A canonical list of the busiest airports in the world by annual passenger throughput, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Airports Council International...

  1. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
  2. Chicago O'Hare International Airport
  3. Los Angeles International Airport
  4. Heathrow, London
  5. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
  6. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)
  7. Frankfurt Airport
  8. Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris
  9. San Francisco International Airport
  10. Denver International Airport
  11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
  12. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
  13. Detroit Metro Wayne Airport
  14. Miami International Airport
  15. McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada
  16. Newark International Airport
  17. Incheon International Airport, Seoul
  18. Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix
  19. George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
  20. John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City
  21. Gatwick Airport, London
  22. Lambert St. Louis International Airport
  23. Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok)
  24. Orlando International Airport
  25. Barajas International Airport, Madrid
  26. Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto
  27. Seattle Tacoma International Airport
  28. Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
  29. Bangkok International Airport
  30. Changi International Airport, Singapore
  31. New Tokyo International Airport (Narita)
  32. Orly Airport, Paris
  33. Leonardo da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino), Rome
  34. La Guardia Airport, New York City
  35. Philadelphia International Airport
Largest airport: King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh
Longest airport terminal: Kansai International Airport, Osaka
Most cargo: Memphis International Airport
Longest runway: Edwards Air Force Base, California
Only airport officially embargoed by the FAA: Lagos Mohammed International Airport