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World top 50 airports 1997 – 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	70,294,601	+1.6
2	Atlanta William B Hartsfield	USA	ATL	68,205,769	+7.7
3	Dallas/Ft Worth International	USA	DFW	60,488,713	+4.2
4	Los Angeles International	USA	LAX	59,820,077	+3.2
5	London Heathrow	UK	LHR	57,974,931	+3.8
6	Tokyo Haneda	Japan	HND	49,302,268	+5.9
7	San Francisco International	USA	SFO	40,499,947	+3.2
8	Frankfurt Rhein-Main	Germany	FRA	40,262,691	+3.9
9	Seoul Gimpo International	Korea	SEL	36,757,280	+5.9
10	Paris Charles de Gaulle	France	CDG	35,293,661	+10.9
11	Denver International	USA	DEN	34,972,936	+8.3
12	Miami International	USA	MIA	34,533,268	+3.1
13	Amsterdam Schiphol	Netherlands	AMS	31,569,977	+13.6
14	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County	USA	DTW	31,520,656	+4.6
15	New York John F Kennedy	USA	JFK	31,228,956	+0.3
16	Newark International	USA	EWR	30,866,374	+6.0
17	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	USA	PHX	30,536,061	+0.5
18	Las Vegas McCarran International	USA	LAS	30,305,553	-0.5
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul International	USA	MSP	29,070,480	+4.9
20	Hong Kong International	Hong Kong	HKG	29,020,369	-3.9
21	Houston George Bush Intercontinental	USA	IAH	28,701,092	+8.4
22	St Louis Lambert International	USA	STL	27,657,026	+1.4
23	Orlando International	USA	MCO	27,305,249	+6.9
24	London Gatwick	UK	LGW	26,961,453	+10.8
25	Toronto Lester B. Pearson International	Canada	YYZ	26,082,713	+7.5
26	Tokyo Narita International	Japan	NRT	25,667,577	+1.0
27	Boston Logan International	USA	BOS	25,457,752	+1.7
28	Singapore Changi	Singapore	SIN	25,174,344	+2.7
29	Bangkok International	Thailand	BKK	25,142,879	+0.6
30	Paris Orly	France	ORY	25,059,211	-8.4
31	Rome Fiumicino	Italy	FCO	25,001,038	+8.5
32	Seattle-Tacoma International	USA	SEA	24,678,614	+1.5
33	Honolulu International	USA	HNL	24,044,293	-1.2
34	Madrid Barajas	Spain	MAD	23,601,727	+8.0
35	Charlotte Douglas International	USA	CLT	22,797,594	+4.3
36	Philadelphia International	USA	PHL	22,446,692	+16.2
37	New York La Guardia	USA	LGA	21,595,336	+0.4
38	Salt Lake City International	USA	SLC	21,108,512	+14.2
39	Pittsburgh International	USA	PIT	20,759,723	+1.1
40	Sydney Kingsford Smith International	Australia	SYD	20,621,826	+2.8
41	Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International	USA	CVG	20,366,500	+8.0
42	Zurich Kloten	Switzerland	ZRH	18,291,882	+12.6
43	Munich Franz Josef Strauss	Germany	MUC	17,894,704	+14.1
44	Mexico City Benito Juarez International	Mexico	MEX	17,833,094	+9.6
45	Beijing International	China	PEK	16,907,954	+3.2
46	Copenhagen Kastrup	Denmark	CPH	16,837,115	+6.2
47	Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan International	Spain	PMI	16,557,622	+7.7
48	Manchester International	UK	MAN	16,167,915	+9.1
49	Kuala Lumpur International	Malaysia	KUL	16,020,704	+10.1
50	Taipei Chiang Kai Shek International	Taiwan	TPE	15,993,293	+2.4

Source: Airports Council International (ACI)