2012: List of the world’s busiest airports for 2011

See update: ACI’s 2012 World’s busiest airports traffic and rankings- Release Date March 26, 2013

https://dilemma-x.net/2013/04/13/acis-2012-worlds-busiest-airports-traffic-and-rankings/

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List of the world’s busiest airports in 2011

ACI Released date: March 2012

Photo: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Airports Council International (ACI) has released its latest preliminary 2011 traffic results for the world’s airports. ACI based its results on reports from over 900 airports worldwide, indicate that global passenger traffic grew at a rate of 4.9 percent as compared to 2010. Aircraft movements showed moderate growth at 2 percent. Air cargo was almost flat at -0.1%.

Atlanta’s airport, the world’s busiest since 1998, handled 92.4 million passengers in 2011. Beijing Capital International Airport ranked 2nd with 77.4 million passengers. The 3rd busiest airport in the world is London Heathrow with 69.4 million passengers, followed by Chicago O’Hare with 66.6 million passengers.

Photo: Charlotte/Douglas International Airport

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Photo: Beijing Capital International Airport

Photo: Frankfurt am Main International Airport

Photo: London Heathrow Airport

Photo: Denver International Airport

Photo: John F. Kennedy International Airport

Photo: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport