WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS BY INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC

The following is a list of the 'world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic'.

Contents

2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)

2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)

Notes

References

See also

2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	London, United Kingdom	LHR	61,348,317	+0.6%
2.	Charles de Gaulle International Airport	Paris, France	CDG	51,846,811	+6.1%
3.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	AMS	45,958,075	+4.5%
4.	Frankfurt International Airport	Frankfurt, Germany	FRA	45,697,176	+1.9%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong, China	HKG	43,273,673	+8.7%
6.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, Singapore	SIN	33,368,099	+8.6%
7.	London Gatwick Airport	West Sussex, United Kingdom	LGW	30,017,002	+4.4%
8.	Suvarnabhumi Airport[1]	Samut Prakan, Thailand	BKK	29,587,773	+10.3%
9.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	27,925,522	+16.7%
10.	Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	27,661,598	+8.1%
11.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Greater Tokyo, Japan	NRT	27,510,616	+1.7%
12.	Madrid Barajas International Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Spain	MAD	24,828,627	+10.6%
13.	Munich International Airport	Munich, Germany	MUC	21,390,900	+9.6%
14.	Istanbul Ataturk Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST	21,265,974	+10%
15.	London Stansted Airport	Essex, United Kingdom	STN	20,972,291	+8.4%
16.	Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China	TPE	20,285,388	+5.6%
17.	Dublin Airport	Dublin, Ireland	DUB	20,271,485	+14.6%
18.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York City, United States	JFK	19,606,958	+4.4%
19.	Copenhagen Airport	Copenhagen, Denmark	CPH	18,898,625	+3.9%
20.	Malpensa International Airport	Milan, Italy	MXP	18,654,497	+13.9%
21.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, United Kingdom	MAN	18,596,505	-0.5%
22.	Zürich Airport	Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	18,444,894	+8.0%
23.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	17,210,155	+1.2%
24.	Leonardo da Vinci International Airport	Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	17,165,932	+6.4%
25.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	16,917,381	-3.3%
26.	Brussels Airport	Brussels, Belgium	BRU	16,571,064	+3.1%
27.	Vienna International Airport	Vienna, Austria	VIE	16,218,828	+6.3%
28.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Shanghai, China	PVG	16,073,367	+10.4%
29.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	16,039,187	+5.3%
30.	Barcelona International Airport	Barcelona, Spain	BCN	15,856,708	+13.5%

2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom	LHR	60 964 323	+1.5%
2.	Charles de Gaulle International Airport	Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France	CDG	48 551 870	+5.0%
3.	Frankfurt International Airport	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany	FRA	44 756 469	+3.2%
4.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands	AMS	43 881 540	+4.0%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	HKG	39 593 000	+10.2%
6.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, East Region, Singapore	SIN	30 577 724	+7.8%
7.	London Gatwick Airport	Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom	LGW	28 710 566	+5.2%
8.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan	NRT	27 115 822	+2.4%
9.	Bangkok International Airport	Bangkok, Thailand	BKK	26 768 772	+4.5%
10.	Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	25 541 362	+9.0%
11.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	23 607 507	+15.9%
12.	Madrid Barajas International Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain	MAD	22 107 466	+10.6%
13.	Munich International Airport	Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany	MUC	19 405 560	+8.3%
14.	Istanbul Ataturk Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST	19,293,769	+10%
15.	London Stansted Airport	Uttlesford, Essex, East, England, United Kingdom	STN	19 257 502	+6.6%
16.	Chiang Kai-shek International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China	TPE	19 158 638	+9.0%
17.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom	MAN	18 690 695	+6.1%
18.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York City, New York, United States	JFK	18 534 215	+7.1%
19.	Copenhagen Airport	Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark	CPH	17 964 538	+5.0%
20.	Dublin Airport	Fingal, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland	DUB	17 571 677	+8.0%
21.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	17 469 927	+6.6%
22.	Zürich Airport	Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	17 265 955	+3.9%
23.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	16 972 867	+6.7%
24.	Leonardo da Vinci International Airport	Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	16 527 016	+6.9%
25.	Malpensa International Airport	Varese, Lombardy, Italy	MXP	16 199 824	+8.8%
26.	Brussels Airport	Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium	BRU	16 060 407	+3.6%
27.	Antalya Airport	Antalya, Turkey	AYT	15 864 863	+13.8%
28.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	15 250 975	+4.3%
29.	Vienna International Airport	Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria	VIE	15 172 072	+7.6%
30.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	PVG	14 542 233	+16.2%
31.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	KUL	14 329 667	+17.7%

Notes

1. Includes figures for Don Mueang International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006.

2. Includes figures for Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Antalya Airport for 2005 and 2006, http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/dosyalar/istatistik/2006/2006tum/2006yolcu.pdf

References

★ International Passenger Traffic, Airports Council International

See also

★ World's busiest airport

★ World's busiest airports by passenger traffic

★ World's busiest airports by traffic movements

★ World's busiest airports by cargo traffic

★ US busiest airports by international passenger traffic