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More than 107 million passengers passed through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last year, making it the busiest airport in the world for the 21st year in a row.
Not content with dominating the rankings, Atlanta Airport also saw a 3.3% increase in passenger traffic, according to the recently released Airports Council International’s Global Traffic Report. published.
Globally, passenger traffic rose to 8.8 billion last year, an increase of 6.4%, while air cargo shipments rose 3.4%.
“The Global Airport Traffic Report shows that while the smallest airports in the world continue to make significant gains, the largest hub airports continue to grow,” ACI’s global chief executive said in a statement. hurry.
“There were 16 airports handling over 40 million passengers per year in 2008 and now there are 54.”
Atlanta continues to dominate the passenger transportation market due to its geographic location as a hub and port of entry into North America. That’s less than a two-hour flight from 80% of the population of the United States, which numbers over 300 million.
Here is the ranking of the busiest airports in the world in 2018:
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, United States) – 107.4 million passengers
2. Beijing International Airport (China) – 101 million;
3. Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) – 89.1 million;
4. Los Angeles International Airport (California, United States) – 87.5 million;
5. Tokyo Haneda Airport (Japan) – 86.9 million;
6. Chicago O’Hare International Airport (Illinois, United States) – 83.2 million;
7. London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) – 80.1 million;
8. Hong Kong International Airport (China) – 74.5 million;
9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) – 74 million;
10. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France) – 72.2 million;
11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands) – 71 million;
12. Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi (India) – 69.9 million;
13. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (China) – 69.7 million;
14. Frankfurt Airport (Germany) – 69.5 million;
15. Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (Texas, United States) – 69.1 million;
16. Istanbul Atatürk International Airport (Turkey) – 68.4 million;
17. Seoul Incheon International Airport (South Korea) – 68.4 million;
18. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta (Indonesia) – 65.7 million;
19. Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) – 65.6 million;
20. Denver International Airport (Colorado, United States) – 64.5 million.
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