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.
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 % |
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London |
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127.353.419 | 134.997.486 | 146.685.710 | 155.257.467 | 163.231.321 | 28.2% |
New York City |
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107,586,717 | 112,427,757 | 120.195.058 | 126,651,526 | 134.353.971 | 24.8% |
Tokyo |
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98.024.708 | 99.879.178 | 108,421,827 | 111,439,687 | 116,803,669 | 19.2% |
Shanghai |
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71,684,808 | 78,708,890 | 90.820.698 | 99,189,000 | 106,462,549 | 48.5% |
Atlanta |
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89,331,622 | 95,462,867 | 96.178.899 | 101.491.106 | 104.171.935 | 16.6% |
los Angeles |
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79,981,524 | 84.129.635 | 89,622,000 | 95.793.140 | 102.630.641 | 28.3% |
Paris |
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86.203.669 | 92,738,772 | 96.208.332 | 99.761.998 | 101.717.530 | 18.0% |
Chicago |
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84,302,427 | 86.356.630 | 91.255.037 | 99.277.247 | 101.202.068 | 20.0% |
Beijing |
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76.171.801 | 85.389.239 | 91.059.631 | 96.130.390 | 99.979.802 | 31.3% |
Dubai |
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53,487,326 | 65.201.088 | 82,469,523 | 88.935.250 | 95,553,126 | 78.6% |
Bangkok |
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44.262.347 | 58,985,469 | 67.969.920 | 83.206.293 | 91.096.185 | 105.8% |
Istanbul |
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43.350.029 | 59,485,750 | 85.592.229 | 89.435.167 | 89,826,476 | 107.2% |
Seoul |
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51,044,826 | 58,583,599 | 67,079,045 | 72.445.198 | 82.892.902 | 62.4% |
Dallas |
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64,867,419 | 66,764,842 | 72,936,459 | 78,671,661 | 81.233.435 | 25.2% |
Miami |
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63.998.275 | 68,626,693 | 71,476,569 | 77,557,288 | 80.054.002 | 25.1% |
Moscow |
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50,958,643 | 63,888,632 | 77,341,000 | 75.285.463 | 76.623.181 | 50.4% |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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56.905.161 | 62.736.923 | 66,796,162 | 71.014.239 | 75,966,974 | 33.5% |
Hong Kong |
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50.410.819 | 56,057,751 | 63,347,000 | 68,488,000 | 70.314.462 | 39.5% |
São Paulo |
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48.224.873 | 59.016.229 | 67,554,621 | 68.715.919 | 66,897,374 | 38.7% |
Jakarta |
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43,981,022 | 57,831,462 | 57.005.406 | 57,000,000 | 64.314.005 | 46.2% |
Amsterdam |
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45.211.749 | 51,035,590 | 54.978.023 | 58.284.864 | 63,625,534 | 40.7% |
Frankfurt am Main |
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56.172.796 | 61.013.452 | 62,084,088 | 63.697.127 | 63,396,093 | 12.9% |
Guangzhou |
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40.975.253 | 48,731,462 | 56.050.262 | 55,208,000 | 59.732.147 | 45.8% |
Singapore |
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42,038,777 | 51.181.804 | 54.091.802 | 55,448,964 | 58,698,039 | 39.6% |
Denver |
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52.211.242 | 53.156.278 | 53,472,514 | 54.014.502 | 58.266.515 | 11.6% |
Delhi |
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28,531,607 | 34.211.608 | 39,752,819 | 45,981,773 | 55,631,385 | 95.0% |
Kuala Lumpur |
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35.205.636 | 41,330,380 | 51,692,965 | 51.678.211 | 55,474,879 | 57.6% |
Houston |
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49,533,570 | 50.326.484 | 53.196.840 | 55.186.568 | 54,546,393 | 10.1% |
Madrid |
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49.786.202 | 45.224.305 | 41,833,374 | 46.828.279 | 50.397.928 | 1.2% |
Las Vegas |
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39,397,359 | 40,799,830 | 42,869,517 | 45,389,074 | 47,496,614 | 20.6% |
Toronto |
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33,452,851 | 37.163.947 | 40,971,961 | 43,436,847 | 47,473,468 | 41.9% |
Rome |
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40.486.202 | 41,478,287 | 43,525,197 | 46.297.409 | 47.140.468 | 16.4% |
Barcelona |
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38,768,886 | 38,927,906 | 40,570,338 | 42.191.661 | 46.613.405 | 20.2% |
Cheng you |
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25,805,815 | 31,595,130 | 37,675,232 | 42.239.468 | 46.039.137 | 78.4% |
Mumbai |
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28,137,797 | 30,038,696 | 34,993,738 | 40,637,377 | 44,680,555 | 58.8% |
Orlando |
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35.775.107 | 36,525,430 | 37,899,313 | 41,527,749 | 44.675.809 | 24.9% |
Phoenix |
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39.464.409 | 41,808,611 | 42.363.030 | 43,376,899 | 44,671,947 | 13.2% |
Charlotte |
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38.143.078 | 41.228.372 | 44.279.504 | 44,876,627 | 44.422.022 | 16.5% |
Munich |
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35.510.234 | 39.227.979 | 40,450,515 | 41,731,856 | 43.258.023 | 21.8% |
Mexico city |
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24,678,839 | 29,954,380 | 34,856,382 | 39.128.529 | 42.481.406 | 72.1% |
Sydney |
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35.992.164 | 36,920,000 | 38,628,952 | 39.914.103 | 41,985,810 | 16.7% |
Kunming |
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20.192.243 | 23,979,259 | 32.230.883 | 37,523,098 | 41,980,339 | 107.9% |
Shenzhen |
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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
- ↑ Data Center. Retrieved June 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2017. Accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2016. Accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2014. Accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2013. Accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Airport Traffic Report 2012. Accessed June 24, 2018 .