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World top 50 airports 1996 – ranking by total passengers

Total Passengers: Arriving and departing passengers, plus direct transit passengers (counted once)

Rank	Airport (official name)	Country	IATA code	Total passengers	% change
1	Chicago O'Hare	USA	ORD	69,133,189	+2.8
2	Atlanta William B Hartsfield	USA	ATL	63,344,730	+9.7
3	Dallas/Ft Worth International	USA	DFW	58,034,503	+2.7
4	Los Angeles International	USA	LAX	57,974,559	+7.5
5	London Heathrow	UK	LHR	56,037,813	+2.9
6	Tokyo Haneda	Japan	HND	46,631,475	+2.5
7	San Francisco International	USA	SFO	39,247,308	+8.2
8	Frankfurt Rhein-Main	Germany	FRA	38,761,174	+1.5
9	Seoul Gimpo International	Korea	SEL	34,707,549	+12.3
10	Miami International	USA	MIA	33,504,579	+0.8
11	Denver International	USA	DEN	32,264,312	+3.9
12	Paris Charles de Gaulle	France	CDG	31,823,741	+12.2
13	New York John F Kennedy	USA	JFK	31,015,239	+2.1
14	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County	USA	DTW	30,614,038	+5.5
15	Las Vegas McCarran International	USA	LAS	30,470,957	+8.8
16	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	USA	PHX	30,376,584	+9.0
17	Hong Kong International	Hong Kong	HKG	30,212,327	+7.7
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul International	USA	MSP	29,612,167	+10.6
19	Newark International	USA	EWR	29,072,591	+9.2
20	Amsterdam Schiphol	Netherlands	AMS	27,753,088	+9.5
21	Paris Orly	France	ORY	27,364,985	+2.7
22	St Louis Lambert International	USA	STL	27,274,846	+6.0
23	Houston George Bush Intercontinental	USA	IAH	26,475,801	+7.1
24	Orlando International	USA	MCO	25,548,773	+13.7
25	Tokyo Narita International	Japan	NRT	25,408,196	+4.9
26	Boston Logan International	USA	BOS	25,042,667	+3.9
27	Bangkok International	Thailand	BKK	24,993,486	+8.1
28	Singapore Changi	Singapore	SIN	24,514,248	+5.7
29	London Gatwick	UK	LGW	24,327,480	+7.9
30	Seattle-Tacoma International	USA	SEA	24,324,600	+6.8
31	Honolulu International	USA	HNL	24,247,332	+2.4
32	Toronto Lester B. Pearson International	Canada	YYZ	24,204,641	+7.8
33	Rome Fiumicino	Italy	FCO	23,035,764	+8.9
34	Madrid Barajas	Spain	MAD	21,856,673	+10.5
35	Charlotte Douglas International	USA	CLT	21,847,510	+5.2
36	Salt Lake City International	USA	SLC	21,073,484	+14.2
37	New York La Guardia	USA	LGA	20,685,627	+0.4
38	Pittsburgh International	USA	PIT	20,533,660	+2.6
39	Sydney Kingsford Smith International	Australia	SYD	19,705,876	+4.9
40	Philadelphia International	USA	PHL	19,316,422	+5.2
41	Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International	USA	CVG	18,864,206	+23.9
42	Mexico City Benito Juarez International	Mexico	MEX	16,265,384	+2.6
43	Zurich Kloten	Switzerland	ZRH	16,251,166	+6.1
44	Copenhagen Kastrup	Denmark	CPH	15,857,390	+8.1
45	Munich Franz Josef Strauss	Germany	MUC	15,686,095	+5.5
46	Taipei Chiang Kai Shek International	Taiwan	TPE	15,613,624	+7.8
47	Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan International	Spain	PMI	15,377,437	+5.7
48	Washington (DC) Dulles International	USA	DCA	15,090,155	-1.9
49	Manchester International	UK	MAN	14,842,950	-0.9
50	Dusseldorf International	Germany	DUS	14,417,261	-4.8

Source: Airports Council International (ACI)