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[Coeurlion]

Im placing this so that some of the Ae cities can be updated. For instance, PEK is less than to DFW, but not so in Ae. Can you please quickly update the Ae city database. Thanks guys.

The first is for the year 2009, to date.
2009 year-to-date statistics
http://en.wikipedia....ssenger_traffic
http://www.aci.aero/...5-54-55_666_2__


Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total
passengers Rank
Change %
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 90,039,280 ▬ ▲0.7%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 69,353,654 ▬ ▼8.9%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 67,056,228 ▬ ▼1.5%
4. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 66,735,587 ▬ ▼0.0%
5. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,851,998 ▲1 ▲1.6%
6. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 59,542,151 ▼1 ▼4.8%
7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 57,069,331 ▬ ▼4.6%
8. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 55,662,256 ▲1 ▲3.9%
9. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,467,450 ▼1 ▼1.3%
10. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 51,435,575 ▲1 ▲3.0%
11. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 50,823,105 ▼1 ▼2.4%
12. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 47,898,000 ▲2 ▲1.8%
13. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 47,790,485 ▬ ▲0.2%
14. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 47,429,741 ▼2 ▼0.8%
15. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 44,074,707 ▬ ▼7.7%
16. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 41,698,832 ▬ ▼3.0%
17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 39,890,896 ▬ ▼5.4%
18. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 38,604,009 ▬ ▼6.3%
19. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 37,694,824 ▬ ▲2.7%
20. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 37,441,440 ▲7 ▲9.0%
21. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 37,405,467 ▲2 ▲4.5%
22. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 35,622,252 ▼2 ▼2.4%
23. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 35,299,719 ▼2 ▼2.9%
24. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 35,144,841 ▼2 ▼2.3%
25. Leonardo da Vinci Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy FCO/LIRF 35,132,879 ▲6 ▲6.9%
26. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 34,732,584 ▲4 ▲4.7%
27. Munich Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,530,593 ▲1 ▲1.7%
28. London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 34,214,474 ▼6 ▼5.8%
29. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 34,063,531 ▬ ▲1.0%
30. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra,India BOM/VABB 32,065,526 ▬ ▲2.0%

[Coeurlion]

Question is it possible to seperate Ae cities, domestic and international traffic?

[Yuxi]

Question is it possible to seperate Ae cities, domestic and international traffic?

Right now it's calculated by distance. Separating them into domestic vs. international is a good idea and will be implemented in the future (probably tomorrow on the beta server).

[Glennos]

good work Charles! AE cities in the US need updating if anything to stop the whole world jumping on LHR and CDG in the beginning

[Spenser]

Im placing this so that some of the Ae cities can be updated. For instance, PEK is less than to DFW, but not so in Ae. Can you please quickly update the Ae city database. Thanks guys.

The first is for the year 2009, to date.
2009 year-to-date statistics
http://en.wikipedia....ssenger_traffic
http://www.aci.aero/...5-54-55_666_2__


Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total
passengers Rank
Change %
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 90,039,280 ▬ ▲0.7%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 69,353,654 ▬ ▼8.9%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 67,056,228 ▬ ▼1.5%
4. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 66,735,587 ▬ ▼0.0%
5. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,851,998 ▲1 ▲1.6%
6. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 59,542,151 ▼1 ▼4.8%
7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 57,069,331 ▬ ▼4.6%
8. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 55,662,256 ▲1 ▲3.9%
9. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,467,450 ▼1 ▼1.3%
10. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 51,435,575 ▲1 ▲3.0%
11. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 50,823,105 ▼1 ▼2.4%
12. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 47,898,000 ▲2 ▲1.8%
13. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 47,790,485 ▬ ▲0.2%
14. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 47,429,741 ▼2 ▼0.8%
15. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 44,074,707 ▬ ▼7.7%
16. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 41,698,832 ▬ ▼3.0%
17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 39,890,896 ▬ ▼5.4%
18. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 38,604,009 ▬ ▼6.3%
19. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 37,694,824 ▬ ▲2.7%
20. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 37,441,440 ▲7 ▲9.0%
21. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 37,405,467 ▲2 ▲4.5%
22. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 35,622,252 ▼2 ▼2.4%
23. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 35,299,719 ▼2 ▼2.9%
24. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 35,144,841 ▼2 ▼2.3%
25. Leonardo da Vinci Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy FCO/LIRF 35,132,879 ▲6 ▲6.9%
26. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 34,732,584 ▲4 ▲4.7%
27. Munich Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,530,593 ▲1 ▲1.7%
28. London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 34,214,474 ▼6 ▼5.8%
29. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 34,063,531 ▬ ▲1.0%
30. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra,India BOM/VABB 32,065,526 ▬ ▲2.0%

Aww man, Detroit fell:cry:

[paliair]

Here is what I have for the top 50 airports.

