Airports Ranked by Total Flight Count

Measures: Operational intensity

Top 100 airports by total daily flights. This ranking highlights the world’s busiest airports by average daily departures, combining domestic and international flights. Flight count is a direct indicator of operational intensity, showing how heavily an airport’s runways, terminals, and airspace are utilized on a day-to-day basis. Use the toggle above to view total, domestic-only, or international flight activity.

Updated: February 16, 2026

Rank Airport Flights Domestic Flights International Flights
1 Chicago O'Hare (ORD)

Chicago, United States

1,176
2 Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (ATL)

Atlanta, United States

1,116
3 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Dallas-Fort Worth, United States

978
4 Denver (DEN)

Denver, United States

968
5 Charlotte Douglas (CLT)

Charlotte, United States

951
6 Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN)

Guangzhou, China

814
7 Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

Shanghai, China

806
8 Dubai (DXB)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

785
9 Los Angeles (LAX)

Los Angeles, United States

785
10 Miami (MIA)

Miami, United States

758
11 Tokyo (HND)

Tokyo, Japan

737
12 Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)

Phoenix, United States

710
13 Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

703
14 London Heathrow (LHR)

London, United Kingdom

701
15 Beijing Capital (PEK)

Beijing, China

696
16 Las Vegas McCarran (LAS)

Las Vegas, United States

665
17 Istanbul (IST)

Istanbul, Turkey

659
18 Houston George Bush (IAH)

Houston, United States

648
19 Seoul Incheon (ICN)

Seoul, South Korea

643
20 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)

Bangkok, Thailand

641
21 New York John F Kennedy (JFK)

New York, United States

636
22 Orlando (MCO)

Orlando, United States

636
23 Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX)

Shenzhen, China

633
24 Madrid Adolfo Suárez – Barajas (MAD)

Madrid, Spain

632
25 New Delhi Indira Gandhi (DEL)

New Delhi, India

622
26 Chengdu Tianfu (TFU)

Chengdu, China

614
27 Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Paris, France

608
28 Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

603
29 Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK)

Jakarta, Indonesia

591
30 San Francisco (SFO)

San Francisco, United States

582
31 New York La Guardia (LGA)

New York, United States

570
32 Bogotá El Dorado (BOG)

Bogotá, Colombia

569
33 Newark Liberty (EWR)

Newark, United States

569
34 Seattle Tacoma (SEA)

Seattle, United States

562
35 Singapore Changi (SIN)

Singapore, Singapore

562
36 Beijing Daxing (PKX)

Beijing, China

560
37 Kunming Changshui (KMG)

Kunming, China

559
38 Barcelona (BCN)

Barcelona, Spain

552
39 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW)

Detroit, United States

543
40 Washington Dulles (IAD)

Washington, United States

540
41 Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok (HKG)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

536
42 Philadelphia (PHL)

Philadelphia, United States

527
43 Xianyang Xi'an (XIY)

Xianyang, China

526
44 Toronto Pearson (YYZ)

Toronto, Canada

521
45 Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA)

Frankfurt, Germany

520
46 Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan (BOS)

Boston, United States

514
47 Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG)

Chongqing, China

495
48 Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH)

Hangzhou, China

489
49 Jeddah King Abdulaziz (JED)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

475
50 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM)

Mumbai, India

469
51 Washington Ronald Reagan (DCA)

Washington, United States

467
52 Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat (SGN)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

464
53 Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino (FCO)

Rome, Italy

454
54 Bangalore Bengaluru (BLR)

Bangalore, India

447
55 Minneapolis Wold-Chamberlain (MSP)

Minneapolis, United States

445
56 Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA)

Shanghai, China

444
57 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL)

Fort Lauderdale, United States

439
58 Salt Lake City (SLC)

Salt Lake City, United States

437
59 Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez (MEX)

Mexico City, Mexico

436
60 Nashville (BNA)

Nashville, United States

434
61 San Diego (SAN)

San Diego, United States

432
62 Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sydney, Australia

424
63 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)

Istanbul, Turkey

413
64 São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)

São Paulo, Brazil

406
65 Tampa (TPA)

Tampa, United States

404
66 Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE)

Taipei, Taiwan

402
67 Doha Hamad (DOH)

Doha, Qatar

399
68 London Gatwick (LGW)

London, United Kingdom

389
69 Munich (MUC)

Munich, Germany

387
70 Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall (BWI)

Baltimore, United States

383
71 Wuhan Tianhe (WUH)

Wuhan, China

371
72 Melbourne (MEL)

Melbourne, Australia

366
73 Riyadh King Khaled (RUH)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

364
74 Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)

