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World’s Best Airports by Passenger Numbers 2026

The ranking details on this page show the "Best Airports in the World 2026" based upon the number of passengers served for each airport.

Best Airports 2026: 80+ million passengers

1

Tokyo Haneda

2

Istanbul

3

Dubai

4

London Heathrow

5

Guangzhou Baiyun

6

Dallas/Fort Worth

7

Atlanta

8

Denver

9

Chicago O'Hare

10

Shanghai Pudong

Best Airports 2026: 70+ million passengers

1

Seoul Incheon

2

Paris CDG

3

Delhi

4

Los Angeles

5

Beijing Capital

Best Airports 2026: 60 to 70 million passengers

1

Singapore Changi

2

Hong Kong

3

Amsterdam Schiphol

4

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi

5

Madrid Barajas

Best Airports 2026: 50 to 60 million passengers

1

Rome Fiumicino

2

Jakarta

3

Jeddah

4

Seattle-Tacoma

5

Shanghai Hongqiao

6

San Francisco

7

Mumbai

8

Beijing Daxing

9

Barcelona

10

Chengdu Tianfu

Best Airports 2026: 40 to 50 million passengers

1

Tokyo Narita

2

Munich

3

Houston George Bush

4

London Gatwick

5

Bogota

6

Bangalore

7

Sydney

8

Toronto Pearson

9

Newark

10

Boston Logan

Best Airports 2026: 30 to 40 million passengers

1

Riyadh

2

Vienna

3

Zurich

4

Melbourne

5

Abu Dhabi

6

Kansai

7

Copenhagen

8

Paris Orly

9

New York LGA

10

Hanoi Noi Bai

Best Airports 2026: 20 to 30 million passengers

1

Vancouver

2

Fukuoka

3

Taiwan Taoyuan

4

Haikou Meilan

5

New Chitose

6

Brisbane

7

Dusseldorf

8

Hyderabad

9

Montréal

10

Berlin Brandenburg

Best Airports 2026: 10 to 20 million passengers

1

Helsinki-Vantaa

2

Centrair Nagoya

3

Houston Hobby

4

Medina

5

Dammam

6

Auckland

7

Perth

8

Budapest

9

Muscat

10

Hamburg

Best Airports 2026: 5 to 10 million passengers

1

Bahrain

2

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

3

Baku

4

Quito

5

Adelaide

6

Gold Coast

7

Nur-Sultan

8

Amman

9

Juan Santamaría

10

Durban King Shaka

Best Airports 2026: less than 5 million passengers

1

Goa Manohar

2

Salalah

3

Aso Kumamoto Airport

4

Norfolk International

5

London City

6

Ulaanbaatar

7

Ottawa

8

Milas-Bodrum

9

Nadi

10

Billy Bishop Toronto City

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