CITY PAX COUNT 2008
ATL 90,039,280
ORD 69,353,654
LHR 67,056,228
HND 66,735,587
CDG 60,851,998
LAX 59,542,151
DFW 57,069,331
PEK 55,662,256
FRA 53,467,450
DEN 51,435,575
MAD 50,823,105
HKG 47,898,000
JFK 47,790,485
AMS 47,429,741
LAS 44,074,707
IAH 41,698,832
PHX 39,890,896
BKK 38,604,009
SIN 37,694,824
DXB 37,441,440
SAN 37,234,592
MCO 35,622,252
EWR 35,299,719
DTW 35,144,841
FCO 35,132,879
CLT 34,732,584
MUC 34,530,593
LGW 34,214,474
MIA 34,063,531
MSP 34,032,710
NRT 33,486,511
CAN 33,444,814
SYD 33,302,642
YYZ 32,338,902
SEA 32,187,939
CGK 32,172,114
PHL 31,832,419
BCN 30,195,794
ICN 30,166,816
PVG 28,230,017
KUL 27,529,355
IST 26,364,017
MEX 26,210,217
ORY 26,207,628
BOS 26,102,391
MEL 24,892,467
BOM 24,335,306
IAD 23,698,010
DUB 23,466,630
DEL 23,181,090

[lurch]

Im placing this so that some of the Ae cities can be updated. For instance, PEK is less than to DFW, but not so in Ae. Can you please quickly update the Ae city database. Thanks guys.

The first is for the year 2009, to date.
2009 year-to-date statistics
http://en.wikipedia....ssenger_traffic
http://www.aci.aero/...5-54-55_666_2__


Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total
passengers Rank
Change %
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 90,039,280 ▬ ▲0.7%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 69,353,654 ▬ ▼8.9%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 67,056,228 ▬ ▼1.5%
4. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 66,735,587 ▬ ▼0.0%
5. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,851,998 ▲1 ▲1.6%
6. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 59,542,151 ▼1 ▼4.8%
7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 57,069,331 ▬ ▼4.6%
8. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 55,662,256 ▲1 ▲3.9%
9. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,467,450 ▼1 ▼1.3%
10. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 51,435,575 ▲1 ▲3.0%
11. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 50,823,105 ▼1 ▼2.4%
12. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 47,898,000 ▲2 ▲1.8%
13. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 47,790,485 ▬ ▲0.2%
14. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 47,429,741 ▼2 ▼0.8%
15. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 44,074,707 ▬ ▼7.7%
16. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 41,698,832 ▬ ▼3.0%
17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 39,890,896 ▬ ▼5.4%
18. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 38,604,009 ▬ ▼6.3%
19. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 37,694,824 ▬ ▲2.7%
20. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 37,441,440 ▲7 ▲9.0%
21. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 37,405,467 ▲2 ▲4.5%
22. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 35,622,252 ▼2 ▼2.4%
23. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 35,299,719 ▼2 ▼2.9%
24. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 35,144,841 ▼2 ▼2.3%
25. Leonardo da Vinci Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy FCO/LIRF 35,132,879 ▲6 ▲6.9%
26. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 34,732,584 ▲4 ▲4.7%
27. Munich Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,530,593 ▲1 ▲1.7%
28. London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 34,214,474 ▼6 ▼5.8%
29. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 34,063,531 ▬ ▲1.0%
30. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra,India BOM/VABB 32,065,526 ▬ ▲2.0%

In case anyone is curious, this works out to 11,680,791 fewer passangers than last year. This comes to show the struggling economy.

