World's busiest airports by traffic movements

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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.

2006 final statistics[1]

Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO)
Total
Movements
2005
Rank
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 976,447 1 -0.4%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 958,643 2 -1.4%
3. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 699,773 3 -1.7%
4. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 656,842 4 +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 598,489 +6.7%
8. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 546,510 -3.0%
9. Charles De Gaulle International Airport Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 541,566 +3.6%
10. Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 515,869 -3.7%
11. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 509,559 -2.4%
12. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 489,406 -0.2%
13. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 481,740 -7.7%
14. London Heathrow Airport Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 477,030 -0.2%
15. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Bloomington, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 475,668 -10.6%
16. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 444,374 +1.9%
17. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands AMS/EHAM 440,154 +4.6%
18. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain MAD/LEMD 435,018 +4.6%
19. Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States SLC/KSLC 421,436 -7.5%
20. Toronto Pearson International Airport Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 417,921 +2.1%
21. Munich International Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 411,335 +3.1%
22. Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States DVT/KDVT 406,507 +7.6%
23. Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States BOS/KBOS 406,119 -0.7%
24. LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States LGA/KGA 399,827 -1.3%
25. Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys, California, United States VNY/KVNY 394,915 -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 +0.8%
28. Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia, United States IAD/KIAD 379,571 -25.5%
29 John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 378,389 +8.2%
30 Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 376,643 +10.2%

2005 final statistics

Rank Airport Location Code (IATA) Volume
1 O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois ORD 992,427
2 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia ATL 964,858
3 Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport Dallas, Texas DFW 904,865
4 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California LAX 655,097
5 Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado DEN 560,198
6 Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Arizona PHX 546,763
7 McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada LAS 544,679
8 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Minneapolis, Minnesota MSP 541,093
9 Charles de Gaulle International Airport Roissy, France CDG 525,660
10 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan DTW 522,538
11 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Hebron, Kentucky CVG 517,520
12 George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas IAH 517,197
13 Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PHL 486,164
14 Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt, Germany FRA 477,475
15 London Heathrow Airport Hayes, United Kingdom LHR 475,999
16 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles, Virginia IAD 469,634
17 Van Nuys Airport Los Angeles, California VNY 448,681
18 Newark International Airport Newark, New Jersey EWR 437,828
19 Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina CLT 427,390
20 Schiphol Airport Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands AMS 418,613
21 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah SLC 411,978
22 Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts BOS 405,258
23 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Canada YYZ 403,778
24 Madrid Barajas International Airport Madrid, Spain MAD 401,503
25 Miami International Airport Miami, Florida MIA 400,864
26 LaGuardia Airport New York, New York LGA 398,957
27 Memphis International Airport Memphis, Tennessee MEM 387,968
28 Munich International Airport Munich, Germany MUC 383,110
29 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington SEA 358,894
30 Orlando Sanford International Airport Orlando, Florida SFB 357,076

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