Five of the world’s busiest airports for passengers in 2022 were in the United States, according to preliminary global air traffic figures.Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was still the world’s busiest airport for passenger volume in 2022, holding the top spot it reclaimed in 2021 after being knocked off stride by the COVID-19 pandemic.Airports Council International, a trade association representing nearly 2,000 airports, released the rankings on Wednesday.Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver and Chicago O’Hare took the second, third and fourth slots, respectively. Los Angeles was No. 6 among the busiest airports in 2022.The strong U.S. showing is thanks to a healthy rebound in the domestic market. All of the U.S. airports in the top 10 have significant domestic passenger shares – between 75% and 95% domestic traffic, according to ACI.In 2021, eight out of the top 10 busiest airports were in the United States.More broadly, domestic markets are recovering faster than international markets.”In the international markets, of course, we are suffering a little bit more in terms of the recovery,” said Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director general of ACI World, in an interview with CNN Travel.However, Dubai International (No. 5), London Heathrow (No. 8) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (No. 10) returned to the top 10 in 2022 after two pandemic years of being knocked off their pre-pandemic top 10 perches.The London hub recorded the largest year-over-year traffic jump of the top 10, with a nearly 218% increase in passenger volume from 2021, thanks to the lifting of restrictions in March 2022.Dubai was the No. 1 airport in 2022 for international passengers, followed by London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol.New to the overall top 10 for passengers in 2022 was Istanbul Airport at No. 7 and Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at No. 9.For the first time in many years, no airports in China made it into the top 10 busiest list. After the United States, China is…
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