World's busiest airports by traffic movements

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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 and take off of an aircraft.

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[edit] 2005 final statistics[1]

Rank Airport Location Code (IATA) Volume[2] 2004
Rank
%
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL 980,386 2 (+1) 1.6%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD 972,248 1 (-1) -2.0%
3. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW 711,878 3 -11.6%
4. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX 650,629 4 -0.7%
5. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS 605,046 7 (+2) 11.1%
6. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH 562,966 12 (+6) 8.8%
7. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN 560,669 5 (-2) 0.1%
8. Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States PHX 555,256 6 (-2) 1.5%
9. Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL 535,666 13 (+4) 10.2%
10. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States MSP 532,240 8 (-2) -1.6%
11. Charles De Gaulle International Airport Paris, Île-de-France, France CDG 522,619 9 (-2) -0.6%
12. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW 521,899 10 (-2) -0.1%
13. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT 521,878 19 (+6) 11.4%
14. Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia, United States IAD 509,468 16 (+2) 8.5%
15. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Hebron, Kentucky, United States CVG 496,364 11 (-4) -4.1%
16. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany FRA 490,147 14 (-2) 2.7%
17. London Heathrow Airport Hayes, London, United Kingdom LHR 477,884 15 (-2) 0.4%
18. Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States SLC 455,472 21 (+3) 10.6%
19. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR 437,402 18 (-1) -0.4%
20. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS 420,736 N/A 0.5%
21. Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD 415,677 24 (+3) 3.5%
22. Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys, California, United States VNY 411,317 17 (-5) -8.3%
23. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario, Canada YYZ 409,401 23 1.4%
24. Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States BOS 409,066 22 (-2) 0.9%
25. LaGuardia Airport New York City, New York, United States LGA 404,853 26 (+1) 1.3%
26. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport Munich, Germany MUC 398,838 28 (+2) 4.1%
27. Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee, United States MEM 392,360 27 1.1%
28. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida, United States MIA 381,610 25 (-3) -4.8%
29 Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Phoenix, Arizona, United States DVT 378,225 N/A 11.1%
30 Long Beach Municipal Airport Long Beach, California, United States LGB 353,011 N/A 4.1%

[edit] 2004 final statistics

Rank Airport Location Code (IATA) Volume
1 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 992,427
2 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL 964,858
3 Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport Dallas, Texas DFW 804,865
4 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 655,097
5 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 560,198
6 Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 546,763
7 McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 544,679
8 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 541,093
9 Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris, France CDG 525,660
10 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan DTW 522,538
11 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Newport, Kentucky CVG 517,520
12 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 517,197
13 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 486,164
14 Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Germany FRA 477,475
15 London Heathrow Airport Hayes, United Kingdom LHR 475,999
16 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 469,634
17 Van Nuys Airport Los Angeles, California VNY 448,681
18 Newark International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 437,828
19 Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 427,390
20 Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands AMS 418,613
21 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 411,978
22 Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 405,258
23 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Canada YYZ 403,778
24 Madrid Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD 401,503
25 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 400,864
26 LaGuardia Airport New York, New York LGA 398,957
27 Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee MEM 387,968
28 Munich International Airport Munich, Germany MUC 383,110
29 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington SEA 358,894
30 Orlando Sanford International Airport Orlando, Florida SFB 357,076

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Airports Council International 2005 final traffic movments
  2. ^ Indicates the landing and take-off of an aircraft

[edit] See also