What is the busiest runway in the world?

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport remains the busiest airport in the world with 5.2 million seats in September 2023.



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Reagan National (DCA), the smallest of three major airports serving Washington, D.C., averages 819 daily takeoffs and landings on its relatively short main runway – making it the most heavily utilized runway in the nation.

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It is no surprise to the avid traveller that London Heathrow is the busiest airport in the UK.

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This guide will look at some of the most challenging airports in the world to land at.
  1. 1 Lukla Airport (Nepal) ...
  2. 2 Paro Airport (Bhutan) ...
  3. 3 Courchevel Airport (France) ...
  4. 4 Funchal Cristiano Ronaldo Airport (Portugal) ...
  5. 5 Saba Airport (Dutch Caribbean) ...
  6. 6 Narsarsuaq Airport (Greenland)


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Kirkwall is the quietest airport in the UK. Loganair is the only airline to service this airstrip on the Orkney Islands regularly. Flights operate to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and Sumburgh.

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Yrausquin Airport. Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport has the shortest commercial runway in the entire world. At a mere 1,312 feet, it's around 4.6 times shorter than most runways.

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Is There a Runway 0? You shouldn't find any runway numbered either “0” or “00”. Any runway which points to magnetic north will normally be given the designator “36” (as in 360 degrees). This will also correspond with the headings read out by both ATC and the pilot.

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Heathrow Airport in London is the UK's largest and busiest airport as well as being the busiest airport in Europe and the seventh busiest in the world based on passenger traffic.

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Almost all of the major airports in the United Kingdom are single-runway (or functionally-single-runway) installations, with only two of the very busiest (Heathrow and Manchester) having as many as two runways (although Heathrow has a third under construction).

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Westray Airport, Scotland Situated at an elevation of 9 meters (29 feet), Westray Airport has the shortest runway at just 291 meters.

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The Boeing 747 is considered to have the longest takeoff distance of the more common aircraft types and has set the standard for runway lengths of larger international airports. At sea level, 3,200 m (10,500 ft) can be considered an adequate length to land virtually any aircraft.

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Our research leads us to believe that Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) in Tibet has the world's longest runway at 5,500 meters. Nestled in the eastern portion of the Himalayan mountain range north of Myanmar, the runway's length is a necessity due to its high altitude.

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Commercial aircraft travel at hundreds of miles per hour, and it takes experience and skill to bring a jet engine to a safe stop. A pilot who miscalculates the initial approach can veer off the tarmac or completely miss the runway, rolling over rough terrain or into ditches or bodies of water.

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However, one major U.S. airport is looking to change that as Arizona's Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has dubbed itself America's Friendliest Airport.

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