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2008 World’s Busiest Airport Ranking

Wed, Mar 18, 2009

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According to the Airports Council International here are the busiest airports ranked for 2008. Note LAX falls from 5th place to 6th place and Atlanta holds the top rank of World’s Busiest Airport.

Rank                 Airport                     Code                Passengers          vs. 2007

1

ATLANTA, GA

ATL

978 824

(1.6)

2

CHICAGO, IL

ORD

881 566

(4.9)

3

DALLAS/FT WORTH, TX

DFW

656 310

(4.3)

4

DENVER, CO

DEN

615 573

0.2

5

LOS ANGELES, CA

LAX

615 525

(9.1)

6

LAS VEGAS, NV

LAS

578 949

(5.0)

7

HOUSTON, TX

IAH

576 062

(4.6)

8

PARIS, FR

CDG

559 812

1.3

9

CHARLOTTE, NC

CLT

536 253

2.6

10

PHOENIX, AZ

PHX

502 499

(6.8)

11

PHILADELPHIA, PA

PHL

492 010

(1.5)

12

FRANKFURT, DE

FRA

485 783

(1.4)

13

LONDON, GB

LHR

478 569

(0.6)

14

MADRID, ES

MAD

469 740

(2.8)

15

DETROIT, MI

DTW

462 284

(1.1)

16

MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN

MSP

446 840

(1.3)

17

AMSTERDAM, NL

AMS

446 626

(1.7)

18

NEW YORK, NY

JFK

435 750

(1.2)

19

NEWARK, NJ

EWR

433 463

(0.5)

20

MUNICH, DE

MUC

432 296

0.1

21

BEIJING, CN

PEK

431 675

8.0

22

TORONTO, ON, CA

YYZ

429 829

1.0

23

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

SFO

387 710

2.2

24

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

SLC

387 695

(8.1)

25

LOS ANGELES, CA

VNY

386 706

3.3

26

NEW YORK, NY

LGA

377 940

(3.4)

27

PHOENIX, AZ

DVT

376 210

(0.6)

28

MIAMI, FL

MIA

372 635

(3.7)

29

BOSTON, MA

BOS

371 604

(7.0)

30

MEXICO CITY, MX

MEX

366 561

(3.1)

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