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The busiest airports in the world

The 50 busiest airports in the world by passengers in 2025, from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. Fly to each one in Skydex and tick it off: every place you visit counts towards the Top 10 / 25 / 50 achievements.

An airport counts as visited after two minutes in the air over the field, below 500 metres above it.

8 pilots have visited at least one place on this list.

Top 10

Places 1 to 10. Visit all 10 to earn 5 Tridents.

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), United States: 106,302,208 passengers · 3 pilots visited · Fly here
Dubai International Airport (DXB), United Arab Emirates: 95,192,160 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), Japan: 91,679,814 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), United States: 85,660,127 passengers · Fly here
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), China: 84,994,548 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
O'Hare International Airport (ORD), United States: 84,856,018 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Heathrow Airport (LHR), United Kingdom: 84,482,126 passengers · 4 pilots visited · Fly here
Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey: 84,437,710 passengers · Fly here
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), China: 83,582,952 passengers · Fly here
Denver International Airport (DEN), United States: 82,427,962 passengers · Fly here

Top 25

Places 11 to 25. Visit all 25 to earn 15 Tridents and the title Hub Hopper.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), India: 78,148,081 passengers · Fly here
Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN), South Korea: 74,126,912 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), United States: 73,709,594 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), France: 72,029,407 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), China: 70,742,712 passengers · Fly here
Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), Singapore: 69,982,000 passengers · Fly here
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands: 68,771,592 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), Spain: 68,118,754 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX), China: 66,485,213 passengers · Fly here
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Malaysia: 63,409,501 passengers · Fly here
Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany: 63,189,666 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Thailand: 62,902,183 passengers · Fly here
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), United States: 62,629,455 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Hong Kong: 60,992,000 passengers · Fly here
Orlando International Airport (MCO), United States: 57,675,573 passengers · Fly here

Top 50

Places 26 to 50. Visit all 50 to earn 30 Tridents, the title Air Atlas and a profile frame.

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN), Spain: 57,483,036 passengers · Fly here
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU), China: 56,686,738 passengers · Fly here
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), India: 55,500,000 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Miami International Airport (MIA), United States: 55,314,661 passengers · Fly here
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), United States: 54,989,185 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), Indonesia: 54,950,000 passengers · Fly here
San Francisco International Airport (SFO), United States: 54,532,613 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Hamad International Airport (DOH), Qatar: 54,338,667 passengers · Fly here
Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), China: 53,618,949 passengers · Fly here
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), United States: 53,600,000 passengers · Fly here
King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), Saudi Arabia: 53,400,000 passengers · Fly here
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), United States: 52,715,181 passengers · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Philippines: 52,020,000 passengers · Fly here
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), United States: 51,618,649 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Italy: 50,872,356 passengers · Fly here
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH), China: 50,459,018 passengers · Fly here
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), China: 50,151,025 passengers · Fly here
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG), China: 50,094,770 passengers · Fly here
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG), China: 49,705,725 passengers · Fly here
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY), China: 48,535,594 passengers · Fly here
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), Turkey: 48,420,757 passengers · Fly here
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), United States: 48,131,213 passengers · Fly here
Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), Taiwan: 47,795,969 passengers · Fly here
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), Canada: 47,300,000 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), Brazil: 47,188,085 passengers · 1 pilot visited · Fly here

Source

Source: ACI World, busiest airports by passenger traffic · full table

This is the 2025 edition and it will not change. When a new ranking is published it becomes a new list with its own achievements, and what you collected here stays yours.

Questions

What is the busiest airport in the world?

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in United States, with 106,302,208 passengers in 2025.

How do I visit a place from the list?

An airport counts as visited after two minutes in the air over the field, below 500 metres above it. Use "Fly here" next to the place, or fly there yourself. A place counts once per day and any day counts, so you can collect the list in any order.

What do I get for finishing a list?

Visit all 10 to earn 5 Tridents. Visit all 25 to earn 15 Tridents and the title Hub Hopper. Visit all 50 to earn 30 Tridents, the title Air Atlas and a profile frame. The lower tiers of each achievement pay Feathers. Tridents count towards your prestige.

Do places I visited before count?

Yes. The counters are rebuilt from your visit history every hour, so places you flew to before the lists existed count too.

Where does the ranking come from?

The ranking and the passenger numbers come from Airports Council International (ACI World) for 2025, as published in the Wikipedia table we link below. We did not count them ourselves: our receivers hear Europe and North America well and most of Asia not at all, so a ranking from our own data would be wrong.

Will the list change?