List of cities by number of passengers

The following list sorts urban airport systems according to their total passenger volume. A passenger is a person who lands, departs or transfers at an airport. Transfer passengers are passengers who land at an airport and take off again within a day; these are counted twice

The ranking data is based on publications by Airports Council International , the international association of commercial airports.

2017 and 2016

All cities or metropolitan regions with at least 20 million passengers.

rank	City / metropolitan area	country	Passengers	Airports	year
1	London	United Kingdom	170.980.680	6 ( Heathrow , Luton , Gatwick , Stansted , City , Southend )	2017
2	New York City	United States	135,514,082	6 ( John F. Kennedy , Newark , LaGuardia , Long Island , Westchester )	2017
3	Tokyo	Japan	126.277.169	4 ( Haneda , Narita , Chōfu , Ibaraki )	2017
4th	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	111.992.707	2 ( Pudong , Hongqiao )	2017
5	los Angeles	United States	108.057.042	5 ( Los Angeles Int. , Long Beach , Burbank , John Wayne , Ontario )	2017
6th	Paris	France	105.232.285	5 ( Charles de Gaulle , Orly , Beauvais-Tillé , Châlons Vatry , Le Bourget )	2017
7th	Atlanta	United States	103.902.992	1 ( Hartsfield – Jackson )	2017
8th	Chicago	United States	102.479.419	3 ( O'Hare , Midway , Rockford )	2017
9	Beijing	People's Republic of China	101.740.179	2 ( Capital International , Nanyuan )	2017
10	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	100,512,627	3 ( Dubai-World Central , Dubai , Sharjah )	2017
11	Bangkok	Thailand	99.160.461	2 ( Suvarnabhumi , Don Mueang )	2017
12	Istanbul	Turkey	95.113.289	2 ( Ataturk , Sabiha Gökçen )	2017
13	Moscow	Russia	89,489,719	4 ( Domodedovo , Sheremetyevo , Wnukovo , Zhukovsky )	2017
14th	Seoul	South Korea	87.183.179	2 ( Incheon , Gimpo )	2017
15th	Miami	United States	82,904,818	3 ( Miami International , Fort Lauderdale , Palm Beach )	2017
16	Dallas	United States	82,815,841	2 ( Dallas / Fort Worth , Dallas Love Field )	2017
17th	San Francisco Bay Area	United States	81.380.154	3 ( San Francisco International , Oakland , San Jose )	2017
18th	Washington, DC	United States	73.063.535	3 ( Washington Dulles , Ronald Reagan , Baltimore-Washington )	2017
19th	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	72,868,000	1 ( Hong Kong International )	2017
20th	Jakarta	Indonesia	69.906.136	2 ( Soekarno-Hatta , Halim Perdanakusuma )	2017
21st	São Paulo	Brazil	69.161.375	4 ( Guarulhos , Congonhas , Viracopos , Campo de Marte )	2017
22nd	Amsterdam	Netherlands	68,515,425	1 ( Amsterdam Schiphol )	2017
23	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	66,972,584	2 ( Frankfurt , Frankfurt-Hahn )	2017
24	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	65,776,088	1 ( Guangzhou Baiyun )	2017
25th	Delhi	India	63.451.503	1 ( Indira Gandhi )	2017
26th	Singapore	Singapore	62,222,000	1 ( Changi)	2017
27	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	61.435.213	2 ( Kuala Lumpur , Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah )	2017
28	Denver	United States	61.379.396	1 ( Denver International )	2017
29	Houston	United States	54.131.888	2 ( George Bush , William P. Hobby )	2017
30th	Madrid	Spain	53,402,506	1 ( Madrid-Barajas )	2017
31	Taipei	Taiwan	51.022.148	2 ( Taiwan Taoyuan , Taipei-Songshan )	2017
32	Toronto	Canada	50,529,504	3 ( Toronto-Pearson , Toronto-City , John C. Munro Hamilton )	2017
33	Barcelona	Spain	50.254.280	3 ( Barcelona-El Prat , Girona , Reus )	2017
34	Cheng you	People's Republic of China	49,801,693	1 ( Chengdu Shuangliu )	2017
35	Las Vegas	United States	48,500,194	1 ( McCarran International )	2017
36	Mumbai	India	48,496,430	1 ( Chhatrapati Shivaji )	2017
37	Orlando	United States	47,533,711	2 ( Orlando International , Orlando Sanford )	2017
38	Seattle	United States	46.934.194	1 ( Seattle-Tacoma International )	2017
39	Rome	Italy	46,857,693	2 ( Rome-Fiumicino , Rome-Ciampino )	2017
40	Charlotte	United States	45,909,899	1 ( Charlotte Douglas International )	2017
41	Munich	Germany	45.757.116	2 ( Munich , Memmingen )	2017
42	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	45.610.651	1 ( Shenzhen Bao'an )	2017
