The airports in the world with the most passengers in the 2018

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These are the mega airports of the world with more passengers in the 2018, which together add up to more than 800 million annually.

An interesting new analysis by Routes, The growth of the most important airports in the world has been known, where for the first time in history, There are two terminals that pass the limit of the 100 million passengers per year.

Beijing Capital International Airport has surpassed the annual mark of 100 million passengers for the first time in its history, But the feat is not enough to topple Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from its position as the world's busiest and busiest airport..

The latest figures from Saber Market Intelligence show that Beijing Capital's passenger traffic was 101.3 million in calendar year 2018, in front of the 99.7 millions of 12 previous months. Nevertheless, Ridership in Atlanta increased by more than a 3 percent to 104.5 millions, which means that it continues to be the airport with the most passengers per 21 consecutive years.

Atlanta, the main center of Delta Air Lines, had more than 100 million passengers for the fourth consecutive year and recovered in 2018 after traffic decreased during the 12 previous months.

According to the figures of OAG Schedules Analyzer, Its top ten largest routes by capacity last year were all domestic, led by routes to Orlando International, Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood and New York LaGuardia.

Although they are preliminary, Rankings generally don't vary much from final figures that will be released later in the year..

The gap between Beijing Capital and Atlanta is now 3,2 million passengers, in comparison with the 1,46 million a year ago, and suggests the space-constrained Chinese airport is unlikely to overtake its American counterpart this decade.

Traffic in Beijing Capital is also likely to reduce this year when the new Beijing Daxing Airport opens, that will cost billions of dollars. Daxing's initial operational objective is to accommodate 72 million passengers and two million tons of cargo annually for 2025.

In the rest of the top ten places, Dubai International remains in third place with 87,7 million passengers, Saber figures show, in comparison with 88,2 million in 2017. Nevertheless, the airport's own figures indicate that annual traffic was 89,1 million in 2018.

India continued to maintain its position as the main destination country from Dubai by number of passengers, with a traffic for the year that came to 12.3 millions, mainly Mumbai, Delhi y Cochin. Saudi Arabia was number two on the list with 6,5 millions, followed closely by the United Kingdom with almost 6,3 millions.

Despite this, airport traffic will be affected this year when maintenance work means its southern runway will be closed for a period of 45 days, of the 16 from april to 30 May 2019. Dubai World Central is expected to see an increase in 700% on flights as a result.

At number four in the top ten is Tokyo Haneda with 86.3 million passengers, while Los Angeles International ranks fifth with 85.9 millions.

Airports with the most passenger traffic in the world

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