Delhi Airport Ranked World’s 9th Busiest in 2024

(As per Airports Council International – ACI & Delhi Airport Ranked)

• Passengers handled: 7.78 crore (77.8 million)
  
• Global rank: 9th (improved from 10th in 2023)
  
• Aircraft movements: 4,77,509
  
  • Rank for aircraft movements: 15th (up from 17th in 2023)
    

Global Aviation Highlights (2024)

• Total global passengers: 9.4 billion
  
  • Up 8.4% from 2023
    
  • 2.7% higher than pre-COVID levels (2019)
    
• Top 20 airports handled 1.54 billion passengers (16% of global traffic)
  
• Total aircraft movements globally: 100.6 million
  
  • 96.8% of 2019 levels
    

Top 10 Busiest Airports in the World (2024) & Delhi Airport Ranked

1. Atlanta (USA) – 108 million passengers
   
2. Dubai (UAE) – 92.3 million
   
3. Dallas/Fort Worth (USA) – 87.8 million
   
4. Tokyo Haneda (Japan)
   
5. London Heathrow (UK)
   
6. Denver (USA)
   
7. Istanbul (Türkiye)
   
8. Chicago (USA)
   
9. Delhi (India)
   
10. Shanghai Pudong (China)
    

Additional Insights

• Six U.S. airports feature in the top 20 (mostly domestic-heavy, except JFK)
  
• ACI represents 830 members managing 2,181 airports in 170 countries
  

ACI DG Justin Erbacci praised the resilience and growth of global aviation despite global challenges.

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