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Atlanta's Hartsfield International was the world's busiest airport for takeoffs and landings as well as for the total number of passengers in 2000, according to preliminary figures released by the Airports Council International (ACI) yesterday.
Hartsfield handled 915,657 flights, a rise of 0.6 percent from 1999, said the Geneva-based ACI. Chicago's O'Hare remained in second place with 908,989.
Atlanta topped the list for the total number of passengers, handling 80.2 million people, a rise of 2.8 percent over the previous year.
O'Hare came in second with 72.1 million passengers, almost the same number as 1999.
Los Angeles was third with 68.5 million, according to the council, which compiles data from 660 airports worldwide.
Following in terms of passengers handled were: London Heathrow, 64.6 million; Dallas-Fort Worth, 60.7 million; Tokyo, 56.4 million; Frankfurt, 49.4 million; Paris Charles DeGaulle, 48.2 million; San Francisco, 41.1 million; and Amsterdam, 39.6 million.
When Heathrow was combined with the other two London airports -- Gatwick and Stansted -- the British capital was the world champion in terms of passengers, with 108.5 million people.
In second place in the rankings of cities was New York with its three airports with 92 million passengers. The city is served by Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark, which is in neighboring New Jersey.
Chicago's three airports came third with 87.8 million.
Los Angeles was fourth, followed by Paris, Houston, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Milan and Rome.
Over 1.4 billion people passed through North American airports -- a rise of 3.9 percent -- while European airports handled 997 million people, up 7.9 percent from 1999.
The total number of passengers worldwide rose by 5.8 percent to 3,246,026,958 people
Hartsfield handled 915,657 flights, a rise of 0.6 percent from 1999, said the Geneva-based ACI. Chicago's O'Hare remained in second place with 908,989.
Atlanta topped the list for the total number of passengers, handling 80.2 million people, a rise of 2.8 percent over the previous year.
O'Hare came in second with 72.1 million passengers, almost the same number as 1999.
Los Angeles was third with 68.5 million, according to the council, which compiles data from 660 airports worldwide.
Following in terms of passengers handled were: London Heathrow, 64.6 million; Dallas-Fort Worth, 60.7 million; Tokyo, 56.4 million; Frankfurt, 49.4 million; Paris Charles DeGaulle, 48.2 million; San Francisco, 41.1 million; and Amsterdam, 39.6 million.
When Heathrow was combined with the other two London airports -- Gatwick and Stansted -- the British capital was the world champion in terms of passengers, with 108.5 million people.
In second place in the rankings of cities was New York with its three airports with 92 million passengers. The city is served by Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark, which is in neighboring New Jersey.
Chicago's three airports came third with 87.8 million.
Los Angeles was fourth, followed by Paris, Houston, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Milan and Rome.
Over 1.4 billion people passed through North American airports -- a rise of 3.9 percent -- while European airports handled 997 million people, up 7.9 percent from 1999.
The total number of passengers worldwide rose by 5.8 percent to 3,246,026,958 people