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World top 50 airports 1998 – 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	Atlanta William B Hartsfield	USA	ATL	73,474,298	+7.7
2	Chicago O'Hare	USA	ORD	72,369,951	+3.0
3	Los Angeles International	USA	LAX	61,216,072	+1.8
4	London Heathrow	UK	LHR	60,659,500	+4.3
5	Dallas/Ft Worth International	USA	DFW	60,482,700	±0
6	Tokyo Haneda	Japan	HND	51,240,704	+3.9
7	Frankfurt Rhein-Main	Germany	FRA	42,734,178	+6.1
8	San Francisco International	USA	SFO	40,059,975	-1.1
9	Paris Charles de Gaulle	France	CDG	38,628,916	+9.5
10	Denver International	USA	DEN	36,817,520	+5.3
11	Amsterdam Schiphol	Netherlands	AMS	34,420,143	+9.0
12	Miami International	USA	MIA	33,935,491	-1.7
13	Newark International	USA	EWR	32,445,000	+5.0
14	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	USA	PHX	31,771,762	+3.6
15	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County	USA	DTW	31,544,426	+0.1
16	New York John F Kennedy	USA	JFK	31,295,000	-0.2
17	Houston George Bush Intercontinental	USA	IAH	31,025,726	+8.1
18	Las Vegas McCarran International	USA	LAS	30,217,665	-0.3
19	Seoul Gimpo International	Korea	SEL	29,429,044	-19.9
20	London Gatwick	UK	LGW	29,173,257	+8.2
21	St Louis Lambert International	USA	STL	28,640,345	+3.5
22	Minneapolis-St. Paul International	USA	MSP	28,532,487	-2.8
23	Hong Kong International	Hong Kong	HKG	27,897,619	-3.8
24	Orlando International	USA	MCO	27,748,571	+1.6
25	Toronto Lester B. Pearson International	Canada	YYZ	26,744,530	+2.5
26	Boston Logan International	USA	BOS	26,415,593	+5.1
27	Seattle-Tacoma International	USA	SEA	25,825,688	+4.4
28	Bangkok International	Thailand	BKK	25,623,720	+2.0
29	Rome Fiumicino	Italy	FCO	25,254,520	+1.0
30	Madrid Barajas	Spain	MAD	25,254,338	+7.0
31	Paris Orly	France	ORY	24,951,984	-0.4
32	Tokyo Narita International	Japan	NRT	24,441,365	-4.8
33	Philadelphia International	USA	PHL	24,230,967	+8.0
34	Singapore Changi	Singapore	SIN	23,803,180	-5.4
35	Charlotte Douglas International	USA	CLT	22,947,613	+0.7
36	Honolulu International	USA	HNL	22,920,793	-3.9
37	New York La Guardia	USA	LGA	22,679,700	+5.0
38	Sydney Kingsford Smith International	Australia	SYD	21,206,897	+2.8
39	Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International	USA	CVG	21,179,226	+4.0
40	Pittsburgh International	USA	PIT	20,556,075	-1.0
41	Salt Lake City International	USA	SLC	20,252,339	-3.9
42	Munich Franz Josef Strauss	Germany	MUC	19,321,355	+8.0
43	Zurich Kloten	Switzerland	ZRH	19,301,424	+5.3
44	Osaka Kansai International	Japan	KIX	19,223,600	-2.7
45	Mexico City Benito Juarez International	Mexico	MEX	18,946,440	+6.2
46	Brussels Zaventem International	Belgium	BRU	18,481,897	+16.0
47	Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan International	Spain	PMI	17,660,402	+6.7
48	Manchester International	UK	MAN	17,507,635	+8.3
49	Beijing International	China	PEK	17,318,999	+2.4
50	Copenhagen Kastrup	Denmark	CPH	16,670,511	-1.0

Source: Airports Council International (ACI)