승객수를 기준으로 한 세계 20대 공항 리스트에서 중국 공항이 4개나 된다. 미국은 다섯 개. 한국의 인천공항은 17위.

The world's busiest airports 2018

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, US) -- 107.4 million passengers

2. Beijing Capital International Airport (China) -- 101 million

3. Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) -- 89.1 million

4. Los Angeles International Airport (California, US) -- 87.5 million

5. Tokyo's Haneda Airport (Japan) -- 86.9 million

6. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (Illinois, US) -- 83.2 million

7. London's Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) -- 80.1 million

8. Hong Kong International Airport (China) -- 74.5 million

9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) -- 74 million

10. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France) -- 72.2 million

11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands) -- 71 million

12. New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) -- 69.9 million

13. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (China) -- 69.7 million

14. Frankfurt Airport (Germany) -- 69.5 million

15. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (Texas, US) -- 69.1 million

16. Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport (Turkey) -- 68.4 million

17. Seoul's Incheon International Airport (South Korea) -- 68.4 million

18. Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Indonesia) -- 65.7 million

19. Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) -- 65.6 million

20. Denver International Airport (Colorado, US) -- 64.5 million