And the busiest airport in the world is....

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is still the busiest airport in the world when it comes to the number of passengers served each year, according to a new World Airport Traffic Report.

 

Chicago, however, regained its position as No. 1 busiest for aircraft movement, followed by Atlanta and Los Angeles. Atlanta was No. 1 in 2013.

The latest report from WATR looks at data from 2014 for more than 2,200 airports in more than 160 countries.Worldwide airport passenger numbers increased by 5.7 percent in 2014 to over 6.7 billion, registering increases in all six regions, the organization says.

 

Atlanta, the home of Delta Air Lines remains the world’s busiest airport on the globe with 96 million passengers in 2014. Traffic at the airport was up 1.9 percent over 2013 while No. 2 Beijing, with 86 million passengers, experienced more subdued growth of 2.9 percent in 2014 as compared to the double-digit growth it had achieved in previous years.

 

Airport traffic in emerging markets and developing economies experienced growth of 8 percent, whereas airports in advanced economies grew by 4 percent in 2014, with emerging markets reaching a 43 percent share of global passenger traffic.

 

The Top 10 in number of passengers:

1. Atlanta – 96,178,899
2. Beijing – 86,128,270
3. London – 73,408, 489
4. Tokyo – 72,826,565
5. Los Angeles – 70,663,265
6. Dubai – 70,475,636
7. Chicago – 69,999,010
8. Paris – 63,813,756
9. Dallas/Fort Worth – 63,554,402
10. Hong Kong – 63,121,786
    

 The Top 10 in number of aircraft movements:

1. Chicago – total movements 881,933
2. Atlanta – total movements 868,359
3. Los Angeles – total movements 708,674
4. Dallas/Fort Worth – total movements 679,820
5. Beijing – total movements 581,953
6. Denver – total movements 565,525
7. Charlotte, N.C. – total movements 545,178
8. Las Vegas – total movements 522,399
9. Houston – total movements 499,802
10. London - total movements 472,817

(Carla Caldwell - Atlanta Business Chronicle)