, US (IAH) 40 207 806 (6.8)

17 PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX) 38 498 366 (8.4)

18 DUBAI, AE (DXB) 37 827 676 5.3

19 BANGKOK, TH (BKK) 36 894 147 (10.4)

20 SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO) 36 802 224 0.8

21 SINGAPORE, SG (SIN) 36 776 029 (1.6)

22 CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT) 34 685 969 2.6

23 ROME, IT (FCO) 34 662 646 3.1

24 ORLANDO FL, US (MCO) 34 210 015 (8.2)

25 NEWARK NJ, US (EWR) 34 208 063 (6.2)

26 GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN) 34 044 701 4.6

27 MIAMI FL, US (MIA) 33 924 498 (0.3)

28 DETROIT MI, US (DTW) 33 614 100 (6.9)

29 MUNICH, DE (MUC) 33 537 308 (3.0)

30 LONDON, GB (LGW) 33 064 831 (7.0)

very interesting. looks like beijing is on the way to the top of the list.

the 2009 list will probably look completely different to that of 2008. it looks as if chicago would lose the second position. tokyo will probably overtake london, both will be downgraded by beijing. la and dallas might swap places, the gap between them and frankfurt will probably get smaller. denver is quite a surprise. madrid's phenomenal growth won't continue.

The top 35 cities (taking into account all main airports serving them) for 2008 are:

1. London 136.9 million pax
2. New York 107.1
3. Tokyo 100.0
4. Atlanta 90.0
5. Paris 89.6
6. Chicago 86.9
7. Los Angeles 82.9
8. Dallas 65.2
9. Washington/Baltimore 62.4
10. San Francisco 58.6
11. Frankfurt 57.4
12. Beijing 57.1
13. Miami/Ft Lauderdale 56.7
14. Denver 51.3
15. Shanghai 51.2
16. Madrid 50.9
17. Houston 50.5
18. Hong Kong 48.6
19. Amsterdam 47.4
20. Seoul 44.4
21. Las Vegas 44.2
22. Moscow 43.6
23. Bangkok 43.4
24. Phoenix 39.9
25. Rome 39.9
26. Singapore 37.7
27. Orlando 37.5
28. Dubai 37.4
29. Barcelona 37.0
30. Detroit 35.1
31. Munich 35.0
32. Milan 35.0
33. Charlotte 34.7
34. Sao Paulo 34.6
35. Minneapolis/St Paul 34.1

AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS ARENT DOING TOO BAD.

The top 35 cities (taking into account all main airports serving them) for 2008 are:

1. London 136.9 million pax
2. New York 107.1
3. Tokyo 100.0
4. Atlanta 90.0
5. Paris 89.6
6. Chicago 86.9
7. Los Angeles 82.9
8. Dallas 65.2
9. Washington/Baltimore 62.4
10. San Francisco 58.6
11. Frankfurt 57.4
12. Beijing 57.1
13. Miami/Ft Lauderdale 56.7
14. Denver 51.3
15. Shanghai 51.2
16. Madrid 50.9
17. Houston 50.5
18. Hong Kong 48.6
19. Amsterdam 47.4
20. Seoul 44.4
21. Las Vegas 44.2
22. Moscow 43.6
23. Bangkok 43.4
24. Phoenix 39.9
25. Rome 39.9
26. Singapore 37.7
27. Orlando 37.5
28. Dubai 37.4
29. Barcelona 37.0
30. Detroit 35.1
31. Munich 35.0
32. Milan 35.0
33. Charlotte 34.7
34. Sao Paulo 34.6
35. Minneapolis/St Paul 34.1

wow London 30Million ahead of New York, I wonder why London's figure is so high.

wow London 30Million ahead of New York, I wonder why London's figure is so high.It's a major transfer hub for small European nations taking intercontinental flights..

It's a major transfer hub for small European nations taking intercontinental flights..

I was just testing, and you passed!!!

I'm pretty surprised to see Singapore still below Hong-Kong and Bangkok.

And Dublin there at 49! Well, we've got only international passengers from here in Dublin :lol:

Singapore does have a far smaller population than Hong Kong or Bangkok. I wouldn't be surprised if it's losing transit pax to Dubai. But still Singapore has a superb airport and airline so pax numbers should stay strong.

Singapore is the natural hub on the Kangaroo Route beween Europe and Australia. 2-3 daily flights to nearly every major Australian / New Zealandian city (to Sydney even 7), direct flights from Sydney and Melbourne to London and Frankfurt stopping there... Dubai will get its piece of the cake, but it will never be an equal competitor to this Qantas & Singapore Airlines hub. So Singapore will remain strong.

Hongkong airport doesn't just serve Hongkong, but the whole Pearl River Delta especially in many international routes

Collectively the 3 main airports serving the Pearl River Delta (Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen served 102.8 million passengers in 2008.

interesting. that would have to be the third busiest metropolitan area in the world.