43	Mexico city	Mexico	45,521,499	2 ( Mexico City , Toluca )	2017
44	Phoenix	United States	45.282.383	2 ( Phoenix Sky Harbor , Phoenix-Mesa Gateway )	2017
45	Kunming	People's Republic of China	44,727,691	1 ( Kunming-Changshui )	2017
46	Milan	Italy	44,053,667	3 ( Malpensa , Linate , Bergamo )	2017
47	Manila	Philippines	43,537,015	2 ( Ninoy Aquino International , Clark International )	2017
48	Sydney	Australia	43,329,917	1 ( Kingsford Smith International )	2017
49	Osaka	Japan	42,917,326	3 ( Kansai , Itami , Kobe )	2017
50	Xi'an	People's Republic of China	41.857.229	1 ( Xi'an-Xianyang )	2017
51	Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region	Germany	40,911,293	4 ( Düsseldorf , Cologne / Bonn , Dortmund , Lower Rhine )	2017
52	Minneapolis-Saint Paul	United States	37,517,957	1 ( Minneapolis-Saint Paul International )	2016
53	Boston	United States	36,288,042	1 ( Logan International )	2016
54	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	35,888,819	1 ( Chongqing-Jiangbei )	2016
55	Bogota	Colombia	35,768,992	2 ( Bogotá , Guaymaral )	2016
56	Detroit	United States	34,401,254	1 ( Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport )	2016
57	Melbourne	Australia	33,704,854	2 ( Melbourne , Avalon )	2016
58	Berlin	Germany	32,906,881	2 ( Berlin-Tegel , Berlin-Schönefeld )	2016
59	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	32,486,537	1 ( Tan-Son-Nhat )	2016
60	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	31,594,959	1 ( Hangzhou Xiaoshan )	2016
61	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	31,003,000	1 ( King-Abd-al-Aziz )	2016
62	Philadelphia	United States	30.155.090	1 ( Philadelphia )	2016
63	Jeju	South Korea	29,707,364	1 ( Jeju )	2016
64	Stockholm	Sweden	29,211,482	3 ( Stockholm / Arlanda , Stockholm / Bromma , Stockholm-Skavsta )	2016
65	Brussels	Belgium	29.122.138	2 ( Brussels-Zaventem , Brussels-Charleroi )	2016
66	Copenhagen	Denmark	29,043,287	1 ( Copenhagen-Kastrup )	2016
67	Oslo	Norway	28,548,253	3 ( Oslo-Gardermoen , Moss , Torp )	2016
68	Dublin	Ireland	27.907.384	1 ( Dublin )	2016
69	Zurich	Switzerland	27,666,428	1 ( Zurich )	2016
70	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	26,253,882	1 ( Palma de Mallorca )	2016
71	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	25.964.178	1 ( Abu Dhabi )	2016
72	Manchester	United Kingdom	25,637,054	1 ( Manchester )	2016
73	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	25.168.916	2 ( Antônio Carlos Jobim , Santos Dumont )	2016
74	Tehran	Iran	24,499,720	2 ( Tehran-Mehrabad , Tehran-Imam Chomeini )	2016
75	Riad	Saudi Arabia	23,400,000	1 ( riad )	2016
76	Vienna	Austria	23,352,016	1 ( Vienna-Schwechat )	2016
77	Salt Lake City	United States	23.155.527	1 ( Salt Lake City )	2016
78	Fukuoka	Japan	22,916,445	3 ( Fukuoka , Kitakyushu , Saga )	2016
79	Xiamen	People's Republic of China	22,737,000	1 ( Xiamen )	2016
80	Lisbon	Portugal	22,449,289	1 ( Lisbon-Cabo Ruivo )	2016
81	Nanjing	People's Republic of China	22.358.100	1 ( Nanjing-Lukou )	2016
82	Brisbane	Australia	22.320.178	1 ( Brisbane )	2016
83	Vancouver	Canada	22,288,522	1 ( Vancouver )	2016
84	Bangalore	India	22,187,841	1 ( Kempegowda Bangaluru )	2016
85	Tampa	United States	21,955,376	3 ( Tampa , St. Petersburg-Clearwater , Sarasota-Bradenton )	2016
86	Buenos Aires	Argentina	21,493,652	4 ( Jorge Newbery , Ezeiza , San Fernando , La Plata )	2016
87	Cancun	Mexico	21,415,795	1 ( Cancun )	2016
88	Changsha	People's Republic of China	21,296,700	1 ( Changsha-Huanghua )	2016
89	Zhengzhou	People's Republic of China	20,760,000	1 ( Zhengzhou )	2016
90	San Diego	United States	20,725,841	1 ( San Diego International )	2016
91	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	20,660,000	1 ( Qingdao-Liuting )	2016
92	Sapporo	Japan	20,637,377	2 ( New Chitose , Okadama )	2016
93	Hanoi	Vietnam	20,596,632	1 ( Hanoi )	2016
94	Johannesburg	South Africa	20,374,998	1 ( OR Tambo )	2016
95	Urumqi	People's Republic of China	20,200,800	1 ( Urumqi-Diwopu )	2016
96	Athens	Greece	20,017,530	1 ( Eleftherios-Venizelos )	2016

Development 2010–2016

The following list shows the development of the number of passengers in various airport systems since 2010.

