The thirty 'world's busiest airports by traffic movements' are measured by total movements (data provided by
). One total movement is a landing or take off of an aircraft.
| Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) | Total Movements | 2005 Rank | Change |
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| 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 976,447 | 1 | -0.4% |
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 958,643 | 2 | -1.4% |
| 3. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 699,773 | 3 | -1.7% |
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 656,842 | 4 | +1.0% |
| 5. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 619,486 | | +2.4% |
| 6. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 602,672 | | +7.1% |
| 7. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 598,489 | | +6.7% |
| 8. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 546,510 | | -3.0% |
| 9. | Charles De Gaulle International Airport | Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, ÃŽle-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 541,566 | | +3.6% |
| 10. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 515,869 | | -3.7% |
| 11. | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 509,559 | | -2.4% |
| 12. | Frankfurt International Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 489,406 | | -0.2% |
| 13. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Detroit, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 481,740 | | -7.7% |
| 14. | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 477,030 | | -0.2% |
| 15. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Bloomington, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 475,668 | | -10.6% |
| 16. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 444,374 | | +1.9% |
| 17. | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 440,154 | | +4.6% |
| 18. | Madrid Barajas International Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain | MAD/LEMD | 435,018 | | +4.6% |
| 19. | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | SLC/KSLC | 421,436 | | -7.5% |
| 20. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 417,921 | | +2.1% |
| 21. | Munich International Airport | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 411,335 | | +3.1% |
| 22. | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 406,507 | | +7.6% |
| 23. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 406,119 | | -0.7% |
| 24. | LaGuardia Airport | New York City, New York, United States | LGA/KGA | 399,827 | | -1.3% |
| 25. | Van Nuys Airport | Van Nuys, California, United States | VNY/KVNY | 394,915 | | -4.0% |
| 26. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | MEM/KMEM | 384,823 | | -1.9% |
| 27. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 384,477 | | +0.8% |
| 28. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia, United States | IAD/KIAD | 379,571 | | -25.5% |
| 29 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 378,389 | | +8.2% |
| 30 | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China | PEK/ZBAA | 376,643 | | +10.2% |