Atlanta airport named busiest in the world

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Last Updated : Apr 02 2014 | 3:10 PM IST

The Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta is still the busiest in the world, a new report has found.

According to preliminary world airport traffic data from Airports Council International (ACI), more than 94 million passengers passed through Atlanta's airport hub in 2013.

The airport saw a total of 911,074 takeoffs and landings, the Mashable reports.

According to the report, Beijing Capital International Airport ranked second largest, with nearly 84 million passengers.

The list of 10 busiest airports in 2013, with the number of passengers that traveled through them, is given below:

Atlanta - 94,431,224

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Beijing - 83,712,355

London - 72,368,061

Tokyo - 68,906,509

Chicago - 66,777,161

Los Angeles - 66,667,619

Dubai - 66,431,533

Paris - 62,052,917

Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,470,507

Jakarta - 60,137,347

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First Published: Apr 02 2014 | 2:55 PM IST

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