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Wikivoyage has articles for several dozen of the world's largest and most-complicated international airports. They are designed to help you navigate safely and comfortably around them, and provide essential knowledge such as information on eating and sleeping options in the airport, and onward travel advice. This article lists our current airport articles by continent and city.
If you know of a major international airport not listed here that deserves its own article, first take a look at our Airport expedition, then plunge forward!
Africa edit
Johannesburg edit
- 1 O.R. Tambo Airport (JNB IATA). The major hub for southern Africa, and the continent's busiest airport.
Asia edit
Abu Dhabi edit
Bali edit
Bangalore edit
Bangkok edit
Beijing edit
- 5 Capital Airport (PEK IATA). The second busiest airport in the world by passenger count - at least before the new Daxing airport opened which will take over much of its traffic.
- 6 Daxing Airport (PKX IATA). The newer international airport, opened in 2019.
Busan edit
- 7 Gimhae Airport (PUS IATA). Overtaken as the biggest South Korean airport outside greater Seoul by the one serving Jeju.
Delhi edit
- 8 Indira Gandhi Airport (DEL IATA). The busiest airport in India.
Doha edit
- 9 Hamad Airport (DOH IATA).
Dubai edit
- 10 Dubai Airport (DXB IATA). The world's busiest airport for international traffic, due to its strategic location between east and west. Much of its traffic is made up of flight connections on the Middle East carrier Emirates rather than passengers using Dubai as origin or destination.
Guangzhou edit
- 11 Baiyun Airport (CAN IATA).
Hong Kong edit
- 12 Hong Kong Airport (HKG IATA) (Chek Lap Kok).
Jakarta edit
Kuala Lumpur edit
Manila edit
Medan edit
- 16 Kualanamu Airport (KNO IATA). Transit airport linking domestic flights from all over Sumatra to international flights across Asia.
Mumbai edit
Nagoya edit
Osaka edit
- 19 Kansai Airport (KIX IATA).
Seoul edit
- 20 Incheon Airport (ICN IATA). South Korea's primary international and intercontinental hub.
Shanghai edit
- 21 Pudong Airport (PVG IATA).
Singapore edit
- 22 Changi Airport (SIN IATA).
Taipei edit
- 23 Taoyuan Airport (TPE IATA).
Tel Aviv edit
- 24 Ben Gurion Airport (TLV IATA). Despite lying in a very tense region and Israel (as well as its national symbols and aviation) frequently being the target of terrorism, the airport enjoys a stellar reputation for safety and security.
Tokyo edit
- 25 Haneda Airport (HND IATA). Primarily domestic flights, but increasingly offers international flights since the opening of its international terminal in 2010.
- 26 Narita Airport (NRT IATA). Serves primarily international flights.
Europe edit
Amsterdam edit
- 1 Schiphol Airport (AMS IATA). Hub for flag carrier KLM, one of the oldest airlines in the world and one of the top contenders for "most countries served from one airport". Curiously lies below sea level, which is interesting because its name means "ship grave".
Barcelona edit
- 2 El Prat Airport (BCN IATA). Spain's amusingly-named second hub has some architectural features of the modernisme movement that helped make Barcelona's name. The route MAD-BCN was among the ten busiest in the world until competition with high speed rail made flights increasingly unattractive.
Berlin edit
- 3 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER IATA) (Willy Brandt Airport). The long-awaited new international airport serving Germany's capital opened 31st October 2020.
Copenhagen edit
- 4 Copenhagen Airport (CPH IATA). The busiest airport in the Nordic countries according to 2017 numbers, this airport also offers flights to Greenland and the Faroes
Dublin edit
- 5 Dublin Airport (DUB IATA).
Frankfurt edit
- 6 Frankfurt Airport (FRA IATA). Germany's biggest airport and the hub of flag carrier Lufthansa
Helsinki edit
- 7 Helsinki Airport (HEL IATA). Historically one of Europe's airports with the most connections to east Asia, as it is close enough to the north pole for air routes avoiding Soviet (now Russian) airspace
Istanbul edit
- 8 Istanbul Airport (IST IATA) (Istanbul New Airport). Opened gradually from autumn 2018, it replaces Atatürk Airport which has now closed.
Lisbon edit
- 9 Lisbon Airport (LIS IATA). A major hub connecting Europe with former Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America, particularly Brazil.
