Busiest airports by continent
The busiest airports by continent is based on the busiest airports in all continents except Antarctica and Oceania.
Busiest airports in Europe, 2019 (provisional)
Busiest airports in Asia, 2018
| Rank | Airport | City | Country | Code | Code | Total passengers | % change |
| 1 |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China, People's Republic of | PEK | ZBAA | 100,980,000 | 5.4% |
| 2 |  Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB | OMDB | 89,149,387 | 1.0% |
| 3 |  Tokyo International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | HND | RJTT | 87,098,683 | 1.9% |
| 4 |  Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | China, People's Republic of | HKG | VHHH | 74,700,000 | 2.8% |
| 5 | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China, People's Republic of | PVG | ZSPD | 74,050,000 | 5.8% |
| 6 |  Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL | VIDP | 69,866,994 | 10.1% |
| 7 | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China, People's Republic of | CAN | ZGGG | 69,730,000 | 5.8% |
| 8 |  Incheon International Airport | Seoul/Incheon | Republic of Korea | ICN | RKSI | 68,259,763 | 10.0% |
| 9 |  Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Jakarta/Tangerang | Indonesia | CGK | WIII | 66,908,159 | 6.2% |
| 10 |  Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | SIN | WSSS | 65,600,000 | 5.4% |
| 11 |  Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok/Samut Prakan | Thailand | BKK | VTBS | 63,378,923 | 4.1% |
| 12 |  Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur/Sepang | Malaysia | KUL | WMKK | 59,959,000 | 2.4% |
| 13 | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Chengdu | China, People's Republic of | CTU | ZUUU | 52,950,000 | 6.3% |
| 14 |  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai | India | BOM | VABB | 49,877,918 | 5.7% |
| 15 |  Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Shenzhen | China, People's Republic of | SZX | ZGSZ | 49,350,000 | 8.2% |
| 16 | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Kunming | China, People's Republic of | KMG | ZPPP | 47,090,000 | 5.3% |
| 17 |  Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | TPE | RCTP | 46,535,180 | 3.7% |
| 18 |  Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | MNL | RPLL | 45,082,544 | 6.7% |
| 19 | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | Xi'an/Xianyang | China, People's Republic of | XIY | ZLXY | 44,650,000 | 6.2% |
| 20 | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | Shanghai | China, People's Republic of | SHA | ZSSS | 43,630,000 | 4.2% |
| 21 | Narita International Airport | Tokyo/Narita | Japan | NRT | RJAA | 42,601,130 | 4.8% |
| 22 | Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | Chongqing | China, People's Republic of | CKG | ZUCK | 41,600,000 | 7.5% |
| 23 |  King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | JED | OEJN | 41,200,000 | 21.4% |
| 24 |  Don Mueang International Airport | Bangkok SGD | Thailand | DMK | VTBD | 40,758,148 | 6.4% |
| 25 |  Tan Son Nhat International Airport | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | SGN | VVTS | 38,500,000 | 7.2% |
Busiest airports in North America, 2018
| Rank | Rank change 17-18 | Airport | City served | Country | Passengers | Annual change |
| 1 | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta | USA | 107,394,029 | 3.33% | |
| 2 | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles | USA | 87,534,384 | 3.52% | |
| 3 | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago | USA | 83,245,472 | 4.28% | |
| 4 | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth | USA | 69,112,607 | 3.01% | |
| 5 | Denver International Airport | Denver | USA | 64,494,613 | 5.08% | |
| 6 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City | USA | 61,623,756 | 3.61% | |
| 7 | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco | USA | 57,738,840 | 3.43% | |
| 8 | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas | USA | 49,863,090 | 2.67% | |
| 9 | 1 | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | Seattle-Tacoma | USA | 49,849,520 | 6.21% |
| 10 | 1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Toronto | Canada | 49,507,418 | 5.04% |
| 11 | 1 | Mexico City International Airport | Mexico City | Mexico | 47,700,547 | 6.64% |
| 12 | 1 | Orlando International Airport | Orlando | USA | 47,696,627 | 6.92% |
| 13 | 2 | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte | USA | 46,447,638 | 1.17% |
| 14 | 2 | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark | USA | 45,851,434 | 6.08% |
| 15 | 1 | Miami International Airport | Miami | USA | 45,044,312 | 2.21% |
| 16 | 1 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix | USA | 44,943,686 | 2.33% |
| 17 | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston | USA | 43,807,539 | 7.65% | |
| 18 | Logan International Airport | Boston | USA | 41,014,471 | 6.66% | |
| 19 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | USA | 38,107,381 | 0.19% | |
| 20 | 1 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | Fort Lauderdale | USA | 35,963,370 | 10.62% |
| 21 | 1 | Detroit Metropolitan Airport | Detroit | USA | 35,236,676 | 1.54% |
| 22 | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia | USA | 31,691,956 | 7.12% | |
| 23 | LaGuardia Airport | New York City | USA | 30,094,074 | 1.80% | |
| 24 | Baltimore–Washington International Airport | Baltimore-Washington | USA | 27,130,655 | 2.89% | |
| 25 | Vancouver International Airport | Vancouver | Canada | 26,015,573 | 6.93% |
Busiest airports in South America, 2018
| Rank | Country | Airport | City | Passengers | Growth |
| 1 | Brazil | São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport | São Paulo | 42,230,432 | 11.82% |
| 2 | Colombia | El Dorado International Airport | Bogotá | 32,716,468 | 5.57% |
| 3 | Peru | Jorge Chávez International Airport | Lima | 23,779,937 | 7.86% |
| 5 | Chile | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | Santiago | 23,324,306 | 8.86% |
