World's Busiest Airports

By number of passengers using the airport for the calendar year of 2018.

These are the runway layouts of the 16 most used airports in the world — a brief look at how runways can change with each airport. Unsurprisingly, the USA leads with the largest number of runways, with Dallas/Fort Worth International holding the title with seven in total. Meanwhile, Dubai handles even more passengers a year on just two. Each diagram is to scale and orientated northwards.

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#
1
107,394,029
passengers

ATL

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International

#
2
100,983,290
passengers

PEK

Beijing Capital International

#
3
89,149,387
passengers

DXB

Dubai International

#
4
87,534,384
passengers

LAX

Los Angeles International

#
5
87,131,973
passengers

HND

Tokyo Haneda

#
6
83,339,186
passengers

ORD

O'Hare International

#
7
80,126,320
passengers

LHR

London Heathrow

#
8
74,517,402
passengers

HKG

Hong Kong International

#
9
74,006,331
passengers

PVG

Shanghai Pudong International

#
10
72,229,723
passengers

CDG

Paris-Charles de Gaulle

#
11
71,053,157
passengers

AMS

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

#
12
69,900,938
passengers

DEL

Indira Gandhi International

#
13
69,769,497
passengers

CAN

Guangzhou Baiyun International

#
14
69,510,269
passengers

FRA

Frankfurt

#
15
69,112,607
passengers

DFW

Dallas/Fort Worth International

#
16
68,350,784
passengers

ICN

Seoul Incheon International

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Data from Wikipedia. Graphics in part by freepik and Font Awesome.