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World top 50 airports 2000 – 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	80,162,407	+2.7
2	Chicago O'Hare	USA	ORD	72,144,244	-0.6
3	Los Angeles International	USA	LAX	66,424,767	+4.8
4	London Heathrow	UK	LHR	64,606,826	+3.8
5	Dallas/Ft Worth International	USA	DFW	60,687,122	+1.1
6	Tokyo Haneda	Japan	HND	56,402,206	+3.8
7	Frankfurt Rhein-Main	Germany	FRA	49,360,630	+7.6
8	Paris Charles de Gaulle	France	CDG	48,246,137	+10.6
9	San Francisco International	USA	SFO	41,040,995	+1.8
10	Amsterdam Schiphol	Netherlands	AMS	39,606,925	+7.7
11	Denver International	USA	DEN	38,751,687	+1.9
12	Las Vegas McCarran International	USA	LAS	36,865,866	+9.0
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul International	USA	MSP	36,751,632	+5.8
14	Seoul Gimpo International	Korea	SEL	36,727,124	+10.1
15	Phoenix Sky Harbor International	USA	PHX	36,040,469	+7.4
16	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County	USA	DTW	35,535,080	+4.6
17	Houston George Bush Intercontinental	USA	IAH	35,251,372	+6.7
18	Newark International	USA	EWR	34,188,468	+1.7
19	Miami International	USA	MIA	33,621,273	-0.8
20	Madrid Barajas	Spain	MAD	32,893,190	+17.5
21	New York John F Kennedy	USA	JFK	32,856,220	+3.7
22	Hong Kong International	China	HKG	32,752,359	+10.2
23	London Gatwick	UK	LGW	32,065,685	+4.9
24	Orlando International	USA	MCO	30,823,509	+5.6
25	St Louis Lambert International	USA	STL	30,561,387	+1.2
26	Bangkok International	Thailand	BKK	29,616,432	+8.5
27	Toronto Lester B. Pearson International	Canada	YYZ	28,930,036	+4.1
28	Singapore Changi	Singapore	SIN	28,618,200	+9.8
29	Seattle-Tacoma International	USA	SEA	28,408,553	+2.5
30	Boston Logan International	USA	BOS	27,412,926	+1.3
31	Tokyo Narita International	Japan	NRT	27,389,915	+6.7
32	Rome Fiumicino	Italy	FCO	25,921,886	+7.5
33	Paris Orly	France	ORY	25,399,111	+0.2
34	New York La Guardia	USA	LGA	25,233,889	+5.9
35	Philadelphia International	USA	PHL	24,900,621	+4.7
36	Sydney Kingsford Smith International	Australia	SYD	23,553,878	+9.4
37	Munich Franz Josef Strauss	Germany	MUC	23,125,872	+8.7
38	Charlotte Douglas International	USA	CLT	23,073,894	+7.6
39	Honolulu International	USA	HNL	22,660,349	+0.4
40	Zurich Kloten	Switzerland	ZRH	22,649,539	+8.4
41	Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International	USA	CVG	22,537,525	+3.5
42	Beijing Capital International	China	PEK	21,659,077	+19.1
43	Brussels Zaventem International	Belgium	BRU	21,604,478	+7.9
44	Mexico City Benito Juarez International	Mexico	MEX	21,042,610	+2.9
45	Milan Malpensa	Italy	MXP	20,716,815	+22.1
46	Osaka Kansai International	Japan	KIX	20,472,060	+2.9
47	Washington (DC) Dulles International	USA	IAD	19,971,449	+1.6
48	Salt Lake City International	USA	SLC	19,900,810	-0.1
49	Pittsburgh International	USA	PIT	19,813,174	+5.5
50	Barcelona International	Spain	BCN	19,797,135	+13.8

Source: Airports Council International (ACI); updated November 2001