The definition of the world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Geneva, Switzerland. The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic:
- Passenger traffic
- total passengers emplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once
- Cargo traffic
- loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes
- Traffic movements
- landings and take-offs of aircraft
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