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!
AfricaEdit
Johannesburg
- 1 O.R. Tambo Airport (JNB IATA). The major hub for southern Africa, and the continent's busiest airport.
AsiaEdit
Bangkok
Beijing
- 3 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.
- 4 Daxing Airport (PKX IATA). The newer international airport, opened in 2019.
Busan
- 5 Gimhae Airport (PUS IATA). Overtaken as the biggest South Korean airport outside greater Seoul by the one serving Jeju.
Delhi
Doha
- 7 Hamad Airport (DOH IATA).
Dubai
- 8 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
- 9 Baiyun Airport (CAN IATA).
Hong Kong
- 10 Hong Kong Airport (HKG IATA) (Chek Lap Kok).
Jakarta
Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe)
- 12 Kansai Airport (KIX IATA).
Kuala Lumpur
Manila
Mumbai
Nagoya
Seoul
- 17 Incheon Airport (ICN IATA). South Korea's primary international and intercontinental hub.
Shanghai
- 18 Pudong Airport (PVG IATA).
Singapore
- 19 Changi Airport (SIN IATA).
Sumatra
- 20 Kualanamu Airport (KNO IATA). Transit airport linking domestic flights from all over Sumatra to international flights across Asia.
Taipei
- 21 Taoyuan Airport (TPE IATA).
Tel Aviv
- 22 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
- 23 Haneda Airport (HND IATA).
- 24 Narita Airport (NRT IATA).
EuropeEdit
Amsterdam
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER IATA) (Willy Brandt Airport). The long-awaited new international airport serving Germany's capital opened 31st October 2020.
Copenhagen
- 28 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
- 29 Dublin Airport (DUB IATA).
Frankfurt
- 30 Frankfurt Airport (FRA IATA). Germany's biggest airport and the hub of flag carrier Lufthansa
Helsinki
- 31 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
- 32 Istanbul Airport (IST IATA) (Istanbul New Airport). Opened gradually from autumn 2018, it replaces Atatürk Airport which has now closed.
London
- 33 Heathrow Airport (LHR IATA). Europe's busiest airport by international traffic, and the world's second.
- 34 Gatwick Airport (LGW IATA). London's second hub is as drab and functional as they come.
- 35 Stansted Airport (STN IATA). Busy low cost and business aviation hub.
Madrid
- 36 Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD IATA) (Barajas Airport). Spain's main hub has Europe's best air links to Latin America.
Manchester
- 37 Manchester Airport (MAN IATA). Serves more destinations than Heathrow
Milan
Moscow
- 39 Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO IATA). Moscow and Russia's busiest airport, the hub of Aeroflot.
- 40 Domodedovo Airport (DME IATA). Moscow's secondary airport.
Munich
- 41 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
Paris
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 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
Stockholm
- 47 Arlanda Airport (ARN IATA).
Vienna
- 48 Vienna Airport (VIE IATA) (Often referred to as Wien-Schwechat in German).
Zurich
- 49 Zurich Airport (ZRH IATA).
North AmericaEdit
Atlanta
- 50 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
- 51 Logan Airport (BOS IATA).
Chicago
- 52 O'Hare Airport (ORD IATA). The world's busiest airport until overtaken by Atlanta
Dallas and Fort Worth
Denver
- 54 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
Houston
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
- 58 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
- 59 Benito Juárez Airport (MEX IATA). Named for Mexico's first president of indigenous descent.
Miami
- 60 Miami Airport (MIA IATA).
Minneapolis and Saint Paul
New York City
- 62 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.
- 63 LaGuardia Airport (LGA IATA).
- 64 Newark Liberty Airport (EWR IATA).
Orlando
- 65 Orlando Airport (MCO IATA). A useful international gateway to the Caribbean, both through connecting flights and through cruises departing from Port Canaveral.
Panama City
- 66 Tocumen Airport (PTY IATA). Central America's main international air hub.
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Francisco
Seattle
Toronto
- 71 Pearson Airport (YYZ IATA).
Washington, D.C.
- 72 Dulles Airport (IAD IATA).
OceaniaEdit
Auckland
Brisbane
Melbourne
Perth
- 76 Perth Airport (PER IATA).
Sydney
- 77 Sydney Airport (SYD IATA).
South AmericaEdit
Buenos Aires
- 78 Ministro Pistarini Airport (EZE IATA) (Ezeiza Airport).
Rio de Janeiro
- 79 Galeão Airport (GIG IATA).
São Paulo
See alsoEdit
- 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.