Airport Rankings

Updated: January 2012
Top 10 airports by traffic movements 2010
RankCityCodeTotal Movements% Change
1ATLANTA GA, USATL950,119(2.1)
2CHICAGO IL, USORD882,6176.6
3LOS ANGELES CA, USLAX666,9384.8
4DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, USDFW652,2612.1
5DENVER CO, USDEN630,0893.8
6HOUSTON TX, USIAH531,347(1.3)
7CHARLOTTE NC, USCLT529,1013.9
8BEIJING, CNPEK517,5826.0
9LAS VEGAS NV, USLAS505,591(1.1)
10PARIS, FRCDG499,997(4.8)
Total Movements: landing + take off of an aircraft.
 
Top 10 airports by passenger traffic 2010
RankCityCodeTotal Passengers% Change
1ATLANTA GA, USATL89,331,6221.5
2BEIJING, CNPEK73,891,80113.0
3CHICAGO IL, USORD66,665,3903.3
4LONDON, GBLHR65,884,143(0.2)
5TOKYO, JPHND64,069,0983.4
6LOS ANGELES CA, USLAX58,915,1004.2
7PARIS, FRCDG58,167,0620.4
8DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, USDFW56,906,6101.6
9FRANKFURT, DEFRA53,009,2214.1
10DENVER CO, USDEN52,211,2424.1
Total Passengers: total passengers enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once.
 
Top 10 airports by cargo traffic 2010
RankCityCodeTotal Cargo (metric tonnes)% Change
1HONG KONG, HKHKG4,168,39423.2
2MEMPHIS TN, USMEM3,916,9375.9
3SHANGHAI, CNPVG3,227,91427.1
4INCHEON, KRICN2,684,50016.1
5ANCHORAGE AK, USANC*2,578,39633.1
6PARIS, FRCDG2,399,06716.8
7FRANKFURT, DEFRA2,275,10620.5
8DUBAI, AEDXB2,270,49817.8
9TOKYO, JPNRT2,167,84317.1
10LOUISVILLE KY, USSDF2,166,22611.1
Total Cargo: loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes.

Source: ACI, World Airport Traffic; August 2011