How come we call them aeroplanes but not aeroports?
Anyway people used to say Heathrow but isn't it somewhere in the U.S like chicago o hare or something?
2007-02-05 06:38:36 · 33 answers · asked by wave 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
it's true that O'hare is the busiest, but that is for cargo, busiest in the world by flights, passengers, and traffic flow, is Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta Georgia, Heathrow on the other hand is no longer the worlds busiest, as for Gatwick took over and then JFK , then O'hare, and finally Hartsfield Jackson, another note is that from 01-04 Chicago Midway was the busiest for cargo, mass, passengers, trafic flow, and airline occupancies.
Right now it is Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta
2007-02-05 15:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by Banstaman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the U.S., the busiest airport is Atlanta Hartfields. But the world the world almanac says it is London Heathrow with very tight slot. The highest passengers serviced according to the world almanac is Atlanta Hartfields. Busiest in terms of cargo carried is Hong Kong International.
2007-02-06 08:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by CXfan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2005, the latest year for which figures are available have Atlanta Georgia, US top with a footfall of 85.9 million passengers over the year. Chigaco's O'Hare is 2nd with 76.5million.
London Heathrow is third (and therefore the busiest in Europe) with some 67.9million passnegers going through its terminals during the course of the year.
Tokyo is 4th (63.2million), Los Angeles 5th (61.4million) and Dallas-Fort Worth 6th (59.1million).
Paris (Charles de Gaulle) is 7th (53.7million) and Frankfurt 8th (52.2million). Amsterdam's Schipol is 9th with 44.1million.
JFK in New York only makes No13 (41.8 million passengers). The only other UK airport to make the Top 30 is London Gatwick at No 24 with 32.7 million passengers a year.
2007-02-05 06:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In the southern hemisphere the busiest airport is YSBK - Bankstown with a plane taking off or landing every 45 seconds.
Kinda fun flying the circuit with that many planes about - Keeps the adrenalin pumping and the hands a sweating!
2007-02-05 16:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by split_ess 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's still LHR, at least for volume of pax passing through... I would suggest that a great portion of these are transit though and not terminating pax.
Not sure why we call them airports and not aeroports. In Catalan they're known as aeroports though!
2007-02-05 18:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm sure read that Chicago's O'hare airport became b4 Heathrow
Heathrow would be the busiest in Europe no question about that
2007-02-05 15:27:28 · answer #6 · answered by zesty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chicago is the busiest in terms of passengers but heathrow is the busiest in terms of international passengers
2007-02-07 05:07:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The world's busiest airport is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, GA.
The second-busiest is Memphis Int'l Airport, and the third busiest is Heathrow.
2007-02-05 07:32:19 · answer #8 · answered by Joshua Z 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Figures released in December 2006 is Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson
International airport. Handling a total of 83.6 million passengers as opposed to Heathrow's 67.4 million, according to data compiled by the International Air Transport Association.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/23/the_worlds_busiest_airport/
2007-02-05 06:48:54 · answer #9 · answered by Straight Forward 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Busiest is Heathrow, but only because any American who wants to get to anywhere in Europe has to stop there. Generally, London is where people conect their flights.
Other than that, some of the busiest are in Chicago, Atlanta, and Phoenix.
No one's said Sky Harbor (Phoenix's airport) yet, but it claims to be the largest airport in the world (based on size).
2007-02-05 07:36:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