Top 10 Airports by Passenger Numbers 2024

By Peter Miller, Skytrax

singapore changi staff service
Singapore Changi Airport

 

See which airports have been voted the top 10 in the world, based upon the number of passengers served per annum. View the 2024 results for airports serving 70+ million, 60 to 70 million, 50 to 60 million, 40 to 50 million, 30 to 40 million, 20 to 30 million, 10 to 20 million, 5 to 10 million and less than 5 million passengers per annum.

 

Tokyo Haneda Airport is named the Best Airport 2024: 70+ million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 70+ million passengers per annum include Dubai International Airport (2nd), Istanbul Airport (3rd), London Heathrow Airport (4th) and Indira Gandhi International Airport (5th).

tokyo haneda airport at night
Tokyo Haneda Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 70+ million passengers

 

  1. Tokyo Haneda
  2. Dubai
  3. Istanbul
  4. London Heathrow
  5. Delhi
  6. Los Angeles
  7. Dallas/Fort Worth
  8. Denver
  9. Atlanta
  10. Chicago O’Hare

 


 

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport won the award for the Best Airport 2024: 60 to 70 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 60 to 70 million passengers per annum include Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (2nd), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (3rd), Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (4th) and Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (5th).

paris charles de gaulle airport from above
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

 


 

Singapore Changi Airport was voted the Best Airport 2024: 50 to 60 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 50 to 60 million passengers per annum include Incheon International Airport (2nd), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (3rd), Frankfurt Airport (4th) and Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport (5th).

changi airport approach roadway
Singapore Changi Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 50 to 60 million passengers

 

  1. Singapore Changi
  2. Seoul Incheon
  3. Seattle-Tacoma
  4. Frankfurt
  5. Shenzhen
  6. San Francisco
  7. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
  8. Mumbai
  9. Beijing Capital
  10. Charlotte/Douglas

 


 

Hamad International Airport, Doha, is named the Best Airport 2024: 40 to 50 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 40 to 50 million passengers per annum include Rome Fiumicino Airport (2nd), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (3rd), Barcelona-El Prat Airport (4th) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (5th).

hamad international airport
Hamad International Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 40 to 50 million passengers

 

  1. Doha Hamad
  2. Rome Fiumicino
  3. Houston George Bush
  4. Barcelona
  5. Shanghai Hongqiao
  6. London Gatwick
  7. Jeddah
  8. Toronto Pearson
  9. Kuala Lumpur
  10. Chengdu Tianfu

 


 

Tokyo Narita International Airport won the award for the Best Airport 2024: 30 to 40 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 30 to 40 million passengers per annum include Munich Airport (2nd), Hong Kong International Airport (3rd), Paris Orly Airport (4th) and New York LaGuardia Airport (5th).

narita international airport
Tokyo Narita International Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 30 to 40 million passengers

 

  1. Tokyo Narita
  2. Munich
  3. Hong Kong
  4. Paris Orly
  5. New York LGA
  6. Bogota
  7. Sydney
  8. Bangalore
  9. Taiwan Taoyuan
  10. Minneapolis St.Paul

 


 

Zurich Airport was voted the Best Airport 2024: 20 to 30 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 20 to 30 million passengers per annum include Vienna Airport (2nd), Vancouver International Airport (3rd), Kansai International Airport (4th) and Copenhagen Airport (5th).

zurich airport departures
Zurich Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 20 to 30 million passengers

 

  1. Zurich
  2. Vienna
  3. Vancouver
  4. Kansai
  5. Copenhagen
  6. Fukuoka
  7. Haikou Meilan
  8. Brisbane
  9. Riyadh
  10. New Chitose

 


 

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is named the Best Airport 2024: 10 to 20 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 10 to 20 million passengers per annum include Melbourne Airport (2nd), Houston Hobby (3rd), Düsseldorf Airport (4th) and Hamburg Airport (5th).

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 10 to 20 million passengers

 

  1. Helsinki-Vantaa
  2. Melbourne
  3. Houston Hobby
  4. Dusseldorf
  5. Hamburg
  6. Dammam
  7. Perth
  8. Hyderabad
  9. Budapest
  10. Osaka Itami

 


 

Chubu Centrair International Airport won the award for the Best Airport 2024: 5 to 10 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving 5 to 10 million passengers per annum include Bahrain International Airport (2nd), Muscat International Airport (3rd), Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito (4th) and Auckland Airport (5th).

Chubu Centrair International Airport
Chubu Centrair International Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: 5 to 10 million passengers

 

  1. Centrair Nagoya
  2. Bahrain
  3. Muscat
  4. Quito
  5. Auckland
  6. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
  7. Medina
  8. Cape Town
  9. Baku
  10. Adelaide

 


 

King Shaka International Airport, Durban, was voted the Best Airport 2024: less than 5 million passengers. The Top 5 Airports serving less than 5 million passengers per annum include London City Airport (2nd), Manohar International Airport, Goa (3rd), Salalah International Airport (4th) and José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil (5th).

Durban King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport

 

Top 10 Airports 2024: less than 5 million passengers

 

  1. Durban King Shaka
  2. London City
  3. Goa Manohar
  4. Salalah
  5. Guayaquil
  6. Ottawa
  7. Billund
  8. Tallinn
  9. Tbilisi
  10. Norfolk International

 

View the full World Airport Awards results, at the A-Z Award Winners page.

 


 

The World Airport Awards

 

The World Airport Awards are prestigious accolades for the airport industry, voted by customers in the largest, annual global airport customer satisfaction survey. They are regarded as a quality benchmark for the world airport industry, assessing customer service and facilities across over 550 airports. The survey and awards are independent of any airport control, influence or input.

There is no entry fee or any type of payment by an airport (or other third party) to be included in the survey or awards, with the survey and awards process fully funded by Skytrax.

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