[Yuxi]

I have loaded the new demand data into the sim2 beta server.

[Gianni]

Never new Atlanta was the busiest.. Always thought JFK or ORD

[Yuxi]

Never new Atlanta was the busiest.. Always thought JFK or ORD

Without Delta's connecting traffic it wouldn't be

[Gianni]

Without Delta's connecting traffic it wouldn't be

Forgot about that...

[Coeurlion]

In case anyone is curious, this works out to 11,680,791 fewer passangers than last year. This comes to show the struggling economy.

those were 2008 numbers
the 2009 numbers are with the first link of my original post. What has been counted for 2009 numbers, some airport did fall.

http://en.wikipedia....usiest_airports

here are the TO DATE 2009 stats
Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total
passengers Rank
Change %
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 27,460,376 ▬ ▼4.0%
2. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 20,677,400 ▲6 ▲20.0%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 20,089,311 ▬ ▼3.9%
4. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 19,744,829 ▼2 ▼10.4%
5. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 19,624,500 ▼1 ▼7.3%
6. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 17,524,898 ▼1 ▼6.4%
7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 17,486,499 ▬ ▼3.7%
8. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 17,272,326 ▼2 ▼11.2%
9. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 15,436,572 ▲1 ▼5.1%
10. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 15,277,500 ▲2 ▼4.1%
11. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 15,175,418 ▼2 ▼9.2%
12. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 14,551,965 ▼1 ▼12.8%
13. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 13,251,385 ▲2 ▼12.0%
14. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 13,194,943 ▲4 ▼11.5%
15. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 12,980,274 ▼2 ▼12.6%
16. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 12,800,985 ▲4 ▲3.1%
17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 12,613,306 ▬ ▼9.9%
18. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 12,553,972 ▼2 ▼10.6%
19. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 12,518,664 ▼5 ▼10.8%
20. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China CAN/ZGGG 12,066,774 ▲? ▲5.2%
21. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 11,617,116 ▲1 ▼11.1%
22. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 11,449,024 ▼3 ▼7.4%
23. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 11,388,566 ▲6 ▼1.2%
24. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 11,113,896 ▲2 ▼0.5%
25. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 10,987,829 ▼4 ▼4.1%
26. Sydney International Airport Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SYD/YSSY 10,857,526 ▲? ▼3.2%
27. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 10,361,705 ▲3 ▼9.0%
28. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 10,324,392 ▼5 ▼10.0%
29. Narita International Airport Narita, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan NRT/RJAA 10,303,127 ▲? ▼8.8%
30. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Java, Jakarta, Indonesia CGK/WIII 10,273,514 ▲? ▼2.0%

[Coeurlion]

Never new Atlanta was the busiest.. Always thought JFK or ORD

"" Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), known locally as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson, is located seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic as well as landings and take-offs.[2] The airport is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, Delta Connection under the Shuttle America name, and Delta Connection partner Atlantic Southeast Airlines; the Delta hub is the world's largest airline hub. Delta Air Lines flew 55.4% of passengers from the airport in 2008, AirTran flew 19.27%, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines flew 12.94%.[1] The airport has 151 domestic and 28 international gates.[3]
Hartsfield-Jackson held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2008, both in terms of passengers and number of flights, by accommodating 90.0 million passengers and 978,824 flights.[1] Many of these flights are domestic flights from within the United States where Atlanta serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Southern United States.
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an international gateway to the United States, Hartsfield-Jackson ranks seventh; John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City is first.[4] However, the airport is increasingly becoming a major gateway for international flights; 2008 saw international traffic jump 3.18 percent over the previous year, with more than 4.6 million passengers boarding international flights.[1] ""

quoted from http://en.wikipedia....ational_Airport

[Coeurlion]

looking at those 2009 stats, all US major airports took a hit expect MCO (orlando) and somewhat MIA (miami). Im in Lima, Peru right now, and the econmy here in this country has never really felt the world crisis and continue to grow. At one point Peru had the most sold NEW cars in a certain period in all of the Americas.

