List of the busiest airports

The definition of world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Montreal, Canada.[1] The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic:

  • Passenger traffic: total passengers embarked and disembarked, passengers in transit counted once[2]
  • Cargo traffic: loaded and unloaded freight and mail, by mass[3]
  • Traffic movements: landings and take-offs of aircraft[4]
  1. ^ "Airports Welcome Record 4.4 Billion Passengers in 2006". Airports Council International. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Passenger Traffic 2007 Preliminary". Airports Council International. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Cargo Traffic 2007 Preliminary". Airports Council International. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Traffic Movements 2007 Preliminary". Airports Council International. Retrieved 13 June 2008.

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