The world's busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic are measured by total number of passengers from all

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

s within a city or

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually ...

combined.

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

, with six commercial airports serving its metropolitan area, is the busiest city airport system in the world, although

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport , also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, Hartsfield–Jackson and, formerly, as the Atlanta Municipal Airport, is the primary internatio ...

is the world's busiest individual airport.

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The following list is based on information provided by the

Airports Council International Airports Council International (ACI) is an organization of airport authorities aimed at unifying industry practices for airport standards. Established in 1991, its headquarters (ACI World) are based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and its member ...

's preliminary full-year figures for the Top 30 airports in the world, and the Top 50 airports in the US

2010 statistics

The following list is based on two lists compiled by CAPA Centre for Aviation based on data from

, one ranking cities with multiple airports and the other ranking individual airports.

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