A Southern California airport was recently ranked one of the busiest airports in the world, reports NBC Los Angeles. Based on preliminary figures released by the Airports Council International World, Los Angeles International Airport was the fifth-busiest airport in the world in 2021.
“LAX continues to welcome more and more people back through its doors, and we expect to continue this rise in passenger numbers as international and business travel increase this year," said Justin Erbacci, CEO of Los Angeles World Airports, which owns and operates LAX. “Our team has been working hard to prepare LAX for this travel resurgence and is greeting passengers with new terminals, safer and healthier facilities, advanced amenities such as smart parking and touchless ID checks, and additional air service to more parts of the U.S. and the world.”
The airport saw more than 48 million passengers last year, which is a 67% increase from 2020, according to NBC. In 2019, the airport was ranked the third-busiest in the world with 88.1 million passengers going through. This year, the busiest airports in the world were:
- Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Denver International Airport
- Chicago's O'Hare Airport
- LAX
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Orlando International Airport
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in China
- Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport