Compared to previous times, people are now travelling more, making airports busier than ever. Looking at the airports that see heavy traffic every day, Airports Council International (ACI) has released a report revealing the busiest airports. One of the proudest moments for India is that Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) has now made its mark among the world’s busiest airports. Read to know!
Delhi Airport Earns A Spot Among World’s Busiest Airports
As per Airports Council International (ACI), Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport witnessed 78,148,081 passengers in 2025. With this rising number, Delhi Airport ranked 11th globally on the world’s top 20 busiest airports list. As per NDTV, earlier, in 2024, this airport handled 77.8 million passengers, which means there was a 0.42% rise in passenger traffic year-on-year.
For this data, ACI counts people who arrive at and leave an airport, but if a passenger is only changing flights there, they are counted once instead of twice. This makes it easier to compare passenger numbers at different airports around the world.
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Which Airports Ranked Top In The List?
On the list of the world’s busiest airports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US tops the list. This airport handled 106,302,208 passengers in 2025 and has been the world’s busiest airport since 1998. In second place, we have Dubai International Airport with 95,192,160 passengers, followed by Tokyo Haneda Airport in third place with 91,679,814 passengers.
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 106,302,208 passengers
- Dubai International Airport, 95,192,160 passengers
- Tokyo Haneda Airport, 91,679,814 passengers
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, 85,660,127 passengers
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport, 84,994,548 passengers
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport, 84,856,018 passengers
- London Heathrow Airport, 84,482,126 passengers
- Istanbul Airport, 84,437,710 passengers
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, 83,582,952 passengers
- Denver International Airport, 82,427,962 passengers
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, 78,148,081 passengers
- Seoul Incheon International Airport, 74,126,912 passengers
- Los Angeles International Airport, 73,709,594 passengers
- Charles de Gaulle Airport, 72,029,407 passengers
- Beijing Capital International Airport, 70,742,712 passengers
- Singapore Changi Airport, 69,982,000 passengers
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 68,771,592 passengers
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, 68,118,754 passengers
- Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, 66,485,213 passengers
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 63,409,501 passengers
We hope Indian airports continue to manage the growing travel traffic smoothly!
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How many passengers Delhi Airport handled in 2025?
In 2025, Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport handled 78,148,081 passengers