World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic

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The following is a list of the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic.

1 2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)
2 2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)
3 Notes
4 References
5 See also

[edit] 2006 preliminary statistics (January to December 2006)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	London, United Kingdom	LHR	61,348,317	+0.6%
2.	Charles de Gaulle International Airport	Paris, France	CDG	51,846,811	+6.1%
3.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	AMS	45,958,075	+4.5%
4.	Frankfurt International Airport	Frankfurt, Germany	FRA	45,697,176	+1.9%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong, China	HKG	43,453,000	+9.0%
6.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, Singapore	SIN	33,368,099	+8.6%
7.	London Gatwick Airport	West Sussex, United Kingdom	LGW	30,017,002	+4.4%
8.	Suvarnabhumi Airport^[1]	Bangkok, Thailand	BKK	29,587,773	+10.3%
9.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	27,925,522	+16.7%
10.	Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	27,661,598	+8.1%
11.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Greater Tokyo, Japan	NRT	27,510,616	+1.7%
12.	Madrid Barajas International Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Spain	MAD	24,828,627	+10.6%
13.	Munich International Airport	Munich, Germany	MUC	21,390,900	+9.6%
14.	London Stansted Airport	Essex, United Kingdom	STN	20,972,291	+8.4%
15.	Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China	TPE	20,285,388	+5.6%
16.	Dublin Airport	Dublin, Ireland	DUB	20,271,485	+14.6%
17.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	New York City, United States	JFK	19,606,958	+4.4%
18.	Copenhagen Airport	Copenhagen, Denmark	CPH	18,898,625	+3.9%
19.	Malpensa International Airport	Milan, Italy	MXP	18,654,497	+13.9%
20.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, United Kingdom	MAN	18,596,505	-0.5%
21.	Zürich Airport	Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	18,444,894	+8.0%
22.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	17,210,155	+1.2%
23.	Leonardo da Vinci International Airport	Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	17,165,932	+6.4%
24.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	16,917,381	-3.3%
25.	Brussels Airport	Brussels, Belgium	BRU	16,571,064	+3.1%
26.	Vienna International Airport	Vienna, Austria	VIE	16,218,828	+6.3%
27.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Shanghai, China	PVG	16,073,367	+10.4%
28.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	16,039,187	+5.3%
29.	Barcelona International Airport	Barcelona, Spain	BCN	15,856,708	+13.5%
30.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	KUL	15,144,468	+6.8

[edit] 2005 preliminary statistics (January to December 2005)

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA)	Total Passengers	Change
1.	London Heathrow Airport	Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom	LHR	60 964 323	+1.5%
2.	Charles de Gaulle International Airport	Seine-et-Marne/Seine-Saint-Denis/Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France	CDG	48 551 870	+5.0%
3.	Frankfurt International Airport	Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany	FRA	44 756 469	+3.2%
4.	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport	Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands	AMS	43 881 540	+4.0%
5.	Hong Kong International Airport	New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	HKG	39 593 000	+10.2%
6.	Singapore Changi Airport	Changi, East Region, Singapore	SIN	30 577 724	+7.8%
7.	London Gatwick Airport	Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom	LGW	28 710 566	+5.2%
8.	Narita International Airport	Narita, Chiba, Kantō, Honshū, Japan	NRT	27 115 822	+2.4%
9.	Bangkok International Airport	Bangkok, Thailand	BKK	26 768 772	+4.5%
10.	Incheon International Airport	Incheon, South Korea	ICN	25 541 362	+9.0%
11.	Dubai International Airport	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DXB	23 607 507	+15.9%
12.	Madrid Barajas International Airport	Barajas, Madrid, Madrid (autonomous community), Spain	MAD	22 107 466	+10.6%
13.	Munich International Airport	Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany	MUC	19 405 560	+8.3%
14.	London Stansted Airport	Uttlesford, Essex, East, England, United Kingdom	STN	19 257 502	+6.6%
15.	Chiang Kai-shek International Airport	Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China	TPE	19 158 638	+9.0%
16.	Manchester Airport	Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom	MAN	18 690 695	+6.1%
17.	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Queens, New York City, New York, United States	JFK	18 534 215	+7.1%
18.	Copenhagen Airport	Tårnby, Hovedstaden, Denmark	CPH	17 964 538	+5.0%
19.	Dublin Airport	Fingal, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland	DUB	17 571 677	+8.0%
20.	Los Angeles International Airport	Los Angeles, California, United States	LAX	17 469 927	+6.6%
21.	Zürich Airport	Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland	ZRH	17 265 955	+3.9%
22.	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	YYZ	16 972 867	+6.7%
23	Leonardo da Vinci International Airport	Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy	FCO	16 527 016	+6.9%
24.	Malpensa International Airport	Varese, Lombardy, Italy	MXP	16 199 824	+8.8%
25.	Brussels Airport	Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium	BRU	16 060 407	+3.6%
26.	Son Sant Joan Airport	Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain	PMI	15 250 975	+4.3%
27.	Vienna International Airport	Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria	VIE	15 172 072	+7.6%
28.	Shanghai Pudong International Airport	Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	PVG	14 542 233	+16.2%
29.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	KUL	14 329 667	+17.7%
30.	Antalya Airport	Antalya, Turkey	AYT	14 292 096	+13.8%