Largest passenger airports of the world

rank city
[airport code]
country passengers
2006 2007
1. Atlanta [ATL], Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta IAP USA 84,846,639 89,379,287
2. Chicago [ORD], O'Hare IAP USA 76,282,576 76,177,855
3. London [LHR], Heathrow Airport UK 67,530,197 68,068,304
4. Tokyo [HND], Tokyo IAP (Haneda Airport) Japan 66,089,277 66,823,414
5. Los Angeles [LAX], Los Angeles IAP USA 61,040,674 61,896,075
6. Paris [CDG], Aéroport de Paris Charles de Gaulle France 56,849,567 59,922,177
7. Dallas [DFW], Dallas/Fort Worth IAP USA 60,226,829 59,786,476
8. Frankfurt [FRA], Frankfurt Airport Germany 52,810,683 54,161,856
9. Beijing [PEK], Beijing Capital IAP China 48,654,685 53,583,664
10. Madrid [MAD], Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas Spain 45,769,971 52,122,702
11. Denver [DEN], Denver IAP USA 47,326,506 49,863,352
12. Amsterdam [AMS], Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Neth. 46,065,719 47,794,994
13. New York [JFK], John F. Kennedy IAP USA 42,629,283 47,716,941
14. Hong Kong [HKG], Hong Kong IAP China 43,858,230 47,042,419
15. Las Vegas [LAS], McCarran IAP USA 45,519,311 46,961,011
16. Houston [IAH], George Bush Intercontinental Airport USA 42,550,432 42,998,040
17. Phoenix [PHX], Phoenix Sky Harbor IAP USA 41,436,498 42,184,515
18. Bangkok [BKK], Bangkok IAP Thailand 42,800,437 41,210,081
19. Singapore [SIN], Singapore Changi Airport Singapore 35,033,083 36,701,556
20. Orlando [MCO], Orlando IAP USA 34,640,451 36,480,416
21. New York [EWR], Newark Liberty IAP USA 35,634,699 36,367,240
22. Detroit [DTW], Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport USA 35,972,673 35,983,478
23. San Francisco [SFO], San Francisco IAP USA 33,581,412 35,792,707
24. Tokyo [NRT], Narita IAP (New Tokyo IAP) Japan 34,975,225 35,478,146
25. London [LGW], Gatwick Airport UK 34,172,492 35,218,374
source: Airports Council International.
note: total passengers = enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
note: IAP = International Airport.