Largest passenger airports of the world

rank city
[airport code]
country passengers
2008 2009-04-01 to 2010-03-31
1. Atlanta [ATL], Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta IAP USA 90,039,280 87,878,781
2. Beijing [PEK], Beijing Capital IAP China 55,937,289 66,919,750
3. London [LHR], Heathrow Airport UK 67,056,379 66,254,881
4. Chicago [ORD], O'Hare IAP USA 69,353,876 64,771,737
5. Tokyo [HND], Tokyo IAP (Haneda Airport) Japan 66,754,829 62,054,788
6. Paris [CDG], Aéroport de Paris Charles de Gaulle France 60,874,681 58,066,359
7. Los Angeles [LAX], Los Angeles IAP USA 59,497,539 57,234,031
8. Dallas [DFW], Dallas/Fort Worth IAP USA 57,093,187 56,095,448
9. Frankfurt [FRA], Frankfurt Airport Germany 53,467,450 51,359,180
10. Denver [DEN], Denver IAP USA 51,245,334 50,599,817
11. Madrid [MAD], Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas Spain 50,824,435 48,885,262
12. Hong Kong [HKG], Hong Kong IAP China 47,857,746 46,335,553
13. New York [JFK], John F. Kennedy IAP USA 47,807,816 45,894,382
14. Amsterdam [AMS], Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Neth. 47,430,019 44,005,941
15. Bangkok [BKK], Bangkok IAP Thailand 38,603,490 42,850,559
16. Dubai [DXB], Dubai IAP UAE 37,441,440 42,842,722
17. Las Vegas [LAS], McCarran IAP USA 43,208,724 40,121,012
18. Houston [IAH], George Bush Intercontinental Airport USA 41,709,389 40,116,532
19. Jakarta [CGK], Soekarno–Hatta IAP Indonesia .. 38,871,882
20. Singapore [SIN], Singapore Changi Airport Singapore 37,694,824 38,610,797
21. Guangzhou [CAN], Guangzhou Baiyun IAP China .. 38,188,087
22. Phoenix [PHX], Phoenix Sky Harbor IAP USA 39,891,193 38,056,270
23. San Francisco [SFO], San Francisco IAP USA 37,234,592 37,821,297
24. Charlotte [CLT], Charlotte Douglas IAP USA 34,739,020 34,834,885
25. Rome [FCO], Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport Italy 35,132,224 34,290,239
source: Airports Council International.
note: total passengers = enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
note: IAP = International Airport.