Talk:World's busiest airport
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Is is just me, or does the number of destinations served have nothing to do with how busy an airport is? Sekicho 13:14, Jun 17, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] New York air traffic
New York must generate more aircraft movements than any other city in the world, yet its main airport, JFK, is relatively small compared to, say, Heathrow. So where does all the Big Apple traffic go?
- LaGuardia, Newark, Islip, White Plains, etc. - Sekicho 22:30, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)
But am I right in thinking New York generates more air traffic than any other city in the world?
- 2003 passenger statistics:
Heathrow 64,300 JFK 31,712
Gatwick 30,000 LGA 22,470
Stansted 19,400 Newark 29,584
Luton ~1,000 Islip 1,973
City 1,471 W/Plains ~1,000
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LONDON 116,171 NEW YORK 86,739
- Despite being an American who loves New York, I have to admit that London has beaten New York in terms of air traffic. Also, adding the Haneda and Narita figures would give 88 million passengers a year in Tokyo, a good million more than New York.
- However, New York might lead in terms of the number of aircraft it handles, since Japanese airlines use huge planes almost exclusively and London handles a lot of high-density intercontinental flights. Sekicho 22:30, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Rename?
Should this article be renamed as "world's busiest airport by passenger"? — Instantnood 11:57, Jan 31 2005 (UTC)
- Hm..it might be better off staying as such, and having sub-sections for different ranking categories?--Huaiwei 17:41, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Domestic/international
Is there any statistics showing the domestic and international figures separately? — Instantnood 13:03, Jan 31 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Frankfurt?
Why is Frankfurt there? It is definately not one of the world's busiest airports.