| 5 | Brazil | Congonhas-São Paulo Airport | São Paulo | 21,961,782 | 0.47% |
| 6 | Brazil | Brasília International Airport | Brasília | 17,855,163 | 5.67% |
| 7 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport | Rio de Janeiro | 15,005,304 | 7.62% |
| 8 | Argentina | Jorge Newbery Airport | Buenos Aires | 13,365,290 | 2.94% |
| 9 | Argentina | Ministro Pistarini International Airport | Buenos Aires | 11,201,350 | 8.65% |
| 10 | Brazil | Tancredo Neves International Airport | Belo Horizonte | 10,591,138 | 4.20% |
| 11 | Brazil | Viracopos International Airport | Campinas | 9,223,074 | 1.17% |
| 12 | Brazil | Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro | 9,165,905 | 0.88% |
| 13 | Brazil | Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport | Recife | 8,399,935 | 8.01% |
| 14 | Brazil | Salgado Filho International Airport | Porto Alegre | 8,301,172 | 3.61% |
| 15 | Colombia | José María Córdova International Airport | Medellín | 8,036,411 | 5.47% |
| 16 | Brazil | Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport | Salvador | 8,017,778 | 3.55% |
| 17 | Brazil | Pinto Martins International Airport | Fortaleza | 6,614,227 | 11.44% |
| 18 | Brazil | Afonso Pena International Airport | Curitiba | 6,284,073 | 6.72% |
| 19 | Colombia | Rafael Núñez International Airport | Cartagena | 5,405,362 | 14.79% |
| 20 | Ecuador | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito | 5,228,072 | 6.91% |
| 21 | Colombia | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport | Cali | 4,870,311 | 2.99% |
| 22 | Venezuela | Simón Bolívar International Airport | Caracas | 3,883,572 | 13.35% |
| 23 | Ecuador | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | Guayaquil | 3,852,436 | 6.34% |
| 24 | Brazil | Hercílio Luz International Airport | Florianópolis | 3,839,348 | 0.10% |
| 25 | Peru | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport | Cusco | 3,763,300 | 11.35% |
Busiest airports in Africa, 2018
Busiest airports in the world, 2018
| Rank | Airport | Location | Country | Code | Total passengers | Rank Change | % Change |
| 1. |  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | ATL/KATL | 107,394,029 | 3.3% | |
| 2. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing | China | PEK/ZBAA | 100,983,290 | 5.4% | |
| 3. | Dubai International Airport | Garhoud, Dubai | DXB/OMDB | 89,149,387 | 1.0% | ||
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California | United States | LAX/KLAX | 87,534,384 | 1 | 3.5% |
| 5. | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan | HND/RJTT | 87,131,973 | 1 | 2.0% |
| 6. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | United States | ORD/KORD | 83,339,186 | 4.4% | |
| 7. |  London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, London | United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 80,126,320 | 2.7% | |
| 8. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories | Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG/VHHH | 74,517,402 | 2.6% | |
| 9. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai | China | PVG/ZSPD | 74,006,331 | 5.7% | |
| 10. |  Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Île-de-France | France | CDG/LFPG | 72,229,723 | 4.0% | |
| 11. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland | Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 71,053,157 | 3.7% | |
| 12. | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | DEL/VIDP | 69,900,938 | 4 | 10.2% |
| 13. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | CAN/ZGGG | 69,769,497 | 6.0% | |
| 14. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse | Germany | FRA/EDDF | 69,510,269 | 7.8% | |
| 15. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | United States | DFW/KDFW | 69,112,607 | 3 | 3.0% |
| 16. | Seoul Incheon International Airport | Incheon | South Korea | ICN/RKSI | 68,350,784 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 17. |  Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Yeşilköy, Istanbul | Turkey | IST/LTBA | 68,192,683 | 2 | 6.4% |
| 18. | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Tangerang, Banten | Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 66,908,159 | 1 | 6.2% |
| 19. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region | Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 65,628,000 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 20. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado | United States | DEN/KDEN | 64,494,613 | 5.1% | |
| 21. | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Bangkok | Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 63,378,923 | 4.1% | |
| 22. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York, New York | United States | JFK/KJFK | 61,909,148 | 4.4% | |
| 23. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Sepang, Selangor | Malaysia | KUL/WMKK | 59,959,000 | 2.4% | |
| 24. |  Madrid Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid | Spain | MAD/LEMD | 57,891,340 | 1 | 8.4% |
| 25. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California | United States | SFO/KSFO | 57,793,313 | 1 | 3.5% |
Continents
- List of the busiest airports in Africa
- List of the busiest airports in Asia
- List of the busiest airports in Australia
- List of the busiest airports in Europe
- List of the busiest airports in North America
- List of the busiest airports in Oceania
- List of the busiest airports in South America
Regions
- List of the busiest airports in the Balkans
- List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states
- List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
- List of the busiest airports in Central America
- List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
- List of the busiest airports in Latin America
- List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries
Rankings
- List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
- List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
- List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic
- List of busiest airports by passenger traffic