World's Busiest Airports by Total Passenger Traffic (2024)

About This Dataset

This chart ranks the world's ten busiest airports by total passenger traffic in 2024, based on Airports Council International figures. Total passengers count all arriving, departing and transit travelers on both domestic and international flights. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta led globally, with several major US hubs and fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airports completing the list.

✨ AI Insight

Atlanta retained its long-held title as the world's busiest airport with 108.07 million passengers, roughly 16 million ahead of second-placed Dubai (92.33M). The top ten is dominated by United States hubs, which take four of the ten places led by Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Chicago O'Hare. Dubai stands out as the leading non-US airport, while Tokyo Haneda (85.9M) and London Heathrow (83.88M) anchor Asia and Europe. Below the top two the field is tightly clustered: from Dallas-Fort Worth (87.82M) down to Shanghai Pudong (76.79M) the airports are separated by only about 11 million passengers, showing how closely matched the world's largest hubs have become.

Source: Airports Council International (ACI)

Key Findings

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Atlanta (ATL) leads with 108 in 2024.

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Average value in 2024: 86 · median: 83.

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Gap in 2024: Atlanta (ATL) is 1.4× larger than Shanghai Pudong (PVG).