The thirty world's busiest airports by traffic movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). One total movement is a landing or take off of an aircraft. [edit] 2008 final statistics[1] ACI's final 2008 full year figures are as follow. | Rank | Airport | Location | Code
(IATA/ICAO) | Total
Movements | Rank
Change | Change | | 1. |  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 978,824 | ▬ | ▼1.6% | | 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 881,566 | ▬ | ▼4.9% | | 3. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 656,310 | ▬ | ▼4.3% | | 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 622,506 | ▬ | ▼8.6% | | 5. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 619,503 | ▬ | ▲0.9% | | 6. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 578,949 | ▬ | ▼5.0% | | 7. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 576,062 | ▬ | ▼4.6% | | 8. |  Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 559,816 | ▬ | ▲1.3% | | 9. | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 536,253 | ▲1 | ▲2.6% | | 10. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 502,499 | ▼1 | ▼6.8% | | 11. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 492,038 | ▬ | ▼1.5% | | 12. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 485,783 | ▬ | ▼1.4% | | 13. |  London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 478,518 | ▲1 | ▼0.6% | | 14. |  Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain | MAD/LEMD | 469,740 | ▼1 | ▼2.8% | | 15. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Romulus, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 462,520 | ▬ | ▼1.0% | | 16. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 450,044 | ▲1 | ▼0.7% | | 17. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 446,592 | ▼1 | ▼1.7% | | 18. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 441,425 | ▬ | ▼1.1% | | 19. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark,Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 434,428 | ▬ | ▼0.4% | | 20. | Munich Airport | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 432,296 | ▬ | ▲0.1% | | 21. |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China | PEK/ZBAA | 431,670 | ▲2 | ▲8.0% | | 22. |  Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 430,588 | ▼1 | ▲1.2% | | 23. | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | SLC/KSLC | 389,321 | ▼1 | ▼7.8% | | 24. | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 387,710 | ▲5 | ▲2.2% | | 25. | Van Nuys Airport | Van Nuys, California, United States | VNY/KVNY | 386,706 | ▲? | ▲3.3% | | 26. | LaGuardia Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | LGA/KLGA | 379,414 | ▬ | ▼3.2% | | 27. | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 376,210 | ▲3 | ▼0.6% | | 28. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 371,604 | ▼4 | ▼7.0% | | 29. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 371,519 | ▼2 | ▼3.8% | | 30. |  Mexico City International Airport | Mexico City, Greater Mexico City, Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 366,561 | ▲? | ▼3.1% | [edit] 2007 final statistics[2] | Rank | Airport | Location | Code
(IATA/ICAO) | Total
Movements | Rank
Change | Change | | 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 994,346 | ▬ | ▲1.8% | | 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 926,973 | ▬ | ▼3.3% | | 3. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 685,491 | ▬ | ▼2.0% | | 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 680,954 | ▬ | ▲3.7% | | 5. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 614,065 | ▲2 | ▲2.8% | | 6. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 609,472 | ▼1 | ▼1.6% | | 7. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 603,656 | ▼1 | ▲0.2% | | 8. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 552,721 | ▲1 | ▲2.1% | | 9. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 539,211 | ▼1 | ▼1.3% | | 10. | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 522,541 | ▲1 | ▲2.6% | | 11. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 499,653 | ▼1 | ▼3.1% | | 12. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 492,569 | ▬ | ▲0.7% | | 13. | Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain | MAD/LEMD | 483,284 | ▲5 | ▲11.1% | | 14. | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 481,479 | ▬ | ▲0.9% | | 15. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Romulus, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 467,230 | ▼2 | ▼3.0% | | 16. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 454,360 | ▲1 | ▲3.2% | | 17. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 452,972 | ▼2 | ▼4.6% | | 18. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 446,348 | ▲10 | ▲17.2% | | 19. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 435,691 | ▼3 | ▼2.0% | | 20. | Munich Airport | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 431,815 | ▲1 | ▲5.0% | | 21. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 425,500 | ▼1 | ▲1.8% | | 22. | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | SLC/KSLC | 422,010 | ▼3 | ▼0.1% | | 23. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China | PEK/ZBAA | 399,697 | ▲7 | ▲6.1% | | 24. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 399,537 | ▼1 | ▼1.6% | | 25. | Long Beach Airport | Long Beach, California, United States | LGB/KLGB | 398,433 | ▲? | ▲7.8% | | 26. | LaGuardia Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | LGA/KLGA | 391,872 | ▼2 | ▼2.1% | | 27. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 386,058 | ▬ | ▲0.4% | | 28. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia, United States | IAD/KIAD | 382,939 | ▲1 | ▲0.9% | | 29. | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 379,500 | ▲? | ▲5.7% | | 30. | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 378,349 | ▼7 | ▼6.9% | [edit] 2006 final statistics[3] | Rank | Airport | Location | Code