Moscow, Russia

363
75 Haikou Meilan (HAK)

Haikou, China

356
76 Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)

Copenhagen, Denmark

355
77 Nanjing Lukou (NKG)

Nanjing, China

354
78 Vienna Schwechat (VIE)

Vienna, Austria

354
79 Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)

Chengdu, China

353
80 Tokyo Narita (NRT)

Tokyo, Japan

351
81 Lisbon Portela (LIS)

Lisbon, Portugal

349
82 Paris Orly (ORY)

Paris, France

349
83 Vancouver (YVR)

Vancouver, Canada

344
84 Zurich Kloten (ZRH)

Zurich, Switzerland

331
85 Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO)

Zhengzhou, China

330
86 Oslo Gardermoen (OSL)

Oslo, Norway

330
87 Changsha Huanghua (CSX)

Changsha, China

325
88 Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK)

Bangkok, Thailand

323
89 Milan Malpensa (MXP)

Milan, Italy

322
90 London Stansted (STN)

London, United Kingdom

317
91 Athens Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)

Athens, Greece

313
92 Dublin (DUB)

Dublin, Ireland

312
93 Brisbane (BNE)

Brisbane, Australia

309
94 Austin Bergstrom (AUS)

Austin, United States

305
95 Hanoi Noi Bai (HAN)

Hanoi, Vietnam

305
96 Montreal Trudeau (YUL)

Montreal, Canada

305
97 Warsaw Chopin (WAW)

Warsaw, Poland

298
98 Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN)

Xiamen, China

297
99 Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO)

Qingdao, China

295
100 Lima Jorge Chávez (LIM)

Lima, Perú

293
1 Chicago O'Hare (ORD)

Chicago, United States

1,027
2 Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (ATL)

Atlanta, United States

984
3 Denver (DEN)

Denver, United States

924
4 Charlotte Douglas (CLT)

Charlotte, United States

873
5 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Dallas-Fort Worth, United States

844
6 Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)

Phoenix, United States

669
7 Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN)

Guangzhou, China

648
8 Las Vegas McCarran (LAS)

Las Vegas, United States

632
9 Los Angeles (LAX)

Los Angeles, United States

599
10 Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX)

Shenzhen, China

563
11 Tokyo (HND)

Tokyo, Japan

558
12 Beijing Capital (PEK)

Beijing, China

552
13 Chengdu Tianfu (TFU)

Chengdu, China

544
14 New York La Guardia (LGA)

New York, United States

534
15 Orlando (MCO)

Orlando, United States

524
16 Houston George Bush (IAH)

Houston, United States

515
17 Kunming Changshui (KMG)

Kunming, China

509
18 Beijing Daxing (PKX)

Beijing, China

508
19 Xianyang Xi'an (XIY)

Xianyang, China

505
20 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW)

Detroit, United States

497
21 Seattle Tacoma (SEA)

Seattle, United States

494
22 Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

Shanghai, China

493
23 New Delhi Indira Gandhi (DEL)

New Delhi, India

475
24 San Francisco (SFO)

San Francisco, United States

470
25 Philadelphia (PHL)

Philadelphia, United States

466
26 Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG)

Chongqing, China

464
27 Washington Ronald Reagan (DCA)

Washington, United States

453
28 Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK)

Jakarta, Indonesia

439
29 Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH)

Hangzhou, China

436
30 Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan (BOS)

Boston, United States

428
31 Nashville (BNA)

Nashville, United States

425
32 Washington Dulles (IAD)

Washington, United States

423
33 Salt Lake City (SLC)

Salt Lake City, United States

422
34 Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA)

Shanghai, China

418
35 San Diego (SAN)

San Diego, United States

416
36 Miami (MIA)

Miami, United States

415
37 Newark Liberty (EWR)

Newark, United States

407
38 Bogotá El Dorado (BOG)

Bogotá, Colombia

403
39 Minneapolis Wold-Chamberlain (MSP)

Minneapolis, United States

399
40 Bangalore Bengaluru (BLR)

Bangalore, India

379
41 Tampa (TPA)

Tampa, United States

372
42 New York John F Kennedy (JFK)

New York, United States

369
43 Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall (BWI)

Baltimore, United States

360
44 Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)

Chengdu, China

353
45 Wuhan Tianhe (WUH)

Wuhan, China

353
46 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL)

Fort Lauderdale, United States

339
47 Haikou Meilan (HAK)

Haikou, China

337
48 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM)

Mumbai, India

335
49 Nanjing Lukou (NKG)

Nanjing, China

325
50 Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO)

Zhengzhou, China

319
51 Changsha Huanghua (CSX)

Changsha, China

310
52 Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat (SGN)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

