2006 Statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows.
| Rank | Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) |
Total passengers |
Rank change |
% Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ATL/KATL | 84,846,639 | 1.2% | |
| 2. | O'Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ORD/KORD | 77,028,134 | 0.7% | |
| 3. | London Heathrow Airport | Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom | LHR/EGLL | 67,530,197 | 0.6% | |
| 4. | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta, Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | HND/RJTT | 65,810,672 | 4.0% | |
| 5. | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles, California, United States | LAX/KLAX | 61,041,066 | 0.7% | |
| 6. | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States | DFW/KDFW | 60,226,138 | 1.8% | |
| 7. | Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Paris, Île-de-France, France | CDG/LFPG | 56,849,567 | 5.7% | |
| 8. | Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | FRA/EDDF | 52,810,683 | 1.1% | |
| 9. | Beijing Capital International Airport | Chaoyang, Beijing, China | PEK/ZBAA | 48,654,770 | 6 | 18.7% |
| 10. | Denver International Airport | Denver, Colorado, United States | DEN/KDEN | 47,325,016 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 11. | McCarran International Airport | Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, United States | LAS/KLAS | 46,193,329 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 12. | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands | AMS/EHAM | 46,065,719 | 3 | 4.4% |
| 13. | Madrid-Barajas Airport | Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain | MAD/LEMD | 45,501,168 | 1 | 8.0% |
| 14. | Hong Kong International Airport | Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China | HKG/VHHH | 43,857,908 | 2 | 8.9% |
| 15. | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Queens, New York City, New York, United States | JFK/KJFK | 43,762,282 | 2 | 4.5% |
| 16. | Suvarnabhumi Airport1 | Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand | BKK/VTBS | 42,799,532 | 2 | 9.8% |
| 17. | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston, Texas, United States | IAH/KIAH | 42,550,432 | 7.1% | |
| 18. | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | PHX/KPHX | 41,436,737 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 19. | Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark, New Jersey, United States | EWR/KEWR | 36,724,167 | 3 | 7.9% |
| 20. | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Detroit, Michigan, United States | DTW/KDTW | 35,972,673 | 1.1% | |
| 21. | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States | MSP/KMSP | 35,612,133 | 2 | 5.3% |
| 22. | Singapore Changi Airport | Changi, East Region, Singapore | SIN/WSSS | 35,033,083 | 3 | 8.0% |
| 23. | Narita International Airport | Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan | NRT/RJAA | 34,975,225 | 4 | 11.3% |
| 24. | Orlando International Airport | Orlando, Florida, United States | MCO/KMCO | 34,640,451 | 3 | 1.5% |
| 25. | London Gatwick Airport | Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom | LGW/EGKK | 34,172,492 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 26. | San Francisco International Airport | San Mateo County, California, United States | SFO/KSFO | 33,574,807 | 3 | 0.5% |
| 27. | Miami International Airport | Miami, Florida, United States | MIA/KMIA | 32,533,974 | 1 | 4.9% |
| 28. | Philadelphia International Airport | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | PHL/KPHL | 31,768,272 | 2 | 0.9% |
| 29. | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | YYZ/CYYZ | 30,794,980 | 2.9% | |
| 30. | Munich Airport | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | MUC/EDDM | 30,757,978 | ? | 7.5% |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Bangkok International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006.
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