London edit
- 10 Heathrow Airport (LHR IATA). Europe's busiest airport by international traffic, and the world's second.
- 11 Gatwick Airport (LGW IATA). London's second hub is as drab and functional as they come.
- 12 Stansted Airport (STN IATA). Busy low cost and business aviation hub.
Madrid edit
- 13 Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD IATA) (Barajas Airport). Spain's main hub has Europe's best air links to Latin America.
Manchester edit
- 14 Manchester Airport (MAN IATA). Serves more destinations than Heathrow
Milan edit
Moscow edit
- 16 Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO IATA). Moscow and Russia's busiest airport, the hub of Aeroflot.
- 17 Domodedovo Airport (DME IATA). Moscow's secondary airport.
Munich edit
- 18 Munich Airport (MUC IATA) (Franz Josef Strauß Airport). Officially named after a conservative politician from Bavaria (died 1988) and Germany's second airport. The airport replaced Riem Airport in 1992.
Oslo edit
Paris edit
- 20 Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG IATA). Built to replace Orly, it's France's biggest international hub and the main base of flag carrier Air France
- 21 Orly Airport (ORY IATA). Besides its role as a domestic hub, it also sees several intercontinental flights to French overseas territories and departments and a wide selection of (mainly short-haul) international flights.
Reykjavík edit
- 22 Keflavík Airport (KEF IATA). Not to be confused with Reykjavik's domestic airport, this airport is Iceland's principal door to the world and sees flights from both sides of the Atlantic.
Rome edit
Stockholm edit
- 24 Arlanda Airport (ARN IATA).
Vienna edit
- 25 Vienna Airport (VIE IATA) (Often referred to as Wien-Schwechat in German).
Zurich edit
- 26 Zurich Airport (ZRH IATA).
North America edit
Atlanta edit
- 1 Hartsfield–Jackson Airport (ATL IATA). The busiest airport in the world by passenger count for several years in a row, mostly on the strength of Delta's hub.
Boston edit
- 2 Logan Airport (BOS IATA).
Chicago edit
- 3 O'Hare Airport (ORD IATA). The world's busiest airport until overtaken by Atlanta
Dallas and Fort Worth edit
Denver edit
- 5 Denver Airport (DEN IATA). Moved to its current site "overnight" in 1995 after old Stapleton Airport had grown too small and too close to downtown for modern needs. Famously contains a bunch of "weird" artwork that has given rise to absurd conspiracy theories.
Detroit edit
Houston edit
Las Vegas edit
Los Angeles edit
- 9 Los Angeles Airport (LAX IATA). Often called the airport with the highest "destination traffic", i.e. travelers that intend to visit the area the airport serves instead of boarding a connecting flight.
Mexico City edit
- 10 Benito Juárez Airport (MEX IATA). Named for Mexico's first president of indigenous descent.
Miami edit
- 11 Miami Airport (MIA IATA).
Minneapolis and Saint Paul edit
New York City edit
- 13 John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK IATA). While only the fifth busiest airport in the U.S. by total passenger count, JFK is the busiest by international passenger count and the only American airport to make the top 20 in that list.
- 14 LaGuardia Airport (LGA IATA).
- 15 Newark Liberty Airport (EWR IATA).
Orlando edit
- 16 Orlando Airport (MCO IATA). A useful international gateway to the Caribbean, both through connecting flights and through cruises departing from Port Canaveral.
Panama City edit
- 17 Tocumen Airport (PTY IATA). Central America's main international air hub.
Philadelphia edit
Phoenix edit
San Francisco edit
Seattle edit
Toronto edit
- 22 Pearson Airport (YYZ IATA).
Vancouver edit
Washington, D.C. edit
- 24 Dulles Airport (IAD IATA).
Oceania edit
Auckland edit
- 1 Auckland Airport (AKL IATA).
Brisbane edit
- 2 Brisbane Airport (BNE IATA).
Melbourne edit
Perth edit
- 4 Perth Airport (PER IATA).
Sydney edit
- 5 Sydney Airport (SYD IATA).
South America edit
Buenos Aires edit
- 1 Ministro Pistarini Airport (EZE IATA) (Ezeiza Airport).
Rio de Janeiro edit
- 2 Galeão Airport (GIG IATA).
São Paulo edit
See also edit
- Flying
- Arriving by plane
- At the airport
- Airport codes and metropolitan area airport codes
- City and Region articles with IATA airport listing for an airport.