298
53 São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU)

São Paulo, Brazil

296
54 Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sydney, Australia

296
55 Austin Bergstrom (AUS)

Austin, United States

294
56 Portland (PDX)

Portland, United States

281
57 Harbin Taiping (HRB)

Harbin, China

278
58 West Palm Beach Palm Beach (PBI)

West Palm Beach, United States

275
59 Chicago Midway (MDW)

Chicago, United States

274
60 Guiyang Longdongbao (KWE)

Guiyang, China

272
61 Raleigh/Durham Raleigh Durham (RDU)

Raleigh/Durham, United States

272
62 São Paulo Congonhas (CGH)

São Paulo, Brazil

271
63 Dallas Love Field (DAL)

Dallas, United States

271
64 Melbourne (MEL)

Melbourne, Australia

269
65 Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez (MEX)

Mexico City, Mexico

269
66 Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)

Moscow, Russia

266
67 Saint Louis Lambert St Louis (STL)

Saint Louis, United States

262
68 Shenyang Taoxian (SHE)

Shenyang, China

260
69 Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO)

Qingdao, China

255
70 Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN)

Xiamen, China

253
71 Ürümqi Diwopu (URC)

Ürümqi, China

249
72 Brisbane (BNE)

Brisbane, Australia

246
73 Santa Ana John Wayne -Orange County (SNA)

Santa Ana, United States

246
74 Teterboro (TEB)

Teterboro, United States

241
75 Houston William P Hobby (HOU)

Houston, United States

237
76 New Orleans Louis Armstrong (MSY)

New Orleans, United States

233
77 Sanya Phoenix (SYX)

Sanya, China

231
78 Changchun Longjia (CGQ)

Changchun, China

230
79 Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

228
80 Sacramento (SMF)

Sacramento, United States

221
81 San Jose Norman Y. Mineta (SJC)

San Jose, United States

219
82 Fort Myers Southwest Florida (RSW)

Fort Myers, United States

217
83 Jinan Yaoqiang (TNA)

Jinan, China

211
84 Dalian Zhoushuizi (DLC)

Dalian, China

207
85 Vancouver (YVR)

Vancouver, Canada

207
86 Indianapolis (IND)

Indianapolis, United States

206
87 Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi (HYD)

Hyderabad, India

205
88 Tianjin Binhai (TSN)

Tianjin, China

205
89 Cincinnati Northern Kentucky (CVG)

Cincinnati, United States

197
90 Oakland Metropolitan (OAK)

Oakland, United States

196
91 Fukuoka (FUK)

Fukuoka, Japan

194
92 Madrid Adolfo Suárez – Barajas (MAD)

Madrid, Spain

192
93 Columbus Port (CMH)

Columbus, United States

187
94 Pittsburgh (PIT)

Pittsburgh, United States

187
95 Jeju City Jeju (CJU)

Jeju City, South Korea

185
96 Kansas City (MCI)

Kansas City, United States

183
97 Ningbo Lishe (NGB)

Ningbo, China

181
98 Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK)

Bangkok, Thailand

180
99 Toronto Pearson (YYZ)

Toronto, Canada

178
100 Cleveland Hopkins (CLE)

Cleveland, United States

175
1 Dubai (DXB)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

785
2 London Heathrow (LHR)

London, United Kingdom

643
3 Seoul Incheon (ICN)

Seoul, South Korea

636
4 Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

603
5 Singapore Changi (SIN)

Singapore, Singapore

562
6 Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok (HKG)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

536
7 Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Paris, France

535
8 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)

Bangkok, Thailand

486
9 Istanbul (IST)

Istanbul, Turkey

485
10 Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

475
11 Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA)

Frankfurt, Germany

449
12 Madrid Adolfo Suárez – Barajas (MAD)

Madrid, Spain

440
13 Barcelona (BCN)

Barcelona, Spain

405
14 Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE)

Taipei, Taiwan

402
15 Doha Hamad (DOH)

Doha, Qatar

399
16 London Gatwick (LGW)

London, United Kingdom

364
17 Vienna Schwechat (VIE)

Vienna, Austria

348
18 Miami (MIA)

Miami, United States

343
19 Toronto Pearson (YYZ)

Toronto, Canada

343
20 Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino (FCO)

Rome, Italy

337
21 Jeddah King Abdulaziz (JED)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

326
22 Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)

Copenhagen, Denmark

325
23 Zurich Kloten (ZRH)

Zurich, Switzerland

321
24 Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

Shanghai, China

313
25 Munich (MUC)

Munich, Germany

311
26 Dublin (DUB)

Dublin, Ireland

307
27 Lisbon Portela (LIS)

