Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport is, as soon as once more, the busiest airport on this planet.
The airport, which is Delta Air Strains’ largest hub, processed greater than 108 million passengers in 2024, in accordance with a report revealed as we speak by Airports Council Worldwide World.
Nevertheless, that is nonetheless some 2% fewer passengers than the airport processed in 2019.
The variety of passengers on the second-busiest airport on this planet — Dubai Worldwide Airport — climbed almost 7% final 12 months from pre-pandemic ranges, the rating confirmed.
The airport additionally tops a separate record that analyzes airports that course of probably the most worldwide passengers. In 2024, some 92.3 million passengers — all worldwide — handed by means of its doorways.
In 2024, world passenger visitors hit a report excessive, with some 9.4 billion individuals touring by air, in accordance with the report. That is about 8.4% extra passengers than in 2023, and a couple of.7% greater than in 2019, it stated.
The busiest airports on this planet, by whole passengers, are:
1. Atlanta, USA (ATL) – 108.1 million
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB) – 92.3 million
3. Dallas/Fort Value, USA (DFW) – 87.8 million
4. Tokyo, Japan (HND) – 85.9 million
5. London, U.Okay. (LHR) – 83.9 million
6. Denver, U.S. (DEN) – 82.4 million
7. Istanbul, Turkey (IST) – 80.1 million
8. Chicago, U.S. (ORD) – 80 million
9. New Delhi, India (DEL) – 77.8 million
10. Shanghai, China (PVG) – 76.8 million
11. Los Angeles, U.S. (LAX) – 76.6 million
12. Guangzhou, China (CAN) – 76.4 million
13. Incheon, Korea (ICN) – 71.2 million
14. Paris, France (CDG) – 70.3 million
15. Singapore (SIN) – 67.7 million
The busiest airports on this planet, by worldwide passengers, are:
1. Dubai, UAE (DXB) – 92.3 million
2. London, U.Okay. (LHR) – 79.2 million
3. Incheon, Korea (ICN) – 70.7 million
4. Singapore (SIN) – 67.1 million
5. Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) – 66.8 million
6. Paris, France (CDG) – 64.5 million
7. Istanbul, Turkey (IST) – 63 million
8. Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) – 56.2 million
9. Hong Kong (HKG) – 52.9 million
10. Doha, Qatar (DOH) – 52.7 million
11. Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) – 50.3 million
12. Madrid, Spain (MAD) – 48.7 million
13. Taipei, Taiwan (TPE) – 44.7 million
14. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KUL) – 41.9 million
15. Barcelona, Spain (BCN) – 40.7 million
Along with Dubai Worldwide Airport, different airports which are processing considerably extra passengers than in 2019, embody:
- Dallas Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW) – No. 3 (from No. 10 in 2019)
- Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) – No. 6 (from No. 16)
- Istanbul Airport (IST) – No. 7 (from No. 28)
- Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (DEL) – No. 9 (from No. 17)
The USA has six airports within the prime 20 record. For the primary time for the reason that pandemic, three airports in China — Shanghai (PVG), Guangzhou (CAN), and Beijing (PEK) — are again within the prime 20 rating.
Regardless of rating among the many world’s busiest airports, main airports in seven cities have but to see the variety of pre-Covid passengers return, together with Atlanta (-2.2%), Chicago (-5.4%), Los Angeles (-13%), Paris (-7.7%), Singapore (-0.9%), Beijing (-32.6%), Amsterdam (-6.8%) and Bangkok (-4.9%).
World passenger visitors is forecast to achieve 9.9 billion in 2025, in accordance with Airports Council Worldwide.
—CNBC’s Kaela Ling contributed to this report.
