The 10 largest airports in the world

With an increasing number of passengers each year, airports are expanding. So here are the 10 biggest airports in the world.

With increasingly attractive prices, the aeroplane is a means of transport that democratizes and becomes more affordable. Facilitating travel while saving considerable time for passengers, airports also followed the trend. Moreover, some are even real cities... in the city. Luxury shops and duty free, shopping centers, restaurants, hotels... All of them have more and more services where the traveler can find what he wants, and when he wants.

But what are the biggest airports in the world? The answer here with this ranking of the 10 largest airports in the world!

1. Atlanta H.-Jackson International Airport in GeorgiaUnited States)

Some mistakenly think that the JFK International Airport at New York is the largest in the United States. It is certainly the most emblematic and well-known international, but it is the Atlanta H.-Jackson Airport that holds the American and even global record. It is the largest airport in the world, which absorbs more than 100 million passengers each year from and to the United States.

However, this is not the largest airport in the world in terms of area. This title returns to King Fahd International Airport and Saudi Arabia. The latter with 78,000 hectares of area is the largest of the entire planet.

2. Beijing-Capital International AirportChina)

The second largest airport in the world in terms of frequentation is none other than Beijing-Capital in China. It receives nearly 96 million passengers each year from and to China.

However, at the level of size, it is detached by Denver International Airport in the United States, which, with an area of almost 14,000 hectares, is the second largest in terms of size.

3. Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates)

Third of this ranking of the 10 largest airports in the world, that of Dubai absorbs nearly 89 million passengers each year.

There, too, it is only the third largest airport in passenger traffic. In terms of the area, it is necessary to make thousands of kilometers to find the international airport of Dallas /Forth Worth in the United States, which with 7,800 hectares is the third largest in the world.

4. Tokyo-Haneda International AirportJapan)

Tokyo houses the fourth airport of the planet in terms of passenger flows. This is due to the fact that every year it is not less than 86 million travellers who transit it.

However, it is the international airport of Shanghai – Pudong in China that owns the fourth largest airport with an insolent area of 3,350 hectares, almost the size of a village.

5. Los Angeles International AirportUnited States)

International Airport Los Angeles is the second largest airport in the United States with a absorption rate of nearly 85 million passengers per year.

However, it is far away when it comes to comparing the size of the infrastructure, since in fifth place the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle International Airport has an area of 3,200 hectares.

6. Chicago O’Hare International AirportUnited States)

Chicago hosts the world's sixth largest airport in passenger flows with more than 80 million annual travellers.

However, it is detrimental to its sixth place when it comes to comparing the size of the building. This is Adolfo-Suárez International Airport in Madrid-Barajas Spain which earns sixth place with an area of 3,050 hectares.

7. London Heathrow International AirportGreat Britain)

Great Britain is a land of immigration and tourism. It is therefore quite logical that the Kingdom of its majesty hosts the seventh largest airport in the world. London Heathrow. It receives an average of 79 million passengers each year.

However, in terms of size it is the Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand which with 2,800 hectares rises to seventh place of the largest airports in the world.

8. Hong Kong International AirportChina)

With a flow of almost 73 million passengers each year, the international airport Hong Kong In China is the eighth largest in the world.

However, in terms of size, in the eighth place, the Chicago O’Hare International Airport is located in the United States.

9. Shanghai International Airport – PudongChina)

Shanghai Airport – Pudong captures an annual flow of almost 73 million people. This makes it the ninth largest airport in the world.

However, it does not retain its title when it comes to a field comparison of the area. Cairo Airport Egypt the detrone with 2,550 hectares of area in the ninth place of the largest airports in the world.

10. Paris-Charles de Gaulle International AirportFrance)

Although it is the world’s fifth airport in terms of area with 3,200 hectares, the Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport is only tenth when it comes to comparing passenger flows. He receives only 70 million travellers every year.

It is also the largest airport in France and even Europe. Its dolphin is no other than the Spanish airport of Adolfo-Suárez de Madrid-Barajas .