For the 25th time in 26 years, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was named the world’s busiest airport.
The Georgia hub again took the top spot in Airports Council International’s annual rankings of the world’s busiest airports for 2023, according to data released by the organization Monday.
What are the busiest airports in the world?
Here’s the full list of the top 10 busiest airports in the world for 2023.
The rankings include a handful of U.S. airports (alongside Atlanta in the top position) — not to mention some noteworthy shifts.
Busiest international airports Travel to Japan bounced back in a big way last year, bringing Tokyo’s Haneda back to its pre-pandemic spot as the world’s fifth-busiest airport.
Meanwhile, the strength Dallas Fort Worth and Denver have shown in recent years versus other top U.S. airports LAX and O’Hare continued in 2023.
It’s worth noting that four of the top five busiest U.S. airports are hubs or focus cities for multiple airlines.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was named the busiest airport in the world for the twenty-fiveth time in twenty-six years.
Airports Council International released data on Monday indicating that the hub located in Georgia maintained its top ranking among the world’s busiest airports for 2023.
Atlanta has been the leader in terms of total passengers boarded and disembarked since the late 1990s, with the exception of 2020, when peculiar travel patterns during the height of the coronavirus pandemic upset the rankings, dropping the airport to second place.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said in a statement on Monday that “it is a testament to our global connectivity and an affirmation of our city’s place on the world stage.”.
ACI’s report highlighted that last year saw a notable surge in global air traffic, reaching nearly 94% of pre-pandemic levels. This was a crucial step in the pandemic’s recovery, aided by a rise in international travel.
ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said of the rankings, “Airports continue to demonstrate their resilience and adaptability amidst the challenges posed by the ever-evolving landscape of global travel.”.
Which airports in the world are the busiest?
The entire ranking of the world’s ten busiest airports for 2023 can be found here.
Several U.S. s. airports (with Atlanta ranking first)—not to mention a few significant changes.
the busiest airports abroad.
Last year, travel to Japan recovered significantly, returning Tokyo’s Haneda airport to its pre-pandemic ranking as the fifth busiest in the world.
Heathrow Airport in London rose from No. 1 to the fourth busiest airport globally. Eight years later in 2022.
The city of Istanbul has arguably grown the fastest in recent memory. It was the world’s 28th busiest airport prior to the pandemic. It ranked seventh in terms of traffic in 2023. Turkish Airlines, the airline based there, has been expanding quickly, even within the U.S. S. where it has recently revealed a number of new locations, Denver most recently.
Despite falling from ninth to tenth place in 2022 and 2023, New Delhi’s four-year growth from 2019 is noteworthy given the rapid population growth of that nation and the growth of its commercial aviation industry.
US airports with the highest traffic volume.
Five airports in the United States were among the top 10 busiest airports in the world according to ACI’s ranking. s. Those are as follows:.
Atlanta is ranked first worldwide.
Fort Worth, Dallas (third).
Denver, the sixth.
The eighth is Los Angeles.
O’Hare Airport in Chicago (ninth).
keeping the top spot, both in the U.S. s. despite enplanements and deplanements being down roughly 5% from pre-pandemic 2019, comes in the world.
This year, though, it might become even more potent.
The airport’s tenant, Delta Air Lines, recently announced that it will be placing more of an emphasis on Atlanta and a few other “core hubs” in its 2024 plans after allocating resources in recent years to a rapid build-up at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Los Angeles.
However, the power Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denver have demonstrated recently against other elite U. s. In 2023, airports O’Hare and LAX remained open.
Based on data viewed by TPG from aviation analytics firm Cirium, airlines in 2023 offered 9 points 7 percent more scheduled seats out of DFW than in 2019. Denver saw an even greater growth rate of 17%.
Conversely, according to Cirium data, scheduled seat numbers at LAX and O’Hare both decreased by more than 13 percent compared to 2019.
As of 2019, LAX ranked as the third busiest airport worldwide and the second busiest in the country. As recently as 2022, O’Hare ranked as the fourth busiest airport worldwide.
Interestingly enough, four of the top five busiest U. S. Airports serve as several airlines’ focus cities or hubs.
Even though Delta is by far the leading airline, Southwest Airlines also operates out of Atlanta. Denver serves as both a Southwest base and a major hub for United Airlines. The three biggest U.S. airlines all have hubs at LAX. s. transporters. O’Hare serves as both American Airlines’ hub and United Airlines’ home base.
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