Living in Florida I can tell you there is a huge travel market between Florida and South America. So much so, that airlines have added extra planes, to keep up with demand and 5 new carriers like BA are starting flights to LIM (Jorge Chavez Airport). Unfortunatly the amount people with purchasing powere to travel is still lower, but rapidly increasing. And the number of inhabitants is like the state of Virginia maybe. Only 1 major major city and the 2 hold maybe 1 million. As far as tourism, they have felt it, but the local econmy is flourish, clubs, entertainment is on the rise (the reason im here).

ANother babble.. Im'a shut up now.

[grantguo]

I just want to point out this statistics have no strong correlation to
the source-to-destination demand, that is what a realistic AE really needs.

ATL is the busiest simply because delta based there, not because
a lots people want to travel out of/into ATL.

Im placing this so that some of the Ae cities can be updated. For instance, PEK is less than to DFW, but not so in Ae. Can you please quickly update the Ae city database. Thanks guys.

The first is for the year 2009, to date.
2009 year-to-date statistics
http://en.wikipedia....ssenger_traffic
http://www.aci.aero/...5-54-55_666_2__


Rank Airport Location Code
(IATA/ICAO) Total
passengers Rank
Change %
Change
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 90,039,280 ▬ ▲0.7%
2. O'Hare International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 69,353,654 ▬ ▼8.9%
3. London Heathrow Airport Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 67,056,228 ▬ ▼1.5%
4. Tokyo International Airport Ōta, Tokyo, Japan HND/RJTT 66,735,587 ▬ ▼0.0%
5. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France CDG/LFPG 60,851,998 ▲1 ▲1.6%
6. Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 59,542,151 ▼1 ▼4.8%
7. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States DFW/KDFW 57,069,331 ▬ ▼4.6%
8. Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang, Beijing, People's Republic of China PEK/ZBAA 55,662,256 ▲1 ▲3.9%
9. Frankfurt Airport Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany FRA/EDDF 53,467,450 ▼1 ▼1.3%
10. Denver International Airport Denver, Colorado, United States DEN/KDEN 51,435,575 ▲1 ▲3.0%
11. Madrid Barajas International Airport Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain MAD/LEMD 50,823,105 ▼1 ▼2.4%
12. Hong Kong International Airport Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong HKG/VHHH 47,898,000 ▲2 ▲1.8%
13. John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 47,790,485 ▬ ▲0.2%
14. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands AMS/EHAM 47,429,741 ▼2 ▼0.8%
15. McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 44,074,707 ▬ ▼7.7%
16. George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas, United States IAH/KIAH 41,698,832 ▬ ▼3.0%
17. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States PHX/KPHX 39,890,896 ▬ ▼5.4%
18. Suvarnabhumi Airport Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand BKK/VTBS 38,604,009 ▬ ▼6.3%
19. Singapore Changi Airport Changi, East Region, Singapore SIN/WSSS 37,694,824 ▬ ▲2.7%
20. Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB/OMDB 37,441,440 ▲7 ▲9.0%
21. San Francisco International Airport San Mateo County, California, United States SFO/KSFO 37,405,467 ▲2 ▲4.5%
22. Orlando International Airport Orlando, Florida, United States MCO/KMCO 35,622,252 ▼2 ▼2.4%
23. Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey, United States EWR/KEWR 35,299,719 ▼2 ▼2.9%
24. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit, Michigan, United States DTW/KDTW 35,144,841 ▼2 ▼2.3%
25. Leonardo da Vinci Airport Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy FCO/LIRF 35,132,879 ▲6 ▲6.9%
26. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 34,732,584 ▲4 ▲4.7%
27. Munich Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany MUC/EDDM 34,530,593 ▲1 ▲1.7%
28. London Gatwick Airport Crawley, West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom LGW/EGKK 34,214,474 ▼6 ▼5.8%
29. Miami International Airport Miami, Florida,United States MIA/KMIA 34,063,531 ▬ ▲1.0%
30. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra,India BOM/VABB 32,065,526 ▬ ▲2.0%

[tom14cat14]

Evey hub throughout the world is like this. Yes Atlanta might not have the highest originating traffic but who cares. O'hare and denver have united, MSP, DTW had northwest and now delta. Every airport has the connector flights. MSP has the highest rate of originating and destination traffic in the US but it sure is not the busiest airport. I know because i fly here and to a lot of the other major airports.

But i do see what you are trying to get at but i think it works out.