Atlanta is the World's Busiest Airport 🛫

Key Takeaways

• With 108 million passengers in 2024, the Atlanta airport is the busiest in the world, a position it has held for a quarter century.
• Dubai's airport ranks second globally, with 92 million passengers thanks to its strategic location between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
• Between 2019 and 2024, New Delhi's airport jumped from 28th to 7th spot in the annual rankings from Airports Council International.

The World's Top 10 Busiest Airports

In 2024, 9.5 billion passengers flew globally, a 9.8% rise over the year.

Together, the 10 busiest airports accounted for 855 million passengers, or 9% of traffic globally.

Shanghai's Pudong International Airport saw the largest rise in the rankings, up from 21st in 2023 to 10th overall, driven by the resumption of international flights and visa policy expansion.