City / metropolitan area	country	Passengers 2010	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2014	Passengers 2015	Passengers 2016	Increase in %
London	United Kingdom	127.353.419	134.997.486	146.685.710	155.257.467	163.231.321	28.2%
New York City	United States	107,586,717	112,427,757	120.195.058	126,651,526	134.353.971	24.8%
Tokyo	Japan	98.024.708	99.879.178	108,421,827	111,439,687	116,803,669	19.2%
Shanghai	People's Republic of China	71,684,808	78,708,890	90.820.698	99,189,000	106,462,549	48.5%
Atlanta	United States	89,331,622	95,462,867	96.178.899	101.491.106	104.171.935	16.6%
los Angeles	United States	79,981,524	84.129.635	89,622,000	95.793.140	102.630.641	28.3%
Paris	France	86.203.669	92,738,772	96.208.332	99.761.998	101.717.530	18.0%
Chicago	United States	84,302,427	86.356.630	91.255.037	99.277.247	101.202.068	20.0%
Beijing	People's Republic of China	76.171.801	85.389.239	91.059.631	96.130.390	99.979.802	31.3%
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	53,487,326	65.201.088	82,469,523	88.935.250	95,553,126	78.6%
Bangkok	Thailand	44.262.347	58,985,469	67.969.920	83.206.293	91.096.185	105.8%
Istanbul	Turkey	43.350.029	59,485,750	85.592.229	89.435.167	89,826,476	107.2%
Seoul	South Korea	51,044,826	58,583,599	67,079,045	72.445.198	82.892.902	62.4%
Dallas	United States	64,867,419	66,764,842	72,936,459	78,671,661	81.233.435	25.2%
Miami	United States	63.998.275	68,626,693	71,476,569	77,557,288	80.054.002	25.1%
Moscow	Russia	50,958,643	63,888,632	77,341,000	75.285.463	76.623.181	50.4%
San Francisco Bay Area	United States	56.905.161	62.736.923	66,796,162	71.014.239	75,966,974	33.5%
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	50.410.819	56,057,751	63,347,000	68,488,000	70.314.462	39.5%
São Paulo	Brazil	48.224.873	59.016.229	67,554,621	68.715.919	66,897,374	38.7%
Jakarta	Indonesia	43,981,022	57,831,462	57.005.406	57,000,000	64.314.005	46.2%
Amsterdam	Netherlands	45.211.749	51,035,590	54.978.023	58.284.864	63,625,534	40.7%
Frankfurt am Main	Germany	56.172.796	61.013.452	62,084,088	63.697.127	63,396,093	12.9%
Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	40.975.253	48,731,462	56.050.262	55,208,000	59.732.147	45.8%
Singapore	Singapore	42,038,777	51.181.804	54.091.802	55,448,964	58,698,039	39.6%
Denver	United States	52.211.242	53.156.278	53,472,514	54.014.502	58.266.515	11.6%
Delhi	India	28,531,607	34.211.608	39,752,819	45,981,773	55,631,385	95.0%
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	35.205.636	41,330,380	51,692,965	51.678.211	55,474,879	57.6%
Houston	United States	49,533,570	50.326.484	53.196.840	55.186.568	54,546,393	10.1%
Madrid	Spain	49.786.202	45.224.305	41,833,374	46.828.279	50.397.928	1.2%
Las Vegas	United States	39,397,359	40,799,830	42,869,517	45,389,074	47,496,614	20.6%
Toronto	Canada	33,452,851	37.163.947	40,971,961	43,436,847	47,473,468	41.9%
Rome	Italy	40.486.202	41,478,287	43,525,197	46.297.409	47.140.468	16.4%
Barcelona	Spain	38,768,886	38,927,906	40,570,338	42.191.661	46.613.405	20.2%
Cheng you	People's Republic of China	25,805,815	31,595,130	37,675,232	42.239.468	46.039.137	78.4%
Mumbai	India	28,137,797	30,038,696	34,993,738	40,637,377	44,680,555	58.8%
Orlando	United States	35.775.107	36,525,430	37,899,313	41,527,749	44.675.809	24.9%
Phoenix	United States	39.464.409	41,808,611	42.363.030	43,376,899	44,671,947	13.2%
Charlotte	United States	38.143.078	41.228.372	44.279.504	44,876,627	44.422.022	16.5%
Munich	Germany	35.510.234	39.227.979	40,450,515	41,731,856	43.258.023	21.8%
Mexico city	Mexico	24,678,839	29,954,380	34,856,382	39.128.529	42.481.406	72.1%
Sydney	Australia	35.992.164	36,920,000	38,628,952	39.914.103	41,985,810	16.7%
Kunming	People's Republic of China	20.192.243	23,979,259	32.230.883	37,523,098	41,980,339	107.9%
Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	26,713,610	29,569,725	36.272.701	39,721,619	41,975,090	57.1%

See also

• List of countries by number of passengers
• List of the largest commercial airports
• List of the largest airports by international passenger volume
• List of the largest airports by passenger volume
• List of the largest airports by freight volume
• List of the largest airports in Europe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data Center. Retrieved June 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2017. Accessed June 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2016. Accessed June 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2014. Accessed June 24, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2013. Accessed June 24, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2012. Accessed June 24, 2018 .