25 Biggest and Busiest Airports in the World by yearly passengers

13 Denver International Airport

• Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: DEN
  • ICAO: KDEN
  • FAA LID: DEN
• Total passengers in 2012: 53,156,278
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,700+
• Number of terminals: 1 terminal, 3 concourses
• Number of gates: 103
• Number of runways: 6

12 Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok Airport)

• Chinese: 香港國際機場 赤鱲角機場
• Location: Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: HKG
  • ICAO: VHHH
• Total passengers in 2012: 56,057,751
• Daily aircraft operations (max daily capacity): 1,536
• Number of terminals: 2
• Number of gates: 66
• Number of runways: 2

11 Frankfurt Airport

• German: Flughafen Frankfurt am Main / Rhein-Main-Flughafen
• Location: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: FRA
  • ICAO: EDDF
• Total passengers in 2012: 57,527,251
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,300+
• Number of terminals: 2 + 1 small First Class terminal
• Number of gates: 145
• Number of runways: 4

10 Dubai International Airport

• Location: Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: DXB
  • ICAO: OMDB
• Total passengers in 2012: 57,684,550
• Daily aircraft operations: 940+
• Number of terminals: 3
• Number of gates: 82
• Number of runways: 2

9 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

• Location: Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: CGK
  • ICAO: WIII
• Total passengers in 2012: 57,772,762
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,000+
• Number of terminals: 3 + 1 freight terminal
• Number of gates: 45
• Number of runways: 2

8 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

• Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States
• Airport codes:
  • IATA:
  • ICAO:
  • FAA LID:
• Total passengers in 2012: 58,591,862
• Daily aircraft operations (2011): 1,750+
• Number of terminals: 5
• Number of gates: 155
• Number of runways: 7

7 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

• French: Aéroport Paris–Charles de Gaulle
• Location: Roissy-en-France, Tremblay-en-France, Mitry-Mory, Île-de-France, France
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: CDG
  • ICAO: LFPG
• Total passengers in 2012: 61,611,934
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,350+
• Number of terminals: 3 main terminals, divided in 9 sub-terminals
• Number of gates: Many, need a professor to do the math
• Number of runways: 4

6LAX: Los Angeles International Airport

• Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: LAX
  • ICAO: KLAX
  • FAA LID: LAX
• Total passengers in 2012: 63,688,121
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,640+
• Number of terminals: 9
• Number of gates: 113
• Number of runways: 4

5 O’Hare International Airport

• Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: ORD
  • ICAO: KORD
  • FAA LID: ORD
• Total passengers in 2012: 66,633,503
• Daily aircraft operations: 2,400+
• Number of terminals: 4
• Number of gates: 182
• Number of runways: 8

4 Tokyo International Airport (Tokyo Haneda Airport)

• Japanese: 東京国際空港
• Location: Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: HND
  • ICAO: RJTT
• Total passengers in 2012: 66,795,178
• Daily aircraft operations:
• Number of terminals: 3
• Number of gates: 27
• Number of runways: 4

3 London Heathrow Airport

• Location: Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: LHR
  • ICAO: EGLL
• Total passengers in 2012: 70,037,417
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,300+
• Number of terminals: 5 (Terminal 2 under reconstruction until mid 2014)
• Number of gates: Lost count, anyone?
• Number of runways: 2

2 Beijing Capital International Airport

• Chinese: 北京首都国际机场
• Location: Chaoyang, Beijing, China
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: LHR
  • ICAO: EGLL
• Total passengers in 2012: 81,929,359
• Daily aircraft operations: 1,500+
• Number of terminals: 3
• Number of gates: for some reason incredibly un-transparent information
• Number of runways: 3

1 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

• Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Airport codes:
  • IATA: ATL
  • ICAO: KATL
  • FAA LID: ATL
• Total passengers in 2012: 95,462,867
• Daily aircraft operations: 2,600+
• Number of terminals: 1 terminal, divided into 7 concourses
• Number of gates: 199
• Number of runways: 5