Vacationers stroll via the Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport was as soon as once more named the busiest airport on this planet with over 75 million whole passengers in 2021, in keeping with Airports Council Worldwide World. Mengshin Lin, Deseret Information
Vacationers trip the escalator after their flight arrives on the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Atlanta. AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport was as soon as once more named the busiest airport on this planet with over 75 million whole passengers in 2021, in keeping with Airports Council Worldwide World.
Vacationers trip the escalator after their flight arrives on the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Atlanta.
AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson
Eight of the highest 10 busiest airports on this planet are positioned in the US.
Taking off: Air journey rebounded final yr after the COVID-19 pandemic grounded the business in 2020, with Atlanta’s airport reporting a 76% improve in 2021. Atlanta reclaimed the highest spot — knocking China’s Guangzhou Baiyun Worldwide Airport to No. 8.
Guangzhou overtook Atlanta because the busiest airport in 2020, however “noticed the most important drop in passenger quantity from final yr in comparison with different airports on the record, with an 8% lower,” in keeping with Enterprise Insider.
Though Atlanta is barely the seventh-largest metro space within the U.S., its airport is exclusive as a result of it was constructed with room to develop, in keeping with CNN. Not like the New York space — which has three main airports in shut proximity — Atlanta’s airspace is ready to accommodate a excessive variety of flights with out interference.
The Orlando Worldwide Airport noticed the most important year-to-year improve, going from No. 27 in 2020 to No. 7 in 2021, boasting an 87% improve in passengers, in keeping with USA At present.
Why it issues: ACI World’s director basic, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, stated in an announcement the report exhibits “an encouraging development of restoration,” CNN studies.
“Though we're cautious that restoration may face a number of headwinds, the momentum created by reopening plans by international locations may result in an uptick in journey within the second half of 2022,” he continued.
The business nonetheless has some catching as much as do, although. All 10 airports on the record are nonetheless under their pre-pandemic benchmarks. Atlanta remains to be 32% behind it’s 2019 numbers, and Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport in North Carolina — which is the closest to a full restoration — remains to be 13% under the place it was in 2019.
How does SLC, Utah examine? Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport didn’t crack the ACI World’s prime 10, and the report didn’t embody information about Utah’s largest airport.
In line with their inner statistics, Salt Lake served almost 22.4 million passengers in 2021, rating because the twenty first busiest airport in North America and seventieth busiest on this planet. Salt Lake’s airport remains to be 17% under pre-pandemic numbers, after serving almost 27 million passengers in 2019.
Right here’s the complete record of busiest airports in 2021:
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport, 75.7 million passengers.
- Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide Airport, 62.5 million passengers.
- Denver Worldwide Airport, 58.8 million passengers.
- Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport, 54 million passengers.
- Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, 48 million passengers.
- Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport, 43.3 million passengers.
- Orlando Worldwide Airport, 40.4 million passengers.
- Guangzhou Baiyun Worldwide Airport, China, 40.3 million passengers.
- Chengdu Shuangliu Worldwide Airport, China, 40.1 million passengers.
- Las Vegas’ Harry Reid Worldwide Airport, 39.8 million passengers.