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Top 10 busiest airports in 2021 revealed

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In new rankings released this week, U.S. airports made up eight of the 10 busiest hubs around the world in 2021. In the new rankings obtained byPersecondnews.com from the Airports Council International

Delta Air Lines hub Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest before the pandemic, maintained its top spot on the Airport Council International’s 2021 preliminary ranking, with 75.7 million passengers last year.

American Airlines-dominated Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ranked second with 62.6 million passengers.

Here are the 2021 rankings (with 2019 rankings in parentheses):

  1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
  2. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
  3. Denver International Airport
  4. Chicago O’Hare International Airport
  5. Los Angeles International Airport
  6. Charlotte Douglas International Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina
  7. Orlando International Airport
  8. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, in Guangzhou, China
  9. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, in Chengdu, China
  10. Harry Reid International Airport, in Las Vegas

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