The following is a list of the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic.

Contents 1 2008 preliminary statistics (January to December 2008) 2 2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006) 3 2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005) 4 Notes 5 References 6 See also

[edit] 2008 preliminary statistics (January to December 2008)

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	London	61,345,518	▬	▼ 1.2%
2.	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Paris	55,804,279	▬	▲ 1.6%
3.	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Amsterdam	47,349,319	▬	▼ 0.7%
4.	Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong	47,201,000	▲1	▲ 2.0%
5.	Frankfurt Airport	Frankfurt	46,707,577	▼1	▼ 0.8%
6.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai	36,592,307	▲2	▲ 9.3%
7.	Singapore Changi Airport	Singapore	36,288,050	▼1	▲ 3.0%
8.	Narita International Airport	Tokyo	32,343,590	▼1	▼ 5.5%
9.	London Gatwick Airport	London	30,433,810	▲1	▼ 2.3%
10.	Barajas Airport	Madrid	30,135,120	▲?	▲ 2.7%

[edit] 2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	% Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	London, United Kingdom	LHR	61,348,340	▲ 0.6%
2.	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Paris, France	CDG	51,888,936	▲ 6.2%
3.	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	AMS	45,940,939	▲ 4.4%
4.	Frankfurt Airport	Frankfurt, Germany	FRA	45,697,176	▲ 1.9%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	HKG	43,274,765	▲ 8.7%
6.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Greater Tokyo, Japan	NRT	33,860,094	▲ 25.3%
7.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, Singapore	SIN	33,368,099	▲ 8.6%
8.	London Gatwick Airport	West Sussex, United Kingdom	LGW	30,016,837	▲ 4.4%
9.	Suvarnabhumi Airport[1]	Samut Prakan, Thailand	BKK	29,587,773	▲ 10.3%
10.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	27,925,522	▲ 16.7%
11.	Seoul Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	27,661,598	▲ 8.1%
12.	Barajas Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Spain	MAD	24,828,627	▲ 10.6%
13.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	KUL	24,570,385	▲ 5.9%
14.	Munich Airport	Munich, Germany	MUC	21,390,900	▲ 9.6%
15.	Istanbul Ataturk Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST	21,265,974	▲ 10%
16.	London Stansted Airport	Essex, United Kingdom	STN	20,972,291	▲ 8.4%
17.	Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan	TPE	20,285,388	▲ 5.6%
18.	Dublin Airport	Dublin, Ireland	DUB	20,271,485	▲ 14.6%
19.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York City, United States	JFK	19,606,958	▲ 4.4%
20.	Copenhagen Airport	Copenhagen, Denmark	CPH	18,898,625	▲ 3.9%
21.	Malpensa Airport	Milan, Italy	MXP	18,654,497	▲ 3.9%
22.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, United Kingdom	MAN	18,596,505	▼ 0.5%
23.	Zürich Airport	Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	18,444,894	▲ 8.0%
24.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	17,210,155	▲ 1.2%
25.	Leonardo da Vinci Airport	Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	17,165,932	▲ 6.4%
26.	Los Angeles International Airport	Westchester, Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	16,917,381	▼ 3.3%
27.	Brussels Airport	Zaventem, Brussels, Belgium	BRU	16,571,064	▲ 3.1%
28.	Vienna International Airport	Vienna, Austria	VIE	16,218,828	▲ 6.3%
29.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Shanghai, China	PVG	16,073,367	▲ 10.4%
30.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	16,039,187	▲ 5.3%

[edit] 2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	% Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom	LHR	60,964,323	▲ 1.5%
2.	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France	CDG	48,551,870	▲ 5.0%
3.	Frankfurt Airport	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany	FRA	44,756,469	▲ 3.2%
4.	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands	AMS	43,881,540	▲ 4.0%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	HKG	39,593,000	▲ 10.2%
6.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, East Region, Singapore	SIN	30,577,724	▲ 7.8%
7.	London Gatwick Airport	Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom	LGW	28,710,566	▲ 5.2%
8.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan	NRT	27,115,822	▲ 2.4%
9.	Bangkok International Airport	Bangkok, Thailand	BKK	26,768,772	▲ 4.5%
10.	Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	25,541,362	▲ 9.0%
11.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	23,607,507	▲ 15.9%
12.	Barajas Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain	MAD	22,107,466	▲ 10.6%
13.	Munich Airport	Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany	MUC	19,405,560	▲ 8.3%
14.	Istanbul Ataturk Airport	Istanbul, Turkey	IST	19,293,769	▲ 10%
15.	London Stansted Airport	Uttlesford, Essex, East, England, United Kingdom	STN	19,257,502	▲ 6.6%
16.	Chiang Kai-shek International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan	TPE	19,158,638	▲ 9.0%
17.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom	MAN	18,690,695	▲ 6.1%
18.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York City, New York, United States	JFK	18,534,215	▲ 7.1%
19.	Copenhagen Airport	Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark	CPH	17,964,538	▲ 5.0%
20.	Dublin Airport	Fingal, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland	DUB	17,571,677	▲ 8.0%
21.	Los Angeles International Airport	Westchester, Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	17,469,927	▲ 6.6%
22.	Zürich Airport	Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	17,265,955	▲3.9%
23.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	16,972,867	▲ 6.7%
24.	Leonardo da Vinci Airport	Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	16,527,016	▲ 6.9%
25.	Malpensa Airport	Varese, Lombardy, Italy	MXP	16,199,824	▲ 8.8%
26.	Brussels Airport	Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium	BRU	16,060,407	▲ 3.6%
27.	Antalya Airport	Antalya, Turkey	AYT	15,864,863	▲ 13.8%
28.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	15,250,975	▲ 4.3%
29.	Vienna International Airport	Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria	VIE	15,172,072	▲ 7.6%
30.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Shanghai, People's Republic of China	PVG	14,542,233	▲ 16.2%

[edit] Notes

2. Includes figures for Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Antalya Airport for 2005 and 2006, http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/dosyalar/istatistik/2006/2006tum/2006yolcu.pdf

[edit] References

• International Passenger Traffic, Airports Council International
• "Airports Welcome Record 4.8 Billion Passengers in 2007". Airports Council International.

[edit] See also

• Airport of entry
• World's busiest airport
• World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
• World's busiest airports by traffic movements
• World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
• Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
• US busiest airports by international passenger traffic
• Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic
• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries