2007-01-14 12:44:09 · 13 answers · asked by pazzamex 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Not sure about biggest, but busiest in terms of travellers per year are :
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - 83,606,583
2. O'Hare International Airport (Chicago) - 75,533,822
3. Heathrow Airport (London) - 67,344,054
4. Haneda Airport (Tokyo) - 62,291,405
5. Los Angeles International Airport - 60,688,609
6. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - 59,412,217
7. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport - 51,260,363
8. Frankfurt Airport - 51,098,271
9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - 42,541,180
10. Denver International Airport - 42,393,766
2007-01-17 08:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by Huw L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The biggest airport in the world is, without a doubt, the King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It encompasses approximately 81 square miles, or an area slightly smaller than the entire city of Boston, MA.
The clear winner in the United States is Denver International, which totals some 53 square miles.
2007-01-14 13:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by washingtonian3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by 'biggest'. Do you mean largest, in how many square miles it covers? Or in traffic volume? Or in the length of it's runways? You'll find you'll get a lot more accurate answers if you're more accurate with your questions.
Other people have talked about some of the other options. But if you were wondering about the longest runways, these would be the answers:
World's longest PAVED runway is Qamdo Bamda Airport, Tibet, 18,045 ft (5500 m).
World's longest runway is at Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, at 7.5 miles, or 39,600 feet (12,000m).
2007-01-15 10:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by Lear_Pilot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are asking who has the largest terminal in the world, it is definitely Hong Kong International Airport, 2nd is Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport.
2007-01-16 00:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Gerald J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's Chicago O Hare or London Heathrow. Atlanta's Hartfields is the busiest airport in the world, not the largest.
2007-01-14 12:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by bunnychica1984 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think Amsterdam Schipol is the biggest as it contains a huge train station and shopping complex as well as being a big airport.
2007-01-14 12:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are talking physical size/most gates, I do not know. But the busiest airports, measured by number of flights, are Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare.
2007-01-14 12:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Shellbell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not rightly sure, but Amersterdam-Schipol is pretty darn big! so are Frankfurt and Hartsfields-Jackson-Atlanta. I Googled it, but I came up with a few different airports. I hope this helps.
2007-01-14 12:49:24 · answer #8 · answered by sunshine & summertime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
2007-01-14 12:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by SnowXNinja 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hong kong. Its like the global interchange for the Far east and Australia. Dubai will prob be building a bigger one but it wont be used as much.
2007-01-14 12:59:05 · answer #10 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