This is the world's busiest airport
Atlanta,
Georgia (CNN) - Once again, Atlanta rules the world.
At least its airport
does.
More than 107 million passengers flew through Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport last year, making it the busiest passenger airport
in the world for the 21st year in a row.
Atlanta also saw a 3.3% increase
in passenger traffic, according to Airports Council International's world
traffic report, which was released on September 16.
Globally, passenger
traffic increased to 8.8 billion last year, a 6.4% increase, while air cargo
shipments increased by 3.4%.
"The World Airport Traffic Report shows that
even as smaller airports around the world continue to make strong gains, the
largest hub airports continue to grow," said ACI World Director General Angela
Gittens in a news release.
"There were 16 airports handling more than 40
million passengers per annum in 2008 and there are now 54."
But Gittens
warned of the impact of protectionist policies around the
world.
"Protectionist rhetoric -- fueled by isolationist policies -- has
swept several major economies in recent times and this has translated into a
dismantling of established open trade relationships and regimes," Gittens said
in the news release.
Air transport relies on open markets to grow, she
said.
"Despite this, passenger traffic has remained resilient, posting
annual growth rates above historical averages with the cost of travel decreasing
in many markets and middle-class populations burgeoning in emerging markets,"
she said, adding that persistent isolationist policies could stifle growth in
many countries.
Major connecting hub
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport (United States). The Atlanta, Georgia, airport is the
busiest passenger airport in the world, handling more than 107 million
passengers in 2018, according to Airports Council International.
Atlanta
continues to dominate the passenger market because of its location as a major
connecting hub and port of entry into North America. It's within a two-hour
flight of 80% of the United States population of more than 300 million
people.
There was no change from 2017 in the rankings of the top three
passenger airports.
Coming in second place, Beijing Capital International
Airport passed the 100 million passengers mark in 2018, hitting nearly 101
million passengers and growing by 5.4%. Third place Dubai Airport handled 89
million passengers, increasing by only 1%. (Dubai was also the top-ranked
airport for international passenger traffic, followed by London's Heathrow
Airport and Hong Kong International Airport.)
Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport knocked Atlanta out of the No. 1 spot for most aircraft
movements, which is airport language for takeoffs and landings. O'Hare handled
nearly 904,000 movements in 2018. Atlanta handled more than 895,000 movements,
and Los Angeles International Airport handled nearly 708,000
movements.
Overall, 2018 aircraft movements totaled 99.9 million, a 3.1%
increase.
As many as a dozen of the world's top 30 fastest-growing
airports are located in China or India. The airport in Bangalore, India, is the
No. 1 fastest-growing airport, with 32.3 million passengers in 2018 -- a
whopping 29% increase.
The world's busiest airports 2018
1.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, US) -- 107.4 million
passengers
2. Beijing Capital International Airport (China) -- 101
million
3. Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) -- 89.1
million
4. Los Angeles International Airport (California, US) -- 87.5
million
5. Tokyo's Haneda Airport (Japan) -- 86.9 million
6. Chicago's
O'Hare International Airport (Illinois, US) -- 83.2 million
7. London's
Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) -- 80.1 million
8. Hong Kong International
Airport (China) -- 74.5 million
9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport
(China) -- 74 million
10. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France) -- 72.2
million
11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands) -- 71 million
12. New
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) -- 69.9 million
13.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (China) -- 69.7 million
14. Frankfurt
Airport (Germany) -- 69.5 million
15. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
(Texas, US) -- 69.1 million
16. Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport
(Turkey) -- 68.4 million
17. Seoul's Incheon International Airport (South
Korea) -- 68.4 million
18. Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
(Indonesia) -- 65.7 million
19. Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) -- 65.6
million
20. Denver International Airport (Colorado, US) -- 64.5 million
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