World’s busiest airports show surge in international travel. Here are the rankings

International
travel
roared
back
last
year,
pushing
airports
from
London
to
Tokyo
up
in
a
global
ranking
of
passenger
traffic.

Dubai
International
Airport
ranked
as
the
second
busiest
in
2023,
up
from
fifth
place
in
2022
and
fourth
place
in
2019,
according
to
Airports
Council
International’s
preliminary
ranking,
which
was
released
on
Monday.
Passenger
traffic
to
Tokyo
Haneda
International
Airport
jumped
55%
last
year
from
2022,
and
the
airport
ranked
fifth,
up
from
16th
place
a
year
earlier.

Global
airports
served
8.5
billion
passengers
last
year,
up
27%
from
2022
but
still
about
6%
below
pre-pandemic
counts,
ACI
said,
citing
preliminary
figures.

The
resurgence
of
international
travel
has
been
a

bright
spot
for
airlines
with
big
international
networks,
while
ultra-low-cost,
domestic-focused
U.S.
airlines
have
struggled
in
recent
months.
Domestic
U.S.
airports
continued
to
post
big
gains
in
passenger
counts,
but
some
slipped
in
the
rankings
compared
with
the

middle
of
the
pandemic,
when
international
travel
restrictions
limited
long-haul
trips
abroad.

Nearly
78
million
people
used
Denver
International
Airport
last
year,
up
12%
from
2022,
but
the
airport,
a
major
hub
of


United
Airlines,
fell
in
ACI’s
ranking
to
sixth
place
from
third.

Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta
International
Airport,


Delta
Air
Lines‘
biggest
hub,
once
again
topped
the
list
of
the
busiest
airports,
serving
104.7
million
passengers,
ACI
said.

Here
are
the
2023
rankings
(with
2022
rankings
in
parentheses):

1. Hartsfield-Jackson
   Atlanta
   International
   Airport
   (1)
2. Dubai
   International
   Airport
   (5)
3. Dallas/Fort
   Worth
   International
   Airport
   (2)
4. London
   Heathrow
   (8)
5. Tokyo
   Haneda
   International
   Airport
   (16)
6. Denver
   International
   Airport
   (3)
7. Istanbul
   Airport
   (7)
8. Los
   Angeles
   International
   Airport
   (6)
9. Chicago
   O’Hare
   International
   Airport
   (4)
10. New
    Delhi’s
    Indira
    Gandhi
    International
    Airport
    (9)