No matter If you need a ticket for the most awesome vacation of your life or if you’re just planning a business trip, you’ll probably hit more than one airport during your existence on Earth. Our skies are becoming more and more crowded, due to our flying machines and the need for speed of our Era that makes them one of the preferred ways to reach the other end of the Globe in no time. Here’s a list with the busiest airports in the entire World, based on passenger traffic data from the last three years.
10. Frankfurt Airport – 58 million passengers each year
The city is one of the leading financial centers in Europe and it certainly deserved an adequate air hub for all its commercial activities. 2,100 hectares of land and two passenger terminals make of Frankfurt Airport one of the most accessed landing zones on Earth. It also acts as the main hub for the national carrier Lufthansa.
9. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Indonesia – 59 million passengers each year
The airport is named after the first president and the first vice-president of the country and it primarily serves Jakarta. It has three passenger terminals and a freight one for the cargo. You can even learn to play Golf while you’re waiting for your plane, as they’re offering courses in this field. It also features two hotels and many restaurants and lounges.
8. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, United States -60 million passengers each year
It’s the primary international airport serving the state of Texas. 17,207 acres of land make of it the second largest airport in the United States of America. Fancy shops and luxurious restaurants will make you almost forget about your true destination, if you manage to ignore the huge crowds populating the halls.
7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France – 62 million passengers each year
Located 25 kilometers away from the capital of romance, the hub is also known as Roissy Airport. The location is famous for its haute couture shops, but also for the staff often losing the passengers’ luggage. With all that traffic, this is not even so difficult to understand! It is named after the founder of French Fifth Republic.
6. Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 66 million passengers each year
A major airline hub in the Arab world, situated in Al Garhoud district of Dubai. Oriental interior design details, artificial palms, private showrooms, conference halls, shopping malls, fancy restaurants and cafe bars will make your waiting times pass quickly. Terminal 3 is not only the largest airport terminal on Earth but also the largest building in the world, considering floor space.
5. Los Angeles International Airport, USA – 67 million passengers each year
Its story began in 1928, when the Los Angeles City Council purchased 640 acres in southern Westchester for building a new airport for the important city. Now it features more than 8 terminals and a huge load of traffic each year. It is also the place where a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Endeavour landed in September 2012, while more than 10,000 people were watching the scene.
4. Chicago O'Hare International Airport, USA – 67 million passengers each year
This impressive hub operates 585 flights daily and has been voted the "Best Airport in North America" for more than 9 years consecutively in the last decade. It was constructed during World War II, remaining a United States Air Force Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve facility for a long time after the end of the conflicts.
3. London Heathrow Airport, UK – 72 million passengers each year
It is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and Europe overall. Its five terminal lie over 12.14 square kilometers of land, west of London. The airport is surrounded by residential areas, so the locals have the chance to admire the planes at a very low altitude over their hoods. It is used by 90 airlines, hitting more than 170 destination in the entire world.
2. Beijing Capital International Airport, China – 83 million passengers each year
This airline hub, located in the suburban Shunyi District of Beijing is operated by a state-controlled company. It’s the busiest airport in the entire Asia. It features an area called “global kitchen”, composed of more than 70 stores providing dishes from all around the planet to the visitors.
1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia, USA – 94 million passengers each year
This airport has been holding the title of “the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic” since 1998, accommodating more than 250,000 passengers every day. It is also the primary hub for Delta Air Lines. There’s an old joke saying that no matter if you’re going to hell or heaven after death, you will almost certainly have to pass through Atlanta International Airport to get there.
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