World's busiest airports by passenger traffic

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The thirty world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International). One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day.

[edit] 2006 statistics

Preliminary Air Traffic Results for 2006 from Airports Council International

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	2005 Rank	Change
1.	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	ATL/KATL	84,846,639	1	-1.2%
2.	O'Hare International Airport	Chicago, Illinois, United States	ORD/KORD	76,248,911	2	-0.3%
3.	London Heathrow Airport	Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom	LHR/EGLL	67,530,223	3	-0.6%
4.	Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)	à Œta, Tokyo, Kantà , Honshà «, Japan	HND/RJTT	65,225,795	4	+3.0%
5.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX/KLAX	61,048,552	5	-0.7%
6.	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States	DFW/KDFW	60,079,107	6	+1.3%
7.	Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport	Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France	CDG/LFPG	56,808,967	7	+5.6%
8.	Frankfurt International Airport	Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany	FRA/EDDF	52,810,683	8	+1.1%
9.	Beijing Capital International Airport	Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China	PEK/ZBAA	48,501,102	15 (+6)	+18.3%
10.	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colorado, United States	DEN/KDEN	47,324,844	10	+9.1%
11.	McCarran International Airport	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	LAS/KLAS	46,194,882	11	+4.3%
12.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands	AMS/EHAM	46,088,221	9 (-3)	+4.4%
13.	Madrid Barajas International Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain	MAD/LEMD	45,500,469	12 (-1)	+8.1%
14.	Hong Kong International Airport	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China	HKG/VHHH	43,273,673	16 (+2)	+8.7%
15.	Suvarnabhumi Airport	Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand	BKK/VTBS	42,799,532	18 (+3)	+9.8%
16.	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	Houston, Texas, United States	IAH/KIAH	42,628,663	17 (+1)	+7.4%
17.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York City, New York, United States	JFK/KJFK	42,604,975	13 (-4)	+4.2%
18.	Sky Harbor International Airport	Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States	PHX/KPHX	41,439,819	14 (-4)	+0.5%
19.	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	Detroit, Michigan, United States	DTW/KDTW	36,356,446	20 (+1)	0.0%
20.	Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport	Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States	MSP/KMSP	35,633,020	19 (-1)	-3.9%
21.	Newark Liberty International Airport	Newark, New Jersey, United States	EWR/KEWR	35,494,863	22 (+1)	+7.4%
22.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, East Region, Singapore	SIN/WSSS	35,033,083	25 (+3)	+8.0%
23.	Orlando International Airport	Orlando, Florida, United States	MCO/KMCO	34,818,264	21 (-2)	+2.1%
24.	London Gatwick Airport	Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom	LGW/EGKK	34,172,489	24	+4.2%
25.	San Francisco International Airport	San Francisco, California, United States	SFO/KSFO	33,527,236	23 (-2)	+0.4%
26.	Miami International Airport	Miami, Florida, United States	MIA/KMIA	32,533,974	28 (+2)	+4.9%
27.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Chiba, Kantà , Honshà «, Japan	NRT/RJAA	31,824,411	27	+1.2%
28.	Philadelphia International Airport	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	PHL/KPHL	31,766,537	26 (-2)	+0.9%
29.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	YYZ/CYYZ	30,972,566	29	+3.7%
30.	Soekarno-Hatta International Airport	Jakarta, Java, Indonesia	CGK/WIII	30,863,806	N/A	+10.4%