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4-7 Top 20 World Airports by Passenger Movementsa: 2007-2008

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

4-7 Top 20 World Airports by Passenger Movementsa: 2007-2008

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(Thousands of passengers enplaned, deplaned and in-transit at airport)

2008 Rank City (Airport) 2007 2008 % change 2007-2008
1 Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield) 89,379 90,039 0.7
2 Chicago, IL (O'Hare) 76,178 69,354 -9.0
3 London, England (Heathrow) 68,068 67,056 -1.5
4 Tokyo, Japan (Narita) 66,823 66,755 -0.1
5 Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle) 59,922 60,875 1.6
6 Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles) 61,896 59,498 -3.9
7 Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth) 59,786 57,093 -4.5
8 Beijing, China (Beijing Capital) 53,584 55,937 4.4
9 Frankfurt, Germany (Frankfurt) 54,162 53,467 -1.3
10 Denver, CO (Denver) 49,863 51,245 2.8
11 Madrid, Spain (Barajas) 52,123 50,824 -2.5
12 Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong) 47,042 47,858 1.7
13 New York, NY (JFK) 47,717 47,808 0.2
14 Amsterdam, Netherlands (Schiphol) 47,795 47,430 -0.8
15 Las Vegas, NV (McCarran) 46,961 43,209 -8.0
16 Houston, TX (G. Bush) 42,998 41,709 -3.0
17 Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor) 42,185 39,891 -5.4
18 Bangkok, Thailand (Suvarnabhumi) 41,210 38,603 -6.3
19 Changi, Singapore (Changi) 36,702 37,695 2.7
20 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) 34,348 37,441 9.0

a Passenger movements include enplanements and deplanements, with intransit passengers counted once. Both domestic and international passenger movements are included. General aviation passengers are excluded.

Notes: Airports include those participating in the ACI annual traffic statistics collection as of August 26, 2009. Airports are ranked based on 2008 data.

Source: Airports Council International, Annual Traffic Data, available at http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54-55_666_2__ as of August 26, 2009.