(IATA/ICAO) | Total
Movements | Rank
Change | Change | | 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 976,447 | ▬ | ▼0.4% | | 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 958,643 | ▬ | ▼1.4% | | 3. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 699,344 | ▬ | ▼1.8% | | 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 656,842 | ▬ | ▲1.0% | | 5. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 619,486 | ▬ | ▲2.4% | | 6. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 602,672 | ▬ | ▲7.1% | | 7. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 597,156 | ▬ | ▲6.5% | | 8. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 546,510 | ▬ | ▼3.0% | | 9. | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 541,566 | ▲2 | ▲3.6% | | 10. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 515,869 | ▼1 | ▼3.7% | | 11. | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 509,559 | ▲2 | ▼2.4% | | 12. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 489,406 | ▲4 | ▼0.2% | | 13. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Romulus, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 481,740 | ▼1 | ▼7.7% | | 14. | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 477,041 | ▲3 | ▼0.2% | | 15. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 474,998 | ▼5 | ▼10.8% | | 16. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 444,696 | ▲3 | ▲1.9% | | 17. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 440,154 | ▲3 | ▲4.6% | | 18. | Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain | MAD/LEMD | 434,959 | ▲3 | ▲4.6% | | 19. | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | SLC/KSLC | 421,684 | ▼1 | ▼7.4% | | 20. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 417,932 | ▲3 | ▲2.1% | | 21. | Munich Airport | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 411,335 | ▲5 | ▲3.1% | | 22. | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 406,507 | ▲7 | ▲7.6% | | 23. | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | BOS/KBOS | 406,119 | ▲1 | ▼0.7% | | 24. | LaGuardia Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | LGA/KLGA | 400,298 | ▲1 | ▼1.2% | | 25. | Van Nuys Airport | Van Nuys, California, United States | VNY/KVNY | 394,915 | ▼3 | ▼4.0% | | 26. | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | MEM/KMEM | 384,823 | ▬ | ▼1.9% | | 27. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 384,477 | ▲1 | ▲0.8% | | 28. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 380,922 | ▲? | ▲8.9% | | 29. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia, United States | IAD/KIAD | 379,571 | ▼15 | ▼25.5% | | 30. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China | PEK/ZBAA | 376,643 | ▲? | ▲10.2% | [edit] 2005 final statistics | Rank | Airport | Location | Code
(IATA/ICAO) | Total
Movements | Rank
Change | Change | | 1 | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | ATL/KATL | 990,386 | ▲1 | ▲1.6% | | 2 | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | ORD/KORD | 972,248 | ▼1 | ▼2.0% | | 3 | Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport | Dallas, Texas | DFW/KDFW | 711,878 | ▬ | ▼11.6% | | 4 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | LAX/KLAX | 650,629 | ▬ | ▼0.7% | | 5 | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada | LAS/KLAS | 605,046 | ▲2 | ▲11.1% | | 6 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas | IAH/KIAH | 562,966 | ▲6 | ▲8.8% | | 7 | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | DEN/KDEN | 560,669 | ▼2 | ▲0.1% | | 8 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona | PHX/KPHX | 555,256 | ▼2 | ▲1.5% | | 9 | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | PHL/KPHL | 535,666 | ▲4 | ▲10.2% | | 10 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis, Minnesota | MSP/KMSP | 532,240 | ▼2 | ▼1.6% | | 11 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy, France | CDG/LFPG | 522,619 | ▼2 | ▼0.6% | | 12 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Romulus, Michigan | DTW/KDTW | 521,899 | ▼2 | ▼0.1% | | 13 | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina | CLT/KCLT | 521,878 | ▲6 | 11.4% | | 14 | Washington Dulles International Airport | Dulles, Virginia | IAD/KIAD | 509,468 | ▲2 | ▲8.5% | | 15 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | Hebron, Kentucky | CVG/KCVG | 496,364 | ▼4 | ▼4.1% | | 16 | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 490,147 | ▼2 | ▲2.7% | | 17 | London Heathrow Airport | Hayes, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 477,884 | ▼2 | ▲0.4% | | 18 | Salt Lake City International Airport | Salt Lake City, Utah | SLC/KSLC | 455,472 | ▲3 | ▲10.6% | | 19 | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey | EWR/KEWR | 437,402 | ▼1 | ▼0.4% | | 20 | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 420,736 | ▬ | ▲0.5% | | 21 | Barajas Airport | Madrid, Spain | MAD/LEMD | 415,677 | ▲3 | ▲3.5% | | 22 | Van Nuys Airport | Los Angeles, California | VNY/KVNY | 411,317 | ▼5 | ▼8.3% | | 23 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 409,401 | ▬ | ▲1.4% | | 24 | Logan International Airport | Boston, Massachusetts | BOS/KBOS | 409,066 | ▼2 | ▲0.9% | | 25 | LaGuardia Airport | New York, New York | LGA/KLGA | 404,853 | ▲1 | ▲1.3% | | 26 | Munich Airport | Munich, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 398,838 | ▲2 | ▲4.1% | | 27 | Memphis International Airport | Memphis, Tennessee | MEM/KMEM | 392,360 | ▬ | ▲1.1% | | 28 | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida | MIA/KMIA | 381,610 | ▼3 | ▼4.8% | | 29 | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | DVT/KDVT | 378,225 | ▲? | ▲11.1% | | 30 | Long Beach Airport | Long Beach, California, United States | LGB/KLGB | 353,011 | ▲? | ▲4.1% | [edit] See also |
