List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
The thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements. A movement is a landing or takeoff of an aircraft.
2017 statistics
's final full-year figures are as follows:Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
| 1. |  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 879,560 | 2.1% | |
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 867,049 | 0.1% | |
| 3. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 700,362 | 0.5% | |
| 4. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 654,344 | 2.7% | |
| 5. |  Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 597,259 | 1.5% | |
| 6. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 574,966 | 1.7% | |
| 7. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 553,817 | 1.5% | |
| 8. | McCarran International Airport | Paradise, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 542,994 | 0.3% | |
| 9. |  Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 514,625 | 3.6% | |
| 10. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 496,774 | 3.5% | |
| 11. |  Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, France | CDG/LFPG | 482,676 | 0.7% | |
| 12. |  London Heathrow Airport | London, England, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 475,915 | 0.2% | |
| 13. |  Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 475,537 | 2 | 2.7% |
2016 statistics
's full-year figures are as follows:Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
| 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 898,356 | 1.8% | |
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 867,365 | 0.9% | |
| 3. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 697,138 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 4. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 672,748 | 1.3% | |
| 5. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 606,686 | 2.7% | |
| 6. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 565,503 | 4.5% | |
| 7. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 545,742 | 0.3% | |
| 8. | Las Vegas McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 541,428 | 2.1% | |
| 9. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 496,256 | 4 | 6.6% |
| 10. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 479,902 | 5 | 6.8% |
| 11. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, France | CDG/LFPG | 479,199 | 1 | 0.7% |
| 12. | London Heathrow Airport | London, England, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 474,983 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 13. |  Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 456,536 | 3 | 2.8% |
2015 statistics
's full-year figures are as follows:Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
| 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 882,497 | 1 | 1.6% |
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 875,136 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 3. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 681,244 | 0.2% | |
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 655,564 | 3.0% | |
| 5. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 590,169 | 1.4% | |
| 6. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 541,213 | 4.3% | |
| 7. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 540,944 | 0.8% | |
| 8. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 522,399 | 0.3% | |
| 9. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 502,844 | 1.2% | |
| 10. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, France | CDG/LFPG | 475,776 | 1 | 0.9% |
| 11. | London Heathrow Airport | London, England, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 474,102 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 12. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 468,153 | 0.2% | |
| 13. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 465,521 | 2.8% | |
| 14. |  Atatürk International Airport | Istanbul, Turkey | IST/LTBA | 464,865 | 5.8% | |
| 15. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 448,213 | 11.5% | |
| 16. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 443,773 | 1 | 2.4% |
| 17. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 439,035 | 2.0% | |
| 18. |  Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | HND/RJTT | 438,542 | 3.0% | |
| 19. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 438,448 | 3.6% | |
| 20. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 429,815 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 21. |  Dubai International Airport | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB/OMDB | 418,220 | 4 | 13.8% |
| 22. |  Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 426,761 | 2 | 4.1% |
| 23. |  Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories, Hong Kong | HKG/VHHH | 416,900 | 4 | 5.0% |
| 24. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 414,525 | 4 | 4.6% |
| 25. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 412,955 | 2.5% | |
| 26. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 411,368 | 3 | 1.9% |
| 27. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | CAN/ZGGG | 409,674 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 28. | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 403,151 | 6 | 2.2% |
| 29. | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SeaTac, Washington, United States | SEA/KSEA | 381,408 | ? | 12.0% |
| 30. |  Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 380,129 | 1 | 1.8% |
2014 statistics
's full-year figures are as follows:Rank | Airport | Location | Code | Total Movements | Rank Change | Change |
| 1. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 881,933 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 868,359 | 1 | 4.7% |
| 3. | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 679,820 | 0.3% | |
| 4. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 636,706 | 3.5% | |
| 5. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang-Shunyi, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 581,773 | 1 | 2.5% |
| 6. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 565,525 | 1 | 2.9% |
| 7. | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | CLT/KCLT | 545,178 | 2.3% | |
| 8. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 522,399 | 0.3% | |
| 9. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 508,935 | 0.5% | |
| 10. | London Heathrow Airport | London, England, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 472,817 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 11. | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris, France | CDG/LFPG | 471,318 | 1 | 1.5% |
| 12. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 469,026 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 13. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 452,687 | 1 | 2.9% |
| 14. | Atatürk International Airport | Istanbul, Turkey | IST/LTBA | 439,549 | 7 | 8.2% |
| 15. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 434,846 | 2 | 0.8% |
| 16. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 431,633 | 3 | 2.4% |
| 17. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 430,461 | 4 | 1.2% |
| 18. | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | HND/RJTT | 425,604 | 5 | 5.6% |
| 19. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 422,912 | 3 | 4.2% |
| 20. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 419,253 | 5 | 3.2% |
| 21. | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | CAN/ZGGG | 412,210 | 6 | 5.1% |
| 22. | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 412,049 | 6 | 4.8% |
| 23. | Benito Juárez International Airport | Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico | MEX/MMMX | 409,954 | 3 | 3.5% |
| 24. | Miami International Airport | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 402,973 | 1.0% | |
| 25. | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Pudong, Shanghai, China | PVG/ZSPD | 402,105 | ? | 8.3% |
| 26. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Islands, New Territories, Hong Kong | HKG/VHHH | 401,861 | 2 | 5.0% |
| 27. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 398,630 | 7 | 3.7% |
| 28. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Romulus, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 392,655 | 10 | 7.8% |
| 29. | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia | CGK/WIII | 382,287 | 4 | 3.6% |
| 30. | Munich Airport | Freising, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 376,768 | 1 | 1.4% |