World’s 25 busiest air travel “markets” in 2011

Source: mydestination.com

It is often heard that Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. On an individual airport basis, that is correct. But when you calculate the total air passengers passing through each market (single airport or multiple-airport), the data shows Atlanta is not even close to the busiest air passenger market in the world, nor is it even the busiest in the United States. Instead, those designations go to Greater London and New York City respectively. In fact, Atlanta’s air passenger traffic would have to increase by approximately 50 percent to reach the total air passenger traffic flying in and out of Greater London. Below is the 2011 data for each of the 25 busiest air travel markets as compiled from the resources listed at the end of the post.

City/airports/millions of passengers

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1. London: Heathrow  69.4

                  Gatwick     33.7

                  Stansted   18.6

                  Luton           9.1

                  City              2.5

                                  133.3 million

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2. New York: Kennedy            47.7

                      Newark-Liberty  33.7

                      La Guardia         24.1

                      Westchester        1.9

                      MacArthur            0.9

                      Stewart                 0.4

                                               108.7 million

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3. Atlanta: Hartsfield  92.4 million

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4. Tokyo:    Narita    28.0

                  Haneda  62.3

                                 90.3 million

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5. Paris: de Gaulle 61.0

                     Orly    27.1

                               88.1 million

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6. Chicago: O’Hare  66.7

                   Midway 18.8

                                 85.5 million

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7. Los Angeles – International  61.9

                           John Wayne   8.7

                           Ontario           4.6

                           Burbank         4.4 est.

                           Long Beach    3.1

                          Palm Springs   1.6 est.

                                                 84.3 million

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8. Beijing: 77.4 million

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9. Shanghai: Pudong    41.4

                     Hongqiao 33.1

                                     74.5 million

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10. Southeast Florida: Miami                 38.3

                                    Fort Lauderdale 23.3

                                     Palm Beach        5.9

                                                              67.5 million

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11. Dallas-Fort Worth: International 57.7

                                     Love Field     7.9

                                                        65.6 million

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12. Washington: Reagan National 18.8

                           Dulles                   23.1

                           Baltimore             22.4

                                                       64.3 million

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13. Bay Area: San Francisco  40.8

                       Oakland             9.3

                       San Jose            8.3

                       Santa Rosa        0.2  est.

                                               58.6 million

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15. Frankfurt: 56.4 million

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15. Hong Kong :53.3 million

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16. Denver: 52.7 million

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17. Jakarta: 52.4 million

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18. Dubai: 51.0 million

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19. Houston: Intercontinental 40.2

                      Hobby               9.8

                                              50.0 million

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20. Amsterdam: Schiphol 49.8 million

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21. Madrid: 49.6 million

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22. Moscow: Domodedovo       25.7

                     Sheremetyevo      22.6

                                                 48.3 million

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23. Bangkok: 47.9 million

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24. Sao Paulo: Guarulhos  30.0

                        Congohas  16.8

                                          46.8 million

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25. Singapore: 46.5 million

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Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_airports_in_Latin_America_by_passenger_traffic
• http://www.londoncityairport.com/AboutAndCorporate/page/PassengerStatistics
• http://www.naa.jp/en/traffic/pdf/statistics2011.pdf
• http://www.fly2houston.com/0/3919232/0/83280D83283/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Texas
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_California
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_the_People’s_Republic_of_China
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Europe
• http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/ATR2011.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Africa
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Australia
• http://www.lgb.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=2581