Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport is, as soon as once more, the busiest airport on the planet.
The airport, which is Delta Air Strains’ largest hub, processed greater than 108 million passengers in 2024, in accordance with a report revealed in the present day by Airports Council Worldwide World.
Nonetheless, that is nonetheless some 2% fewer passengers than the airport processed in 2019.
The variety of passengers on the second-busiest airport on the 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 essentially the most worldwide passengers. In 2024, some 92.3 million passengers — all worldwide — handed by means of its doorways.
In 2024, international passenger site visitors hit a document excessive, with some 9.4 billion folks touring by air, in accordance with the report. That is about 8.4% extra passengers than in 2023, and a pair of.7% greater than in 2019, it stated.
The busiest airports on the 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 the 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, embrace:
- 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 US has six airports within the high 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 high 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%).
International passenger site visitors is forecast to develop to 9.9 billion in 2025, regardless of persistent business challenges associated to financial uncertainty, geopolitical airspace closures and plane manufacturing delays, Airports Council Worldwide stated.
—CNBC’s Kaela Ling contributed to this report.
