Close to 8.5 billion passengers took a plane trip last year, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World’s just-released list of the top 10 busiest airports worldwide for 2023.
Coming in at first place is Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, which comes as no surprise given that the Georgia airport has held that very same spot for the last two decades.
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After crunching the data from over 2,600 airports across more than 180 countries and territories globally, ACI World revealed no change at the top of the busiest-airport list, where Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International has sat at No. 1 for more than two decades. Four other U.S. airports also landed in the top 10: Dallas Fort Worth fell one spot to No. 3; Denver fell three spots to No. 6; Los Angeles fell two spots to No. 8; and Chicago fell five spots to No. 9.
World’s Busiest Airports in 2023 (Total Volume)
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL): 104.7M passengers; up 11.7% YOY
2. Dubai, UAE (DXB): 87M passengers; up 31.7% YOY
3. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW): 81.8M passengers; up 11.4% YOY
4. London Heathrow, UK (LHR): 79.2M passengers; up 28.5% YOY
5. Tokyo Haneda, Japan (HND): 78.7M passengers; up 55.1% YOY
6. Denver (DEN): 77.8M passengers; up 12.3% YOY
7. Istanbul, Turkey (IST): 76M passengers; up 18.3% YOY
8. Los Angeles (LAX): 75.1M passengers; up 13.8% YOY
9. Chicago O’Hare (ORD): 73.9M passengers; up 8.1% YOY
10. Delhi, India (DEL): 72.2M passengers; up 21.4% YOY
