The airports with the most passengers 2021

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Airports Council International – ACI released the report with the 20 airports with more passengers during the 2021. ATL Airport Photo

A key year in the recovery of the industry begins to reveal the final statistics of this process that will take at least until 2024, but that in some airports it has even overcome the barrier of 2019.

Airports Council International (ACI) World has released its annual global airport traffic data, revealing the magnitude of the Recovery of the aviation industry.

The World Airport Traffic Dataset is the industry's most comprehensive airport statistics dataset featuring airport traffic for more than 2600 airports in more than 180 countries and territories.

Airports with the highest passenger traffic 2021

On 2021, the world's airports received 4600 million passengers, which represents an increase in 28,3 % with respect to 2020 or a fall 49,5% Regarding the results of 2019. The 20 major airports, that represent the 19% of world traffic (863 million passengers), experienced a growth of 42,9% from 2020 or a fall 31,9% regarding their results. 2019 (1270 million passengers in 2019).

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Atlanta (ATL, 75,7 million passengers, +76,4 %) top the ranking again 2021, followed by Dallas Fort Worth (DFW, 62,5 million passengers, +58,7 %) and Denver (THE, 58,8 million passengers). , +74,4%).

Of the firsts 20 stalls, Almost all airports have a significant domestic traffic that represents of the 65% to 100% of its total passengers. The only exception is the International Airport of istanbul (IS) with a higher share of international traffic (72% of passenger traffic).

Airports with more load in 2021

Hong Kong (HKG, 5,0 million metric tons, +12,5%) regained first place over Memphis (MEM, 4,5 million metric tons, -2,9%) who returned to the second position, followed by Shanghai (PVG, 4 million metric tons, + 8.0%) In third. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, the biggest jump in the ranking of the 20 first checked in at O'Hare International Airport (WORDS) from Chicago, who improved his position by seven places, of the 18 on 2019 al 11 on 2021.

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