20 Busiest Airport in the World, Here is The List

This is the 20 busiest airport in the world.

Now more and more people are using airplanes as the main transportation for traveling. Both domestically or abroad, whether for business or leisure purpose. By using a plane, it will be faster to get to the destination than using other transportation.

Besides being faster and safer, today many airlines offer cheap prices and provide many attractive promos for consumers. So that, not a few people prefer airplane over other transportation to take them to destination.

As a result, now airports around the world are busy serving thousands of flights and millions of passengers with various destinations.

Airport Council International (ACI) has released the busiest airport in the world, the airport serving passengers with the highest number in the world throughout 2018. For 2018 the first place is Hartsfield-Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia, USA with more of a million passengers.

And Indonesia ranks 18th from all over the world with one of its airports, Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Even though it has dropped one rank from the previous year, the number of passengers flying through Soekarno-Hatta Airport has increased. In 2017 Soekarno-Hatta Airport was ranked 17th with 63 million passengers. Whereas for 2018 the Soekarno-Hatta Airport managed to carry more than 66 million passengers.

While in Asia, Soekarno-Hatta Airport is ranked 9. And for Southeast Asia, Soekarno-Hatta Airport has won the title of the busiest airport in the world with more than 66 million passengers.

Here is a complete list of the 20 busiest airports in the world in 2018:

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, USA) with 107,4 million passengers.
2. Beijing International Airport (China) with 101 million passengers.
3. Dubai International Airport (Uni Emirat Arab) with 89,1 million passengers.
4. Los Angeles International Airport (California, USA) with 87,5 million passengers.
5. Haneda Tokyo Airport (Japan) with 87,1 million passengers.
6. O’hare Chicago International Airport (Illinois, USA) with 83,3 million passengers.
7. Heathrow London Airport (UK) with 80,1 million passengers.
8. Hongkong International Airport (China) with 74,5 million passengers.
9. Pudong Shanghai International Airport (China) with 74 million passengers.
10. Charles de Gaulle Paris Airport (France) with 72,2 million passengers.
11. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Holand) with 71 million passengers.
12. Indira Gandhi New Delhi International Airport (India) with 69,9 million passengers.
13. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (China) with 69,8 million passengers.
14. Frankfurt Airport (Germany) with 69,5 million passengers.
15. Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (Texas, USA) with 69,1 million passengers.
16. Incheon International Airport (Seoul, South Korea) with 68,4 million passengers.
17. Ataturk International Aiport (Istanbul, Turkey) with 68,3 million passengers.
18. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta, Indonesia) with 66,9 milion passengers.
19. Changi Airport (Singapore) with 65,6 million passengers.
20. Denver International Airport (Colorado, USA) with 64,5 million passengers.

Based on data that has been released by ACI, it states that global passengers number increased by 6,6% in 2017 with total flights growing around 2,4% in 2018.

Meanwhile, the number of passengers at the 20 busiest airports in the world has increased by 4,7% in 2018 with more than 1,5 billion passengers flying through these airports.

ACI’s global mid-term estimates reveal that demand for air services in 2018-2023 will increase by almost 30%. This means that the airport managers must face challenges to overcome surges in passengers that exceed the available airport infrastructure.

Facilities to support airport activities

A busy airport means having a large number of passengers and flights. The busier an airport is, of course, it requires better and more complete facilities to support the bustle. The facility consists of airside and landside.

From the landside, for example by expanding terminals and parking area, providing a comfortable waiting room, and providing mobile charger facilities. Spacious terminal and has many counters can reduce the queue thereby speeding up the check-in process.

While from the airside, for example by extending the runway, expanding the apron, and building an airport drainage system.

With the availability of the facilities, the busy airport activities can still run smoothly. And passengers are satisfied to get the best service.