List of the busiest airports in Europe 2007/2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Europe_by_passenger_traffic)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Europe_busiest_airports.png

^^ Strange that they listed the top 26 airports. Athens is 26th busiest according to that link, while Antalya is listed as a European airport at #22? Perhaps, they should just drop Antalya from the list as it's technically in Asia.

I'm also surprised to see Toronto so far down the list at #34. That's less busy than Detroit, Charlotte, and Minneapolis. Do Canadians just not fly as often as other nationalities, or is it that Americans don't fly outside their country as much as Europeans do? :weird:

I'm also surprised to see Toronto so far down the list at #34. That's less busy than Detroit, Charlotte, and Minneapolis. Do Canadians just not fly as often as other nationalities, or is it that Americans don't fly outside their country as much as Europeans do? :weird:

Canada is not as fortunate as us to have a very intricate domestic market. And on top of that there's not that many destinations in Canada to be served compared the vast number of airports served in the US. It would be far to say that about half of Toronto's passengers come from international destinations.

Canada is not as fortunate as us to have a very intricate domestic market. And on top of that there's not that many destinations in Canada to be served compared the vast number of airports served in the US. It would be far to say that about half of Toronto's passengers come from international destinations.

Shouldn't it all be proportional to population though? It's not accurate to portray Canada's domestic market as poorly served. Canada has the 4th largest number of airports on the planet. Only the USA, Brazil, and Mexico have more airports. If anything, US airports should be less busy because the number of passengers is divided between more possible destinations. Pearson should be far busier than a comparable airport in a US city the same size. Look at Atlanta, for god's sake. It's not even close.

Here's the world's top 10 ranked by number of airports.

01 United States 14,951
02 Brazil 4,176
03 Mexico 1,848
04 Canada 1,369
05 Russia 1,232

06 Argentina 1,150
07 Bolivia 1,009
08 Colombia 991
09 Paraguay 797
10 Indonesia 669

— European Union 3,127

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_airports

Even on a per capita basis, Canada has about as many airports serving them as people in the US.

^^ Bulgaria there isn't 204 airports. Bulgaria there is 213 airports. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria#Air_transportation)
So, Sofia Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Airport)for the first time is in the list of the busiest airports in Europe.....

........ 98. Sofia Airport 2,747,000 3,230,696 ▲17.6% :banana:

Welcome to Bulgaria! :)

The problem is not # of airports but the lack of viable routes. The population is not big enough to support service to many of these airports. Otherwise, connectivity would be much better and denser across the country.

Shouldn't it all be proportional to population though? It's not accurate to portray Canada's domestic market as poorly served. Canada has the 4th largest number of airports on the planet. Only the USA, Brazil, and Mexico have more airports. If anything, US airports should be less busy because the number of passengers is divided between more possible destinations. Pearson should be far busier than a comparable airport in a US city the same size. Look at Atlanta, for god's sake. It's not even close.


While Canada does have a lot of airports most of them are isolated and can't handle a lot of passengers. Population also attributes to the passenger statistics as US has many more people flying per day than Canada. The US also has many more Airlines and frequencies contributing to growth in airports in medium sized cities like Minneapolis.

Even though Pearson is a gateway into Canada it lacks what other comparable airports in the US in terms of passengers do.

Ex: Minneapolis a relatively small city compared to Toronto, though it handled around 2 million more passengers than Toronto. Northwest has it's base at Minneapolis has operates flights all across this continent. It operates high frequency domestic routes all across the country. On top of that it operates extensive service into Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and some destinations within Asia and Europe. Minneapolis is a great transit point for passengers traveling from east to west or vice versa, like Toronto is. The kicker is that NW, who accounts for more than 80% of the passengers,operates at very high frequencies that Air Canada and other Canadian airlines cannot match out of Pearson.

Canada may have a lot of airports but not many of them are served to the degree the US airports are. Many of them are only connected to one city instead of maybe 6 or 8 comparable US airports are. The US just has more passengers, more demand, and more airports to work with than Canada.

So, you're saying that it's a lack of capacity at Canadian airports, not a lack of demand? I can't think of one Canadian airport that was unable to handle the demand placed on it. Most of them aren't any where near to capacity.

What is Pearson lacking compared to US airports. The connections from Pearson to points around the world seem comparable to that of other similarly sized US cities. For the most part, connections are better than what can be found at US cities the same size.

Canada's national air carrier, Air Canada, uses Pearson as its hub. It's also built to handle 50 million passengers, and is only getting 33 million. Neither lack of infrastructure, a big airline using it as hub, or connections are at play here.

