Largest passenger airports of the world

rank city
[airport code]
country passengers
2009 2010
1. Atlanta [ATL], Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta IAP USA 88,032,086 89,331,622
2. Beijing [PEK], Beijing Capital IAP China 65,372,012 73,948,113
3. Chicago [ORD], O'Hare IAP USA 64,158,343 66,774,738
4. London [LHR], Heathrow Airport UK 66,037,578 65,884,143
5. Tokyo [HND], Tokyo IAP (Haneda Airport) Japan 61,903,656 64,211,074
6. Los Angeles [LAX], Los Angeles IAP USA 56,520,843 59,070,127
7. Paris [CDG], Aéroport de Paris Charles de Gaulle France 57,906,866 58,167,062
8. Dallas [DFW], Dallas/Fort Worth IAP USA 56,030,457 56,906,610
9. Frankfurt [FRA], Frankfurt Airport Germany 50,932,840 53,009,221
10. Denver [DEN], Denver IAP USA 50,167,485 52,209,377
11. Hong Kong [HKG], Hong Kong IAP China 45,558,807 50,348,960
12. Madrid [MAD], Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas Spain 48,250,784 49,844,596
13. Dubai [DXB], Dubai IAP UAE 40,901,752 47,180,628
14. New York [JFK], John F. Kennedy IAP USA 45,915,069 46,514,154
15. Amsterdam [AMS], Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Neth. 43,570,370 45,211,749
16. Jakarta [CGK], Soekarno–Hatta IAP Indonesia 37,143,719 44,355,998
17. Bangkok [BKK], Bangkok IAP Thailand 40,500,224 42,784,967
18. Singapore [SIN], Singapore Changi Airport Singapore 37,203,978 42,038,777
19. Guangzhou [CAN], Guangzhou Baiyun IAP China 37,048,712 40,975,673
20. Shanghai [PVG], Shanghai Pudong IAP China .. 40,578,621
21. Houston [IAH], George Bush Intercontinental Airport USA 40,007,354 40,479,569
22. Las Vegas [LAS], McCarran IAP USA 40,469,012 39,757,359
23. San Francisco [SFO], San Francisco IAP USA 37,338,942 39,253,999
24. Phoenix [PHX], Phoenix Sky Harbor IAP USA 37,824,982 38,554,215
25. Charlotte [CLT], Charlotte Douglas IAP USA 34,536,666 38,254,207
source: Airports Council International.
note: total passengers = enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
note: IAP = International Airport.