Busiest airports in the world

February 1st 2025

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OAG’s table of the of the world’s busiest airports, published in January listed three of Asia’s major hubs in the list. Read More » They are Tokyo Haneda (3), Guangzhou Baiyun (7) and Shanghai Pudong (9). Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson again topped the table followed by, excluding the three Asian airports, Dubai (2), London Heathrow (4), Dallas forth Worth (5), Denver (6), Istanbul (8) and Chicago O’Hare (10).

In OAG’s compilations of the ten busiest international airports, Dubai led the table with London Heathrow runner-up. Other leading international airports in the category in 2024 were Seoul Incheon (30), Singapore Changi (4), Amsterdam Schipol (5), Istanbul (6), Charles de Gaulle (7), Frankfurt (8), Hong Kong (9) and Doha (10).

Shanghai Pudong International Airport recorded the most rapid growth among the top 10 airports, OAG said, with a 29% increase in capacity compared with 2023. This was largely due to China’s air travel recovery post-pandemic. As a result, the airport moved up the table from its position as 15th busiest global airport in the world in 2023.

In the category of busiest international airports last year, Seoul Incheon moved up four places compared with a year earlier and Hong Kong International Airport recorded the biggest increase in capacity, at 40% although the results were 23% below pre-COVID levels, OAG said.