Report reveals DIA is one of the ‘top 10’ busiest airports in the world
A report from Airports Council International has revealed that a certain airport in Colorado is the sixth-busiest airport in the world.
It’s Denver International Airport – no surprise there, but perhaps what is surprising is the airport’s spot as the sixth-busiest airport in the world in terms of 2023 passengers is actually a drop from its third-place rank in 2022. In 2021, it was the 16th-busiest.
Preliminary numbers show that 77,837,917 passengers traveled through DIA in 2023, which was a 12.3 percent increase compared to 2022 and a 12.8 percent increase from pre-pandemic 2019.
It’s 6th-place ranking in 2023 puts DIA behind only Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth in terms of passenger count at American airports. While passengers at DIA were only about four million fewer than those of Dallas-Fort Worth, the Colorado airport was nearly 27 million behind Atlanta.
Of the top 10 airports, LAX and O’Hare were two other American facilities included on the list, 8th and 9th, respectively. The top ten airports make up nearly 10 percent of all global traffic.
Worldwide, the number of total passengers hasn’t quite caught up to pre-pandemic levels – at 93.8 percent of the passenger number in 2019. That said, worldwide numbers did land 27.2 percent ahead of 2022, indicating a significant rebound continues.
Find the full report here.
STAY INFORMED: Get free Colorado news with our daily newsletter (Click here)
Get OutThere
Signup today for free and be the first to get notified on new updates.
PREV
PREVIOUS
Single Coloradans need a six-figure income to 'live comfortably,' says report
A report recently released by SmartAsset tackled the topic of how much income is needed to ‘live comfortably’ in states around the US and the data analysis determined that Coloradans need to earn the sixth-most nationwide. The analysis was conducted under the basis that in order to ‘live comfortably’ someone should be able to follow […]
Here's a look at what weather to expect this spring in Colorado
The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center has issued their temperature and precipitation preview for the months of April through June, providing the public with a look at what weather to expect during months ahead. The prediction for Colorado is fairly ambiguous, showing that much of the state’s mountainous terrain into southern and western Colorado […]