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
25 of 25
#AirportCountry 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
25 of 25
#AirportCountry 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
25 of 25
#AirportCountry 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.

Highest airport Daocheng Yading Airport China 14,472ft
Lowest airport Ramsar Airport Iran -70ft
Northernmost airport Svalbard Airport, Longyear Norway 78.25°
Southernmost airport Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport Argentina -54.84°

Rankings by country

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