Lisbon, Portugal

307
28 London Stansted (STN)

London, United Kingdom

298
29 Brussels (BRU)

Brussels, Belgium

286
30 Tokyo Narita (NRT)

Tokyo, Japan

283
31 Paris Orly (ORY)

Paris, France

275
32 Milan Malpensa (MXP)

Milan, Italy

273
33 Abu Dhabi Zayed (AUH)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

269
34 New York John F Kennedy (JFK)

New York, United States

267
35 Warsaw Chopin (WAW)

Warsaw, Poland

267
36 Cairo (CAI)

Cairo, Egypt

255
37 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)

Istanbul, Turkey

249
38 Geneva Cointrin (GVA)

Geneva, Switzerland

240
39 Tocumen (PTY)

Tocumen, Panama

236
40 Manchester (MAN)

Manchester, United Kingdom

226
41 Athens Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)

Athens, Greece

213
42 Stockholm Arlanda (ARN)

Stockholm, Sweden

212
43 San Juan Luis Munoz Marin (SJU)

San Juan, Puerto Rico

207
44 Cancún (CUN)

Cancún, Mexico

203
45 Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)

Helsinki, Finland

201
46 Riyadh King Khaled (RUH)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

196
47 Montreal Trudeau (YUL)

Montreal, Canada

195
48 Düsseldorf (DUS)

Düsseldorf, Germany

189
49 Los Angeles (LAX)

Los Angeles, United States

186
50 Prague Ruzyně (PRG)

Prague, Czech Republic

186
51 Osaka Kansai (KIX)

Osaka, Japan

185
52 Málaga (AGP)

Málaga, Spain

183
53 Tokyo (HND)

Tokyo, Japan

179
54 London Luton (LTN)

London, United Kingdom

172
55 Tel Aviv Yafo Ben Gurion (TLV)

Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

172
56 Oslo Gardermoen (OSL)

Oslo, Norway

171
57 Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez (MEX)

Mexico City, Mexico

167
58 Bogotá El Dorado (BOG)

Bogotá, Colombia

166
59 Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN)

Guangzhou, China

166
60 Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat (SGN)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

166
61 Budapest Ferenc Liszt (BUD)

Budapest, Hungary

164
62 Sharjah (SHJ)

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

163
63 Newark Liberty (EWR)

Newark, United States

162
64 Berlin Brandenburg (BER)

Berlin, Germany

160
65 Kuwait City Kuwait (KWI)

Kuwait City, Kuwait

159
66 Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK)

Jakarta, Indonesia

152
67 Chicago O'Hare (ORD)

Chicago, United States

149
68 Hanoi Noi Bai (HAN)

Hanoi, Vietnam

148
69 New Delhi Indira Gandhi (DEL)

New Delhi, India

147
70 Kraków John Paul II -Balice (KRK)

Kraków, Poland

146
71 Bucharest Henri Coandă (OTP)

Bucharest, Romania

145
72 Beijing Capital (PEK)

Beijing, China

144
73 Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK)

Bangkok, Thailand

143
74 Addis Ababa Bole (ADD)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

141
75 Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO)

Porto, Portugal

139
76 Vancouver (YVR)

Vancouver, Canada

137
77 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM)

Mumbai, India

134
78 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Dallas-Fort Worth, United States

134
79 Houston George Bush (IAH)

Houston, United States

133
80 Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (ATL)

Atlanta, United States

132
81 Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY)

Bergamo, Italy

132
82 Alicante (ALC)

Alicante, Spain

129
83 Phuket (HKT)

Phuket, Thailand

128
84 Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sydney, Australia

128
85 Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL)

Manila, Philippines

126
86 Tenerife Island (South) (TFS)

Tenerife (South), Spain

126
87 Lima Jorge Chávez (LIM)

Lima, Perú

125
88 Jo'anna Johannesburg OR Tambo (JNB)

Jo'anna, South Africa

124
89 Muscat (MCT)

Muscat, Oman

121
90 Birmingham (BHX)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

119
91 Brussels South Charleroi (CRL)

Brussels, Belgium

119
92 Saint Martin Princess Juliana (SXM)

Saint Martin, Sint Maarten

119
93 Washington Dulles (IAD)

Washington, United States

117
94 Punta Cana (PUJ)

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

115
95 Amman Queen Alia (AMM)

Amman, Jordan

114
96 Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS)

Lyon, France

112
97 Orlando (MCO)

Orlando, United States

112
98 Busan-si Gimhae (PUS)

Busan, South Korea

112
99 Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL)

Santiago, Chile

112
100 San Francisco (SFO)

San Francisco, United States

112