The 10 busiest airports in the world — including 1 airport new to the list

Every year the the Airports Council International, an industry group that represents airports around the world, releases a Top 10 list of the busiest airports . The group’s 2023 list is out now. Tracking the activity of an estimated 8.5 billion trips — 93.5% of pre-pandemic levels — this year’s rankings include a familiar name at the top: Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. In fact, all the names are familiar ones, with the exception of no. 5.

Out with Paris’s Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, in with — well, click through to find out.

10. New Delhi, India’s Indira Gandhi International Airport

2023 passengers: 72.2 million

Last year’s rank: 9

9. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

2023 passengers: 73.9 million

Last year’s rank: 4

8. Los Angeles’s Los Angeles International Airport

2023 passengers: 75.1 million

Last year’s rank: 6

7. Istanbul, Turkey’s Istanbul Airport

2023 passengers: 76 million

Last year’s rank: 7

6. Denver, Colorado’s Denver International Airport

2023 passengers: 77.8 million

Last year’s rank: 3

5. Tokyo’s Haneda Airport

2023 passengers: 78.7 million

Last year’s rank: 16

4. London’s Heathrow Airport

2023 passengers: 79.1 million

Last year’s rank: 8

3. Dallas, Texas’s Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

2023 passengers: 81.8 million

Last year’s rank: 2

2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates’s Dubai International Airport 

2023 passengers: 87 million

Last year’s rank: 5

1. Atlanta, Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

2023 passengers: 104.7 million

Last year’s rank: 1