I'm listening, but the arguments you are making don't make sense given the realities. I'm led to believe that Canadians simply don't fly as often as other nationalities, coupled with Americans not traveling beyond the US to the same extent as Europeans do. I bet if Canada bordered Europe instead of the US, Canadian airports would be much busier than they are. Europeans think nothing of traveling from London to Oslo for the weekend. How many Americans think of Canada in those terms. Not many.

I think some of the answer lies in the insular nature of Americans. Half of Americans don't have a passport, and don't really have a firm grasp of what exists north of the border. Americans will travel extensively within their nation, but not beyond. Germans vacation in other countries more than people from the US and they only have 82 million people. Those Americans that do come, are over whelmingly short border hops by car.

Here's the 30 airports reporting the highest growth for the first quarter of 2009 (for airports handling more than 5million pax per annum).

NANJING, CN 23.2%
BEIJING, CN 21.8%
HANGZHOU, CN 21.6%
ANKARA, TR 18.5%
KUNMING, CN 16.6%
CHENGDU, CN 12.6%
SHENZHEN, CN 12.4%
XIAMEN, CN 11.9%
ABU DHABI, AE 7.5%
LAGOS, NG 6.9%
SHANGHAI, CN (SHA) 6.8%
GUANGZHOU, CN 6.5%
IZMIR, TR 5.9%
KUWAIT, KW 5.7%
MANILA, PH 5.1%
LIMA, PE 5.0%
RECIFE, BR 3.8%
BERLIN, DE (SXF) 3.6%
PERTH, AU 3.2%
MEXICO CITY, MX 2.8%
HA NOI, VN 2.4%
SHANGHAI, CN (PVG) 2.3%
BELO HORIZONTE, BR 2.2%
SÃO PAULO, BR (CGH) 2.0%
DUBAI, AE 2.0%
MILAN, IT (BGY) 0.6%
SEOUL, KR (GMP) 0.5%
BRISBANE, AU 0.3%
PORTO ALEGRE, BR 0.3%
SHARJAH, AE 0.2%

Source: ACI Quarterly Traffic Bulletin

And the 30 worst performing airports for the first quarter of 2009...

ONTARIO CA, US (32.0%)
OAKLAND CA, US (31.9)
VALENCIA, ES (31.6)
MILAN, IT (MXP) (31.2)
CINCINNATI OH, US (26.5)
COLUMBUS OH, US (24.7)
EAST MIDLANDS, GB (23.5)
MOSCOW, RU (DME) (22.7)
BURBANK CA, US (21.3)
MONTERREY, MX (21.3)
BRISTOL, GB (21.3)
BARCELONA, ES (21.0)
SAN JOSE CA, US (20.4)
MALAGA, ES (20.4)
BANGALORE, IN (20.3)
SAN JUAN, PR (20.2)
LIVERPOOL, GB (20.0)
MILAN, IT (LIN) (20.0)
WARSAW, PL (19.9)
LANZAROTE, ES (19.9)
KANSAS CITY MO, US (19.5)
TENERIFE, ES (18.8)
GUADALAJARA, MX (18.7)
LONDON, GB (LTN) (18.6)
HYDERABAD, IN (18.5)
ALICANTE, ES (18.4)
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EG (18.4)
GIRONA, ES (18.1)
FARO, PT (17.8)
SACRAMENTO CA, US (17.6)

And the 30 worst performing airports for the first quarter of 2009...

ONTARIO CA, US (32.0%)
OAKLAND CA, US (31.9)
VALENCIA, ES (31.6)
MILAN, IT (MXP) (31.2)
CINCINNATI OH, US (26.5)
COLUMBUS OH, US (24.7)
EAST MIDLANDS, GB (23.5)
MOSCOW, RU (DME) (22.7)
BURBANK CA, US (21.3)
MONTERREY, MX (21.3)
BRISTOL, GB (21.3)
BARCELONA, ES (21.0)
SAN JOSE CA, US (20.4)
MALAGA, ES (20.4)
BANGALORE, IN (20.3)
SAN JUAN, PR (20.2)
LIVERPOOL, GB (20.0)
MILAN, IT (LIN) (20.0)
WARSAW, PL (19.9)
LANZAROTE, ES (19.9)
KANSAS CITY MO, US (19.5)
TENERIFE, ES (18.8)
GUADALAJARA, MX (18.7)
LONDON, GB (LTN) (18.6)
HYDERABAD, IN (18.5)
ALICANTE, ES (18.4)
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EG (18.4)
GIRONA, ES (18.1)
FARO, PT (17.8)
SACRAMENTO CA, US (17.6)

Three Californian airports within bottom 10 worst.. It doesn't look good for Arnold's economy.

Thanks for all this data and rankings,Greg.They are very interesting.
Would you happenn to have the 2008 pax traffic for airports 150 to 500 as well?(even less might do)
I wanted to see a TOP 500 but I'm having hard time finding it
Cheers