WAIS 003 · PUBLICATION
World Airports Ranking 2025
Vadim Stepanov 2026
A global reference to the world’s major passenger airports, providing a consistent ranking based on full-year 2025 traffic data and analytical framework for comparing airports across world regions and multi-airport systems.
951
AIRPORTS
11
WORLD REGIONS
76
MULTI-AIRPORT SYSTEMS
ABOUT THE PUBLICATION
World Airports Ranking 2025 provides a global reference to major passenger airports based on full-year 2025 traffic data. The publication covers 951 airports handling more than one million passengers annually, organized within a consistent geographic framework of 11 world regions.
The ranking extends beyond individual airports by incorporating 76 multi-airport systems, allowing major metropolitan aviation markets to be examined alongside individual airport rankings. The publication combines global and regional rankings with maps, analytical material, methodological documentation and a consolidated source register.
AVAILABLE DIGITAL EDITIONS
Choose the level of access that best fits your use of the World Airports Ranking 2025.
PUBLIC EDITION
.pdf · 33 pages
FREE
The world’s Top 100 airports, selected rankings, maps, analysis and reference material from the World Airports Ranking 2025.
COMPLETE EDITION
.pdf · 116 pages
€59
The complete publication with full rankings, regional analysis, multi-airport systems, maps, methodology and reference material.
DATASET
.xlsx
€119
The structured airport data underlying the World Airports Ranking 2025, prepared for research and analytical use.
RECOMMENDED:
COMPLETE + DATASET
.pdf + .xlsx
€149
The complete publication together with the accompanying structured dataset.
ABOUT THE DATASET
The WAIS 003 Dataset provides structured airport-level data accompanying the World Airports Ranking 2025. Designed for comparative research and analysis, it brings together traffic, airport activity, connectivity and metropolitan-system indicators for the 951 airports included in the WAIS global ranking.
Connectivity and airline data are provided as standardized quantitative indicators. Detailed destination and airline lists are reserved for the WAIS World Airport Atlas.
DATASET CONTENT
AIRPORT IDENTITY & GEOGRAPHY
Airport name, city, IATA and ICAO codes, country, WAIS world region, geographic coordinates and core reference identifiers.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC & RANKING
CY2025 passenger traffic, global and regional ranking information, together with the status and classification of reported traffic values.
AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
CY2025 aircraft movements and associated movement-data status.
CONNECTIVITY
Numbers of passenger and cargo destinations, total destinations, domestic and international destinations, seasonal destinations and countries served.
AIRLINE PRESENCE
Numbers of passenger and cargo airlines serving each airport and total airline count.
MULTI-AIRPORT SYSTEMS
Membership in WAIS Multi-Airport Systems, system identifiers and metropolitan airport roles, including PMG, AMG and MSR.
COVERAGE
951 airports · 11 world regions · 76 multi-airport systems
REFERENCE YEAR
2025
FORMAT
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
DATA LEVEL
Airport-level structured data
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The Geography of Global Airport Traffic in 2025
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AIRPORT SYSTEMS · 2025
The World’s Largest Multi-Airport Systems in 2025
A comparison of the world’s largest metropolitan airport systems and the distribution of passenger traffic between their constituent airports.
