World´s busiest airports
23. november 2010 18:00 | Airportsby Joe G.
Out of the 20 busiest airports in the world by passenger traffic for the first 8 months of 2010 are 7 U.S. airports, 5 European airports, 7 Asian airports and 1 from the Middle East. Combined, over 700 million passengers travel through these airports during the first eight months of 2010. Compared to last year, Asian and particularly Chinese airports have been seeing the most increase in traffic.
Photo by Koji Yokoyama
1 - Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Runways: 5
Terminals: 6
Hub for: AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, GeorgiaSkies, Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 59,791,000
Change from last year: 0.3
Passenger traffic 2009: 88,032,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 970,000
2 - Beijing Capital International Airport
Location: Beijing, China
Runways: 3
Terminals: 3
Hub for: Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 48,913,000
Change from last year: 13.4
Passenger traffic 2009: 65,372,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 489,000
3 - O'Hare International Airport
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Runways: 7
Terminals: 4
Hub for: American Airlines, United Airlines, USA3000 Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 44,577,000
Change from last year: 2.3
Passenger traffic 2009: 64,158,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 828,000
4 - London Heathrow Airport
Location: London, United Kingdom
Runways: 2
Terminals: 5
Hub for: BMI, British Airways
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 43,485,000
Change from last year: -1.6
Passenger traffic 2009: 66,038,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 466,000
5 - Tokyo International Airport
Location: Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Runways: 4
Terminals: 3
Hub for: Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, Skynet Asia Airways
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 42,006,000
Change from last year: 3.6
Passenger traffic 2009: 61,904,000
6 - Los Angeles International Airport
Location: Los Angeles, California
Runways: 4
Terminals: 9
Hub for: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Horizon Air, United Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 39,503,000
Change from last year: 3.9
Passenger traffic 2009: 56,521,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 634,000
7 - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Location: Val d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France
Runways: 4
Terminals: 3
Hub for: Air France, Delta Air Lines, Easy Jet
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 38,860,000
Change from last year: -0.6
Passenger traffic 2009: 57,907,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 525,000
8 - Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Runways: 7
Terminals: 5
Hub for: American Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 38,017,000
Change from last year: 0.5
Passenger traffic 2009: 56,031,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 639,000
9 - Denver International Airport
Location: Denver, Colorado
Runways: 6
Terminals: 5
Hub for: Frontier Airlines, Great Lakes Airlines, United Airlines
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 35,151,000
Change from last year: 2.4
Passenger traffic 2009: 50,168,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 607,000
10 - Frankfurt Airport
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Runways: 3
Terminals: 3
Hub for: Condor
Passenger traffic Jan – Aug, 2010: 34,994,000
Change from last year: 3.1
Passenger traffic 2009: 50,933,000
Yearly aircraft movements: 463,000
Photos are used with permission of authors
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