Rankings of the world's busiest airports by international and total passenger traffic, sourced from Airports Council International (ACI). The data measures total passengers, defined as passengers enplaned, deplaned, and in direct transit. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport annually since 2000, and London's airport system was the busiest city system with 129 million passengers in 2013.
Use Cases
- Ranking airport performance based on total passenger traffic data from ACI.
- Analyzing long-term trends for specific airports, such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta's top ranking since 2000.
- Comparing city-level airport system volumes, such as London's 129 million passengers in 2013.
- Benchmarking international passenger traffic against total passenger traffic for the top 30 and 50 airports.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from Airports Council International (ACI), an authoritative industry body.
- Includes specific historical facts, such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta's top ranking since 2000 and London's 129 million passengers in 2013.
- Provides two distinct ranking lists: top 30 by international traffic and top 50 by total traffic.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description does not specify the exact time range covered by the rankings.
Provenance
- Source
- Airports Council International (ACI)
- Collection Method
- Data compiled by ACI, defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 12:02:26.919857; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Global