The 10 Busiest Airports in China: Beijing Capital #1, Shanghai Pudong #2

The 10 Busiest Airports in China: Beijing Capital #1, Shanghai Pudong #2
Jul 28, 2015 By eChinacities.com

What airports are the busiest in China? How many passengers pass through Beijing Capital in six months time? The rankings for the ten busiest airports in China experienced dramatic shifts in the first half of 2015.

Shenzhen's Bao'an Airport and Chengdu's Shuangliu Airport have knocked Shanghai Honqqiao out of the top four. Shanghai Hongqiao is now ranked fifth, while Pudong comes in at number two.

Guangzhou's Baiyun Airport is firmly in the third spot, but there was close competition for the number four seat. Kunming, at number seven, is still quite close to overtaking Chengdu. Chongqing is also getting close to overtaking Xi'an's Xianyang Airport at number eight.

Airports are ranked by number of passengers served. Airports with more passengers are seen as more popular are are higher ranked. An increase in passengers, means a higher ranking.

Shanghai Pudong and Shanghai Hongqiao were among the ten busiest airports this year. Beijing Capital was the busiest airport, while Shanghai Pudong was second.

Shanghai Pudong served 28.99 million passengers in the first half of this year, an increase of 18.3%. Shanghai Hongqiao was the sixth busiest airport in China- the airport came in at number four last year. Out of China's top ten airports, Hongqiao is actually growing at the slowest rate, with a passenger increase of only 2.2%.

Ranking Airport 2014 Ranking Number of Passengers in the First Half of 2015 % Increase
1 Beijing Capital 1 44 million 6.0%
2 Shanghai Pudong 3 28.9 million 18.3%
3 Guangzhou Baiyun 2 27.3 million 2.3%
4 Chengdu Shuangliu 5 20 million 13.2%
5 Shenzhen Bao'an 6 19.4 million 12.9%
6 Shanghai Hongqiao 4 19.1 million 2.2%
7 Kunming Changshui 7 17.9 million 19.6%
8 Xi'an Xianyang 9 15.7 million 15.3%
9 Chongqing Jiangbei 8 15.6 million 11.4%
10 Hangzhou Xiaoshan 10 13.5 million 10.9%

Source: thepaper.cn

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adminanswer

You're right, it is a strange criteria. Editing the piece for clarity.

Jul 28, 2015 23:43 Report Abuse

Guest2368048

LOL

Jul 28, 2015 21:00 Report Abuse

tomcatflyer

If Guangzhou is rated as the third best I never want to go anywhere near the lower rated ones. Gaungzhou has got to be the worst international airport I have ever been through.

Jul 28, 2015 18:01 Report Abuse

DaphneNJ

The only airport I've been through that's worse is Lagos, and at least the people there have a sense of humor.

Jul 29, 2015 00:26 Report Abuse