World’s 20 busiest airports (TOTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC) IATA REGION CITY COUNTRY AIRPORT NAME CODE % CHANGE Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta 1 North America Atlanta GA United States International Airport ATL 3.3 Beijing Capital 2 Asia-Pacific Beijing China International Airport PEK 5.4 United Arab 3 Middle East Dubai Emirates Dubai International Airport DXB 1. 0 Los Angeles International 4 North America Los Angeles CA United States Airport LAX 3.5 Tokyo International 5 Asia-Pacific Tok yo Japan (Haneda) Airport HND 2.0 6 North America Chicago IL United States O’Hare International Airport ORD 4.4 7 Europe London United Kingdom Heathrow Airport LHR 2.7 Hong Kong 8 Asia-Pacific Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport HKG 2.6 9 Asia-Pacific Shanghai China Pudong International Airport PVG 5.7 Aéroport de Paris-Charles 10 Europe Paris France de Gaulle CDG 4.0 11 Europe Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Airport Schiphol AMS 3.7 Indira Gandhi International 12 Asia-Pacific New Delhi India Airport DEL 10.2 Guangzhou Bai Yun 13 Asia-Pacific Guangzhou China International Airport CAN 6.0 14 Europe Frankfurt Germany Flughafen Frankfurt/Main FRA 7. 8 Dallas/Fort Dallas/Ft Worth 15 North America Worth TX United States International Airport DFW 3.0 16 Asia-Pacific Incheon Korea, Republic Of Incheon International Airport ICN 10.0 17 Europe Istanbul Turkey Atatürk International Airport IST 6.4 Soekarno-Hatta 18 Asia-Pacific Jakarta Indonesia International Airport CGK 6.2 19 Asia-Pacific Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN 5.5 20 North America Denver CO United States Denver International Airport DEN 5.1 Copyright © 2019 Airports Council International *Preliminary rankings for 2018, with respect to total passenger traffic.