OAG Aviation put together the top ten largest airports based upon the number of seats in the planes arriving and departing from the relevant airports.
In North America, the top 10 Airports were…
2024 Ranking Airport Name
1 Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl
2 Dallas Dallas/Fort Worth Intl
3 Denver Intl
4 Chicago O’Hare International
5 Los Angeles International
6 New York J F Kennedy International
7 Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
8 Charlotte
9 Orlando International
10 Miami International
What surprised me the most was the absence of Minneapolis and San Francisco.
In Europe, there were no surprises on who was in the top 10 but rather the order of them.
2024 Ranking Airport Name
1 London Heathrow Apt
2 Istanbul Airport
3 Paris Charles de Gaulle Apt
4 Amsterdam
5 Frankfurt International Apt
6 Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas Apt
7 Barcelona Apt (ES)
8 Rome Fiumicino Apt
9 Munich International Airport
10 London Gatwick Apt
I thought that Amsterdam would be higher that Istanbul.