Below is a table with the 20 largest (major) airports in the world by annual passenger traffic (sorted in descending order), which also includes their names, city and country in which they are located.
| number | Airport | City | Country | |
| 1 | MA Hartsfield-Jackson | Atlanta | USA | 110,5 |
| 2 | Beijing Capital MA | Peking | China | 100 |
| 3 | MA Dubai | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 89,15 (2018) |
| 4 | Los Angeles MA | Los Angeles | USA | 88,06 |
| 5 | MA Tokyo (Haneda) | Tokyo | Japan | 85,4 (2018) |
| 6 | MA Heathrow | London | United Kingdom | 80,89 |
| 7 | MA named after Charles de Gaulle | Paris | France | 76,15 |
| 8 | MA Pudong | Shanghai | China | 76,1 |
| 9 | MA Fort Worth | Dallas | USA | 75,06 |
| 10 | MA Guangzhou Baiyun | Guangzhou | China | 73,4 |
| 11 | MA Shiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 71,7 |
| 12 | MA Incheon | Incheon | Республика Корея | 71,7 |
| 13 | Hong Kong MA | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 71,5 |
| 14 | MA Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 70,56 |
| 15 | MA Changi | Singapore | Singapore | 68,3 |
| 16 | MA Denver | Denver | USA | 64,49 (2018) |
| 17 | MA named after Indira Gandhi | Delhi | India | 63,45 (2017) |
| 18 | MA Sukarno-Hatta | Jakarta | Indonesia | 63,02 (2017) |
| 19 | MA Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 62,3 |
| 20 | MA Madrid-Barajas | Madrid | Spain | 61,73 |
Note: MA – International Airport.