In 2024, the largest passenger traffic was recorded at Hartsfield -Jackson airports in Atlanta, Dubai and Dallas Fort Worth – according to the Airports Council International (ACI) report. The top ten airports are responsible for nine percent of global traffic.
The authors of the report recorded an increase of 8.8 percent. passenger traffic at international airports compared to 2023 and 8.4 percent compared to the results of 2019, i.e. time before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The largest airports in the world in terms of passenger traffic
The biggest jump on the list was recorded by the Shanghai Pudong airport, which advanced in the ranking from 21 position in 2023 to the tenth in 2024, as analysts explain, this was due to loosening by loosening by China visa policy and the extension of the interior flight mesh. The airport in Istanbul and Delhi still remains at the forefront.
It is expected that in 2025 the global passenger traffic will cover 9.9 billion people, which means an increase of 4.8 percent. It is expected that in 2030 this movement will exceed 12 billion passengers, which is to be caused by the development of international markets in the Asia and Pacific region and the Middle East. Until 2042, it is to reach 19.5 billion, which means a double increase compared to 2024.
The largest airports in terms of freight traffic
At the top of the list of airports in terms of freight traffic there are airports in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Memphis in the American state of Tennessee. ACI estimates that the volume of cargo transported by air increased by 8.4 percent. In terms of year to year to over 124 million tons in 2024.
The ten largest airports in the world were responsible for nearly 26 percent. global volume last year. As noted, the increase in the transport of goods by air is associated with high demand in online trade, interference in maritime transport and decline fuel prices Aviation.
100 million flights
It is estimated that the number of all flights around the world in 2024 was about 100 million, which means an increase of 4.3 percent. Compared to 2023, the ten largest airports are responsible for over 6 percent. global traffic-the first three are American airports: Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, Chicago-O'hare and Dallas Fort Worth.
ACI is an organization covering 2181 airports in 170 countries.
Ranking
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL): 108.1 million passengers; an increase of 3.3 percent compared to 2023
2. Dubai (DBX): 92.3 million, +6.1 percent
3. Dallas Fort Worth (DFW): 87.8 million, +7.4 percent
4. Tokyo Haneda (HND): 85.9 million, +9.1 percent
5. London Heathrow (LHR): 83.9 million, +5.9 percent
6. Denver (DEN): 82.4 million, +5.8 percent
7. Istanbul (IST): 80.1 million, +5.3 percent
8. Chicago O'Hare (Ord): 80 million, +8.3 percent
9. New Delhi (Del): 77.8 million, +7.8 percent
10. Shanghai Pudong (PVG): 76.8 million, +41 percent
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