Atlanta lands No. 1 spot on busiest airports worldwide list, eight of the top 10 are in US
Eight of the 10 busiest airports in the world are based in the U.S., with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) taking the No. 1 spot on the annual list of busiest airports in 2021 – compiled and released this week by Airports Council International (ACI) World.
All of the top 10 airports have significant share of domestic traffic, with the only two outside the U.S. coming in China. Dubai led a separate list of top 10 airports based on international passengers.
Almost all airports across the board saw major upticks in passengers in a year of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that drastically affected business in 2020, with an increase of 25% from 2020 but still a 50% decline from a booming 2019 pre-pandemic. Among the 10 airports listed, passenger traffic jumped up 51% from 2020 and dropped 29% from 2019 results.
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Last year, Atlanta slipped to No. 2 with Guangzhou seizing the top spot during the pandemic year. But this year the airport returned to the top, outpacing fellow U.S. airport in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“These numbers speak to the resiliency and spirit of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said in a statement. “We thank our Airport employees and passengers who continued to stand with us as we worked through the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19.”