Article Directory :: Travel & Leisure Articles What is the Busiest Airport in the World? By Jez Rourke Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 11Mar2008 Word count: 443 Viewed: 548 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site When you ask what is the busiest airport in the world you need to know that the definition is determined by the type of airport and their basis of operations. Now that you know this you, the busiest airport in the world is the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States. It has the most passenger traffic of all the others, and when you think about it that is the one you need to worry about more. Sure knowing what the busiest cargo airport is might be interesting, but for traveling the passenger count means more. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the airline hub for both AirTran and Delta Air Lines. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has the most take offs as well, and while many of these are domestic American flights, there are also several international flights as well. It is rising fast as one of the major gateways in and out of the country. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport also has more nonstop flights than anyone else but since it is the busiest airport in the world that is not surprising. There are over 243 nonstop flights, 72 international, and it caters to 45 countries. Also Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the few airports that can handle simultaneous landings. Over 84 million passengers and 976,000 flights go through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Many of these passengers do not stay in Atlanta but head onto other destinations. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport also has the most operations of Boeing 767 aircrafts with over 104. It also has the second highest number of McDonnell Douglas MD-80. There are more than 55,000 airline employees, including ground transportation, concessionaire, security, federal government, City of Atlanta and Airport tenant employees. The payroll and economic impact of the airport are literally in the billions, and has continued to rise over the years. There are other airports out there with impressive numbers and since we know the busiest maybe we should know that O'Hare International Airport is next on the lineup with over 77.000,000 passengers, then there is the Heathrow Airport in London with over 67,000,000, followed by Haneda Airport in Tokyo and there impressive 65,000,000. The list goes on to over 30 different airports that are counted in places all over the world with the numbers as high as the 84,000,000 passengers that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has catered too, to the Munich Airport with 30,757,978. Choosing the right airport is not only about location but also about how much of a crowd you are willing to face. For all the latest deals on cheap flights visit directline-flights.co.uk EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Jez Rourke

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