WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS BY TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS

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 or take off of an aircraft.
==2006 final statistics[1]==
RankAirportLocationCode
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Movements
2005
Rank
Change
1.Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesATL/KATL976,4471-0.4%
2.O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United StatesORD/KORD958,6432-1.4%
3.Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United StatesDFW/KDFW699,7733-1.7%
4.Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United StatesLAX/KLAX656,8424+1.0%
5.McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesLAS/KLAS619,486+2.4%
6.George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United StatesIAH/KIAH602,672+7.1%
7.Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United StatesDEN/KDEN598,489+6.7%
8.Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United StatesPHX/KPHX546,510-3.0%
9.Charles De Gaulle International Airport Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, ÃŽle-de-France, FranceCDG/LFPG541,566+3.6%
10.Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesPHL/KPHL515,869-3.7%
11.Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesCLT/KCLT509,559-2.4%
12.Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hesse, GermanyFRA/EDDF489,406-0.2%
13.Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United StatesDTW/KDTW481,740-7.7%
14.London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United KingdomLHR/EGLL477,030-0.2%
15.Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Bloomington, Minnesota, United StatesMSP/KMSP475,668-10.6%
16.Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United StatesEWR/KEWR444,374+1.9%
17.Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The NetherlandsAMS/EHAM440,154+4.6%
18.Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), SpainMAD/LEMD435,018+4.6%
19.Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United StatesSLC/KSLC421,436-7.5%
20.Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaYYZ/CYYZ417,921+2.1%
21.Munich International Airport Munich, Bavaria, GermanyMUC/EDDM411,335+3.1%
22.Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United StatesDVT/KDVT406,507+7.6%
23.Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesBOS/KBOS406,119-0.7%
24.LaGuardia Airport New York City, New York, United StatesLGA/KGA399,827-1.3%
25.Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys, California, United StatesVNY/KVNY394,915-4.0%
26.Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee, United StatesMEM/KMEM384,823-1.9%
27.Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United StatesMIA/KMIA384,477+0.8%
28.Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia, United StatesIAD/KIAD379,571-25.5%
29John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United StatesJFK/KJFK378,389+8.2%
30Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaPEK/ZBAA376,643+10.2%


Contents
2005 final statistics
Notes
See also

2005 final statistics


RankAirportLocationCode (IATA)Volume
1O'Hare International AirportChicago, IllinoisORD992,427
2Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, GeorgiaATL964,858
3Dallas-Ft. Worth International AirportDallas, TexasDFW904,865
4Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, CaliforniaLAX655,097
5Denver International AirportDenver, ColoradoDEN560,198
6Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, ArizonaPHX546,763
7McCarran International AirportLas Vegas, NevadaLAS544,679
8Minneapolis-Saint Paul International AirportMinneapolis, MinnesotaMSP541,093
9Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, FranceCDG525,660
10Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDetroit, MichiganDTW522,538
11Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International AirportNewport, KentuckyCVG517,520
12George Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston, TexasIAH517,197
13Philadelphia International AirportPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPHL486,164
14Frankfurt International AirportFrankfurt, GermanyFRA477,475
15London Heathrow AirportHayes, United KingdomLHR475,999
16Washington Dulles International AirportDulles, VirginiaIAD469,634
17Van Nuys AirportLos Angeles, CaliforniaVNY448,681
18Newark International AirportNewark, New JerseyEWR437,828
19Charlotte/Douglas International AirportCharlotte, North CarolinaCLT427,390
20Schiphol AirportHaarlemmermeer, NetherlandsAMS418,613
21Salt Lake City International AirportSalt Lake City, UtahSLC411,978
22Logan International AirportBoston, MassachusettsBOS405,258
23Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, CanadaYYZ403,778
24Madrid Barajas International AirportMadrid, SpainMAD401,503
25Miami International AirportMiami, FloridaMIA400,864
26LaGuardia AirportNew York, New YorkLGA398,957
27Memphis International AirportMemphis, TennesseeMEM387,968
28Munich International AirportMunich, GermanyMUC383,110
29Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSeattle, WashingtonSEA358,894
30Orlando Sanford International AirportOrlando, FloridaSFB357,076

Notes


1. Traffic Movements 2006 FINAL from Airports Council International

See also



World's busiest airport

World's busiest airports by passenger traffic

World's busiest airports by cargo traffic

World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic

US busiest airports by international passenger traffic

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves