Flight Patterns

More than 2 billion passengers used the world’s airports last year, up 8% from 1993, according to a report released today by Airports Council International. Here’s a list of the busiest airports, ranked by passenger volume:

Passenger % change Rank Airport volume (in millions) from 1993 1 Chicago O’Hare 66.4 +2.1% 2 Atlanta 54.1 13.9 3 Dallas-Ft. Worth 52.6 5.9 4 London Heathrow 51.7 8.0 5 Los Angeles International 51.1 6.7 6 Frankfurt, Germany 35.1 8.0 7 San Francisco 34.6 5.4 8 Denver 33.1 1.5 9 Miami 30.2 5.4 10 New York JFK 28.8 7.5

Source: Associated Press