More than 100,000 flights make their way around the globe each day, jetting in and out of the biggest airports in the world, so we took a closer look at some of these airports that are bigger than some cities.
Airports are extremely important, as air travel is the primary means of long distance travel nowadays. Long gone are the days of endless sailing for months as we can now go around the world much faster with great comfort. Personally, I love flying, and I love airplanes. It still amazes me that something so large can be lifted into the air to fly for hours across the ocean. While I love traveling and airplanes, airports are not always my favorite place to be. I hate the long lines, expensive food, and having to get there early to sit and wait. As you can understand, I’m not the most patient person, but I do understand that this is all part of the experience of flying. International airports are some of the busiest places on Earth, and thousands of people board and disembark flights 24/7. It is really maddening if you just think about the work that goes into running such a massive operation. As the title of this article suggests, we will try to learn more about the biggest airports in the world, and there are several ways we can accomplish that. We could look at size, speaking of, did you know which is the biggest airport in the world 2017 by size? The answer would be King Fahd International airport located in Saudi Arabia, whose entire property covers an immense 192,000 acres of land. However, in the case of airports there are more important things than just the land it covers, and for this article, we decided to go with the number of passengers each has to deal with every year. On the other hand, areas with a smaller population or less traffic are home to tiny airports. Many consider the smallest airport in the world to be Juancho E Yrausquin Airport in The Caribbean.
Did you know that the busiest airport in the U.S., is also the busiest/largest airport in the world by number of passengers? That same airport also comes in as the busiest airport in the world by flights, and the owner of these titles is the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport. Atlanta’s airport also comes in as the biggest airport in the U.S., (and my least favorite if you were wondering). If you’ve ever flown into it, you know what we’re talking about. Why is Atlanta airport so busy you ask? Well, there are several reasons for that, first it is home to one of the world’s largest airlines, Delta Air Lines, and also the location of the airport is pretty convenient for trans-Atlantic flights. These are just some of the reasons why Atlanta’s airport sees so much traffic each year. If we hop across the pond, the biggest airport in Europe is Heathrow airport in London and obviously it made it on our list. Each year, more and more people travel, which may or may not change the rankings for the busiest airports. Since 2017 is still in full swing, we can’t yet determine the busiest airports in the world 2017, but imagine those rankings will not change much from the last year’s data. Various factors like, location, size, and population determine what makes an airport busy. India is home to over 1 billion people, and the biggest/largest airport in India, is Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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In essence, our list is basically populated by the busiest international airports in the world. When it comes to airports, the more traffic it gets determines how important it is and how big of an impact it has rather than the land it covers. It has hardly been a little more than a century since the Wright brothers first took to the air, and air travel has become cheaper, safer and even faster than ever before. Many people travel around the world, some for business and some for pleasure, meaning airports have become an integral part of our modern lifestyle. The air travel industry is also producing huge revenues each year, and if you are an investor then you should check out the 5 Best Airport and Infrastructure Stocks To Buy Under President Trump.
To come up with this list we resorted to various websites for data collection. Airports Council International is a very good source of information, and we used its resources extensively. We also went through the “2016 Annual Airport Traffic Report” for further information regarding the topic. And of course, we employed the help of Google’s search engine to look up any additional information as well. Basically, we looked at the number of passengers each airport handled last year, and we ranked them accordingly. The more passengers coming in and out of an airport, the higher it has been placed on the list.
Wheels up to our list of 21 biggest airports in the world started.
