The two largest airports in Europe, as mentioned above, are London Heathrow (LHR) in the UK and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in France.
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Europe's largest airportIt is London Heathrow, with 80,884,310 visitors in 2019. It is also one of the largest intercontinental airports in the world, ranking 7th. In particular, Heathrow attracts the most international passengers annually in Europe.
Charles de Gaulle Airport is the biggest airport in Europe based on its land size and the third based on its estimated passenger traffic after Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Istanbul Airport.
King Fahd International Airport (DMM) — Dammam, Saudi Arabia. At 299.61 square miles (776 square kilometers), King Fahd International Airport is the largest airport in the world by total area.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany and is also the busiest airport in Europe in terms of cargo traffic. The airport has four runways and two passenger terminals and can handle up to 65 million passengers per year.
Navigating your way around Frankfurt's very large airport can be confusing, especially if you're in a rush, however there is clear overhead signage in both German and English to help direct passengers through the airport.
In Frankfurt am Main (FRA), more than 70 million people board flights every year. This makes Frankfurt Airport not only Germany's largest airport, but also the fourth in the ranking of Europe's largest airports.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) — Dallas, Texas. Situated in the Texas prairie between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW airport, the third largest airport in the world, may be quite familiar to American Airlines passengers.
Denver International Airport (DEN or DIA) is the biggest airport in the US and the world's second-biggest airport behind King Fahd International Airport. Denver International Airport is located about 25 miles from Downtown Denver.
Samedan, Switzerland. Samedan sits at an elevation of almost 1,800 metres and is one of the highest airports in Europe. It is considered one of the most challenging airports in the world to fly into due to its difficult topography and winds, as well as the thinness of the air at its altitude.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 6th busiest in Europe after Istanbul Airport, London–Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
But rather than just catering to holiday makers, Frankfurt is a major logistical hub. Most of its passengers are business travelers and more than half of all passengers are there to transfer between flights. It handles more than 2 million tons of cargo each year, as well as 100 million animals.
Barajas Airport in Madrid is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size, just slightly behind Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport. Today, the airport has four terminals in operation.