Sydney now 28th Busiest in world

Jarden S · #1 25th March 2010, 02:31 PM

Sydney is back in the top 30 busiest airports in the world:

1 ATLANTA GA, US (ATL) 88 032 086 (2.2)
2 LONDON, GB (LHR) 66 037 578 (1.5)
3 BEIJING, CN (PEK) 65 329 851 +16.8
4 CHICAGO IL, US (ORD) 64 397 891 (8.8)
5 TOKYO, JP (HND) 61 903 656 (7.2)
6 PARIS, FR (CDG) 57 884 954 (4.9)
7 LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX) 56 518 605 (5.5)
8 DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW) 56 030 457 (1.9)
9 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA) 50 932 840 (4.7)
10 DENVER CO, US (DEN) 50 167 485 (2.1)
11 MADRID, ES (MAD) 48 248 890 (5.1)
12 NEW YORK NY, US (JFK) 45 912 430 (3.9)
13 HONG KONG, HK (HKG) 45 560 888 (4.8)
14 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS) 43 569 553 (8.1)
15 DUBAI, AE (DXB) 40 901 752 +9.2
16 BANGKOK, TH (BKK) 40 500 269 +4.9
17 LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS) 40 460 310 (8.2)
18 HOUSTON TX, US (IAH) 39 993 236 (4.1)
19 PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX) 37 824 982 (5.2)
20 SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO) 37 366 287 +0.2
21 SINGAPORE, SG (SIN) 37 203 978 (1.3)
22 JAKARTA, ID (CGK) 37 143 719 +13.3
23 GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN) 37 048 712 +10.8
24 CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT) 34 577 808 (0.5)
25 MIAMI FL, US (MIA) 33 886 025 (0.5)
26 ORLANDO FL, US (MCO) 33 731 431 (5.4)
27 ROME, IT (FCO) 33 723 213 (4.0)
28 SYDNEY, AU (SYD) 33 444 687 +0.4
29 NEWARK NJ, US (EWR) 33 400 626 (5.5)
30 MUNICH, DE (MUC) 32 681 067 (5.4)

http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_comm...18-222_666_2__

Sydney airport only had a small increase 0.4% but many world airports have dropped down the list due to the GFC eg Tokyo NRT, Toronto, London Gatwick and Shanghai not in the top 30 now. Look at the decine of some major airports Chicargo down -8.8% and Las Vegas down -8.2%. But look at Beijing PEK growth of +16.5%. It will soon be NO.1 easily overtake Heathrow next year then Atlanta a few years later.

Sarah C · #2 25th March 2010, 06:33 PM

Sydney won't get much higher when they are capped with the number of movements and have a curfew. I am surprised Singapore is so low.

Jarden S · #3 28th March 2010, 12:02 PM

They already have a movement cap of 80 movements per hour and the 11pm t0 6am curfew. Gatwick has a hourly cap but its pushing hard to get an increase Sydney might have to do the same one day with better ATC procedures in place they could easily handle 100 per hour. Also regarding those stats above when the economies of Japan, UK and US improve in the year ahead we can expect to see there major airports recover there lost ground and I expect SYD will be pushed out of the top 30 again.

Nigel C · #4 28th March 2010, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarden S

with better ATC procedures in place they could easily handle 100 per hour.

Is there something wrong with the current ATC procedures? I'm keen to hear your reasoning behind this statement.

Jarden S · #5 28th March 2010, 04:21 PM

No nothing wrong with the current ATC procedures. Be good to get the cap raised a bit is all I ment, so Sydney can maintain its position in the rankings.

Nigel C · #6 28th March 2010, 06:02 PM

The cap getting raised while Albanese is either in government or Transport Minister would be absolutely and utterly political suicide.

Although there's currently a cap and a curfew, there are still periods of the day when you could quite possibly bowl an over of cricket without getting run over by aircraft on the main runway. And no, I haven't tried it.
My point is, the airport's not running at capacity now, so there's room for even higher passenger numbers and increased carriers.