The 10 busiest airports in the world — including 1 airport new to the list
This year’s rankings include a familiar name at the top
Every year the the Airports Council International, an industry group that represents airports around the world, releases a Top 10 list of the busiest airports . The group’s 2023 list is out now. Tracking the activity of an estimated 8.5 billion trips — 93.5% of pre-pandemic levels — this year’s rankings include a familiar name at the top: Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. In fact, all the names are familiar ones, with the exception of no. 5.
Out with Paris’s Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, in with — well, click through to find out.
2 / 11
10. New Delhi, India’s Indira Gandhi International Airport
2023 passengers: 72.2 million
Last year’s rank: 9
3 / 11
9. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
2023 passengers: 73.9 million
Last year’s rank: 4
4 / 11
8. Los Angeles’s Los Angeles International Airport
2023 passengers: 75.1 million
Last year’s rank: 6
5 / 11
7. Istanbul, Turkey’s Istanbul Airport
2023 passengers: 76 million
Last year’s rank: 7
6 / 11
6. Denver, Colorado’s Denver International Airport
2023 passengers: 77.8 million
Last year’s rank: 3
7 / 11
5. Tokyo’s Haneda Airport
2023 passengers: 78.7 million
Last year’s rank: 16
8 / 11
4. London’s Heathrow Airport
2023 passengers: 79.1 million
Last year’s rank: 8
9 / 11
3. Dallas, Texas’s Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
2023 passengers: 81.8 million
Last year’s rank: 2
10 / 11
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates’s Dubai International Airport
2023 passengers: 87 million
Last year’s rank: 5
11 / 11
1. Atlanta, Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
2023 passengers: 104.7 million
Last year’s rank: 1