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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

Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International is Africa's busiest airport

Johannesburg

• 1 O.R. Tambo Airport (JNB ^IATA). The major hub for southern Africa, and the continent's busiest airport.  

Asia

Abu Dhabi

• 1 Abu Dhabi Airport (AUH ^IATA). (updated Mar 2021)

Bali

• 2 Ngurah Rai Airport (DPS ^IATA). (updated Mar 2021)

Bangalore

• 3 Kempegowda Airport (BLR ^IATA).  

Bangkok

Concourse E of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

• 4 Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK ^IATA).  

Beijing

• 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

• 7 Gimhae Airport (PUS ^IATA). Overtaken as the biggest South Korean airport outside greater Seoul by the one serving Jeju.  

Delhi

• 8 Indira Gandhi Airport (DEL ^IATA). The busiest airport in India.  

Doha

• 9 Hamad Airport (DOH ^IATA).  

Dubai

• 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

• 11 Baiyun Airport (CAN ^IATA).  

Hong Kong

• 12 Hong Kong Airport (HKG ^IATA) (Chek Lap Kok).  

Jakarta

• 13 Soekarno-Hatta Airport (CGK ^IATA).  

Kuala Lumpur

• 14 Kuala Lumpur Airport (KUL ^IATA).  

Manila

• 15 Ninoy Aquino Airport (MNL ^IATA).  

Medan

• 16 Kualanamu Airport (KNO ^IATA). Transit airport linking domestic flights from all over Sumatra to international flights across Asia. (updated Sep 2020)

Mumbai

Check-in counters of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport

• 17 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport (BOM ^IATA).  

Nagoya

• 18 Chubu Centrair Airport (NGO ^IATA).  

Osaka

• 19 Kansai Airport (KIX ^IATA).  

Seoul

• 20 Incheon Airport (ICN ^IATA). South Korea's primary international and intercontinental hub.  

Shanghai

• 21 Pudong Airport (PVG ^IATA).  

Singapore

Greenery in Terminal 3 of Singapore Changi Airport

• 22 Changi Airport (SIN ^IATA).  

Taipei

• 23 Taoyuan Airport (TPE ^IATA).  

Tel Aviv

• 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

• 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

Barcelona-El Prat, exterior of Terminal 2

Fine woodwork in the check-in at Oslo

Amsterdam

• 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

• 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

• 3 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER ^IATA) (Willy Brandt Airport). The long-awaited new international airport serving Germany's capital opened 31st October 2020.  

Copenhagen

• 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

• 5 Dublin Airport (DUB ^IATA).  

Frankfurt

• 6 Frankfurt Airport (FRA ^IATA). Germany's biggest airport and the hub of flag carrier Lufthansa  

Helsinki

• 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

• 8 Istanbul Airport (IST ^IATA) (Istanbul New Airport). Opened gradually from autumn 2018, it replaces Atatürk Airport which has now closed.  

Lisbon

• 9 Lisbon Airport (LIS ^IATA). A major hub connecting Europe with former Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America, particularly Brazil.  

London

Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport

• 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

• 13 Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD ^IATA) (Barajas Airport). Spain's main hub has Europe's best air links to Latin America.  

Manchester

• 14 Manchester Airport (MAN ^IATA). Serves more destinations than Heathrow  

Milan

• 15 Malpensa Airport (MXP ^IATA).  

Moscow

• 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

• 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

• 19 Gardermoen Airport (OSL ^IATA).  

Paris

• 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

• 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

• 23 Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (FCO ^IATA).  

Stockholm

• 24 Arlanda Airport (ARN ^IATA).  

Vienna

• 25 Vienna Airport (VIE ^IATA) (Often referred to as Wien-Schwechat in German).  

Zurich

• 26 Zurich Airport (ZRH ^IATA).  

North America

A model DC3 hangs in San Francisco Airport

International arrival hall of Vancouver International Airport

Concourse B, Chicago O'Hare airport

Atlanta

• 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

• 2 Logan Airport (BOS ^IATA).  

Chicago

• 3 O'Hare Airport (ORD ^IATA). The world's busiest airport until overtaken by Atlanta  

Dallas and Fort Worth

• 4 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW ^IATA).  

Denver

• 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

• 6 Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW ^IATA).  

Houston

• 7 George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH ^IATA).  

Las Vegas

• 8 Harry Reid International Airport (LAS ^IATA).  

Los Angeles

• 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

• 10 Benito Juárez Airport (MEX ^IATA). Named for Mexico's first president of indigenous descent.  

Miami

• 11 Miami Airport (MIA ^IATA).  

Minneapolis and Saint Paul

• 12 Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport (MSP ^IATA).  

New York City

• 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). (updated Jan 2021)
• 15 Newark Liberty Airport (EWR ^IATA).  

Orlando

• 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

• 17 Tocumen Airport (PTY ^IATA). Central America's main international air hub. 

Philadelphia

• 18 Philadelphia Airport (PHL ^IATA).  

Phoenix

• 19 Sky Harbor Airport (PHX ^IATA).  

San Francisco

• 20 San Francisco Airport (SFO ^IATA).  

Seattle

• 21 Seattle–Tacoma Airport (SEA ^IATA).  

Toronto

• 22 Pearson Airport (YYZ ^IATA).  

Vancouver

• 23 Vancouver Airport (YVR ^IATA).  

Washington, D.C.

• 24 Dulles Airport (IAD ^IATA).  

Oceania

Auckland

• 1 Auckland Airport (AKL ^IATA).  

Brisbane

• 2 Brisbane Airport (BNE ^IATA).  

Melbourne

• 3 Melbourne Airport (MEL ^IATA).  

Perth

• 4 Perth Airport (PER ^IATA).  

Sydney

• 5 Sydney Airport (SYD ^IATA).  

South America

Buenos Aires

• 1 Ministro Pistarini Airport (EZE ^IATA) (Ezeiza Airport).  

Rio de Janeiro

• 2 Galeão Airport (GIG ^IATA).  

São Paulo

• 3 Guarulhos Airport (GRU ^IATA).  

See also

• 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.