Wikivoyage has articles for several dozen of the world's largest and most-complicated international airports. They are designed to help you navigate safely and comfortably around them, and provide essential knowledge such as information on eating and sleeping options in the airport, and onward travel advice. This article lists our current airport articles by continent and city.
If you know of a major international airport not listed here that deserves its own article, first take a look at our Airport expedition, then plunge forward!
40.08116.5844445Capital Airport (PEK IATA). The second busiest airport in the world by passenger count - at least before the new Daxing airport opened which will take over much of its traffic.
39.509167116.4105566Daxing Airport (PKX IATA). The newer international airport, opened in 2019.
25.25277855.36444410Dubai Airport (DXB IATA). The world's busiest airport for international traffic, due to its strategic location between east and west. Much of its traffic is made up of flight connections on the Middle East carrier Emirates rather than passengers using Dubai as origin or destination.
3.63103898.86755816Kualanamu Airport (KNO IATA). Transit airport linking domestic flights from all over Sumatra to international flights across Asia. (updated Sep 2020)
32.00944434.88277824Ben Gurion Airport (TLV IATA). Despite lying in a very tense region and Israel (as well as its national symbols and aviation) frequently being the target of terrorism, the airport enjoys a stellar reputation for safety and security.
35.553333139.78111125Haneda Airport (HND IATA). Primarily domestic flights, but increasingly offers international flights since the opening of its international terminal in 2010.
52.30814.7641691Schiphol Airport (AMS IATA). Hub for flag carrier KLM, one of the oldest airlines in the world and one of the top contenders for "most countries served from one airport". Curiously lies below sea level, which is interesting because its name means "ship grave".
41.2969442.0783332El Prat Airport (BCN IATA). Spain's amusingly-named second hub has some architectural features of the modernisme movement that helped make Barcelona's name. The route MAD-BCN was among the ten busiest in the world until competition with high speed rail made flights increasingly unattractive.
52.36613.5033Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER IATA) (Willy Brandt Airport). The long-awaited new international airport serving Germany's capital opened 31st October 2020.
55.61805612.6561114Copenhagen Airport (CPH IATA). The busiest airport in the Nordic countries according to 2017 numbers, this airport also offers flights to Greenland and the Faroes
60.31722224.9633337Helsinki Airport (HEL IATA). Historically one of Europe's airports with the most connections to east Asia, as it is close enough to the north pole for air routes avoiding Soviet (now Russian) airspace
41.26083328.7422228Istanbul Airport (IST IATA) (Istanbul New Airport). Opened gradually from autumn 2018, it replaces Atatürk Airport which has now closed.
38.774-9.13429Lisbon Airport (LIS IATA). A major hub connecting Europe with former Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America, particularly Brazil.
48.35388911.78611118Munich Airport (MUC IATA) (Franz Josef Strauß Airport). Officially named after a conservative politician from Bavaria (died 1988) and Germany's second airport. The airport replaced Riem Airport in 1992.
49.0097222.54777820Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG IATA). Built to replace Orly, it's France's biggest international hub and the main base of flag carrier Air France
48.7233332.37944421Orly Airport (ORY IATA). Besides its role as a domestic hub, it also sees several intercontinental flights to French overseas territories and departments and a wide selection of (mainly short-haul) international flights.
63.985-22.60555622Keflavík Airport (KEF IATA). Not to be confused with Reykjavik's domestic airport, this airport is Iceland's principal door to the world and sees flights from both sides of the Atlantic.
33.636667-84.4280561Hartsfield–Jackson Airport (ATL IATA). The busiest airport in the world by passenger count for several years in a row, mostly on the strength of Delta's hub.
39.861667-104.6730565Denver Airport (DEN IATA). Moved to its current site "overnight" in 1995 after old Stapleton Airport had grown too small and too close to downtown for modern needs. Famously contains a bunch of "weird" artwork that has given rise to absurd conspiracy theories.
33.9425-118.4080569Los Angeles Airport (LAX IATA). Often called the airport with the highest "destination traffic", i.e. travelers that intend to visit the area the airport serves instead of boarding a connecting flight.
40.639722-73.77888913John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK IATA). While only the fifth busiest airport in the U.S. by total passenger count, JFK is the busiest by international passenger count and the only American airport to make the top 20 in that list.
28.429444-81.30888916Orlando Airport (MCO IATA). A useful international gateway to the Caribbean, both through connecting flights and through cruises departing from Port Canaveral.