Rankings The busiest airports we can rank fairly, measured in June 2026, when 15 countries had reported. Later months exist but too few authorities have published to rank them.
Why not the latest month? Authorities publish at different speeds. In the most recent month only a handful of countries have reported, so a ranking built on it would put whichever country reports fastest at the top. We wait for a period with broad enough coverage, and we say which period that is.
Passengers June 2026 all traffic at the airport Country — All Argentina Brazil Colombia Cyprus Dominican Republic Hong Kong SAR China Mexico United Kingdom As published Highest first Lowest first Name Z→A Name A→Z 25 of 25
# Airport Country Passengers 01 London Heathrow Airport United Kingdom 7,227,536 02 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong SAR China 5,092,000 03 London Gatwick Airport United Kingdom 3,873,643 04 São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport Brazil 3,808,576 05 Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport Mexico 3,531,915 06 El Dorado International Airport Colombia 3,170,634 07 Manchester Airport United Kingdom 3,057,129 08 London Stansted Airport United Kingdom 2,854,451 09 Cancún International Airport Mexico 2,123,681 10 Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport Brazil 1,966,045 11 London Luton Airport United Kingdom 1,789,437 12 Edinburgh Airport United Kingdom 1,707,051 13 Guadalajara International Airport Mexico 1,569,376 14 Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport Brazil 1,404,391 15 Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport Brazil 1,369,163 16 Birmingham Airport United Kingdom 1,366,317 17 Monterrey International Airport Mexico 1,339,867 18 Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Argentina 1,186,585 19 Bristol Airport United Kingdom 1,094,577 20 Jose Maria Córdova International Airport Colombia 1,071,633 21 Tancredo Neves International Airport Brazil 1,020,490 22 General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport Mexico 986,006 23 Viracopos International Airport Brazil 984,037 24 Punta Cana International Airport Dominican Republic 978,128 25 Larnaca International Airport Cyprus 956,271
Sources: UK Civil Aviation Authority · Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department · ANAC · AFAC · Aerocivil · ANAC · Junta de Aviación Civil · Eurostat avia_par
Aircraft movements July 2026 all traffic at the airport Country — All Austria Brazil Denmark France Germany Greece Hong Kong SAR China Ireland Italy Mexico Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland Türkiye United Kingdom As published Highest first Lowest first Name Z→A Name A→Z 25 of 25
# Airport Country Aircraft movements 01 İstanbul Airport Türkiye 50,104 02 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Netherlands 43,637 03 Charles de Gaulle International Airport France 43,531 04 Frankfurt Main Airport Germany 41,292 05 London Heathrow Airport United Kingdom 41,219 06 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Spain 40,591 07 Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport Spain 35,893 08 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong SAR China 34,230 09 Palma de Mallorca Airport Spain 32,053 10 Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport Italy 31,784 11 Antalya International Airport Türkiye 31,218 12 Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport Greece 31,188 13 Munich Airport Germany 30,027 14 London Gatwick Airport United Kingdom 26,274 15 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Türkiye 26,245 16 Zürich Airport Switzerland 26,136 17 Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport Mexico 25,694 18 Dublin Airport Ireland 25,161 19 Copenhagen Kastrup Airport Denmark 24,378 20 Vienna International Airport Austria 23,089 21 São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport Brazil 22,717 22 Milan Malpensa International Airport Italy 21,545 23 Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport Portugal 21,153 24 Manchester Airport United Kingdom 20,764 25 Paris-Orly Airport France 20,704
Sources: EUROCONTROL PRU · Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department · AFAC · ANAC Brazil VRA
Tonnes of cargo December 2025 all traffic at the airport Country — All Australia Brazil Colombia France Hong Kong SAR China United States As published Highest first Lowest first Name Z→A Name A→Z 25 of 25
# Airport Country Tonnes of cargo 01 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport United States 481,597 02 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong SAR China 458,371 03 Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport United States 332,360 04 Frederick W. Smith International Airport United States 254,354 05 Miami International Airport United States 231,719 06 Los Angeles International Airport United States 177,373 07 Charles de Gaulle International Airport France 167,594 08 Chicago O'Hare International Airport United States 157,572 09 John F. Kennedy International Airport United States 124,393 10 Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport United States 86,098 11 Ontario International Airport United States 82,106 12 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport United States 76,277 13 Indianapolis International Airport United States 73,828 14 El Dorado International Airport Colombia 73,141 15 Newark Liberty International Airport United States 68,015 16 Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport United States 60,561 17 São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport Brazil 60,207 18 Daniel K. Inouye International Airport United States 59,216 19 San Francisco International Airport United States 53,530 20 Chicago Rockford International Airport United States 50,948 21 Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport United States 49,407 22 George Bush Intercontinental Airport United States 48,304 23 Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Australia 47,125 24 Philadelphia International Airport United States 43,932 25 Seattle–Tacoma International Airport United States 43,522
Sources: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department · DGAC · Aerocivil · ANAC · Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics
Facts that never go stale These come from the airport register, not from monthly reports, so they hold whoever has published this month.