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