The 100 busiest airports in China in 2022 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics.
[1] The 100 busiest airports in China in 2021 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics.
[2] The 100 busiest airports in China in 2020 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics.
[3] The 100 busiest airports in China in 2019 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics.
[4] The 100 busiest airports in China in 2018 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics.
[6] The 100 busiest airports in China in 2016 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the CAAC report.
Map of all airports in mainland China with regular scheduled commercial flights, according to their 2017 total passenger throughput. Airports with >10 mil passengers labeled.
Busiest airports in mainland China in 2007, with airports with >10 mil passengers labeled.
Busiest airports in mainland China in 1997, with airports with >10 mil passengers labeled.
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
is the latest addition as an important airport project in China. In 2022 the airport was the 20th busiest airport by passenger traffic and the busiest in Shandong Province.
In a very uncommon year because of the Covid-19 pandemic,
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
became not just the busiest airport in China by passenger traffic, but also the busiest airport in the world.
Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport
, No. 84 in the top 100 of 2017, completes the list of Chinese airports that reached more than one million passengers per year. China is the second largest civil aviation market in the world after
the United States
.
Six new airports entered the top 100 of busiest Chinese airports by passenger traffic, being Huizhou Pingtan Airport the busiest between the newcomers in 2017
Kunming Changshui International Airport
, opened on June 28, 2012, has replaced
Wujiaba Airport
, and since then it has been growing steady. The airport reached the world's top 50 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2015 for the first time.
The best performance between China's top 100 airports in 2015 was
Weihai Dashuibo Airport
, more than doubling their numbers of passengers and aircraft traffic since 2014.
As of 2014 there are 11 airports with more than 20 million passengers yearly.
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
was the most recent airport to achieve this goal that year.
Mianyang Nanjiao Airport
is not between China's top 50 busiest airports by passengers nor freight, but is one of the country's top 10 busiest airports by aircraft movements, reaching a record high in 2014.
Tianjin Binhai International Airport
grew at double digit numbers in 2013. The airport reached 10 million passengers and 100,000 aircraft movements in 2013, and today is the 20th busiest airport in China.
Luoyang Beijiao Airport
, serving one of the
Four Great Ancient Capitals
, is one of the busiest airports by aircraft movements, but in 2012 it was also the fastest growing between China's top 100 in passenger traffic
In 2011,
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
received over three million passengers more than in 2010. That year the airport surpassed Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to become the ninth busiest in China, a position that has maintain since then
Huai'an Lianshui Airport
was the best performer between the top 100 in passenger traffic, aircraft movements and cargo increase in 2011.
Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
has entered the top forty busiest airports in China in 2010, registering a record growth of 106%. Since then the airport growth has been without changes in the airport ranking.
Daqing Sartu Airport
, serving the "Oil Capital of China" (Wang Jinxi Memorial pictured), was the best performer during 2010, being the airport inaugurated in 2009.
Although almost all the airports in China are continually growing in passenger traffic,
Ordos Ejin Horo Airport
was the only one in the top 50 that experienced a reduction in its passenger flow in 2013 (-4%).
Amazing performance of
Beijing Nanyuan Airport
in 2013. Although the airport will be closed when the new
mega-airport
in Beijing will open in 2018, Nanyuan continues to grow and last year jumped four position from 42nd to the 38th busiest airport in China.
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
strengthened its position as the eight busiest airport in China. In 2013 the airport surpassed the 25-million passenger mark.
Haikou Meilan International Airport
was once one of the busiest airports in China by passenger traffic (ranked 8 in 2003), but it has experienced a decline in the passenger flow. However, in 2013 Haikou Airport stopped the continuing fall of positions and keep steady at the number 21 of the busiest airports in China.
And China's 100th airport by passenger traffic is the relatively new
Datong Yungang Airport
, receiving almost 360,000 passengers yearly.
2002 was the last year Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport was ranked as the country's third busiest by passenger traffic. Since then, the airport has maintained a stable growth but it has been surpassed by other airports including Shanghai Pudong Airport as the busiest in Shanghai city.
